DARK OBSESSIONS SCREENPLAY

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INT. DARKROOM-EASTBURY

NON-DIEGETIC SOUNDTRACK 

Slow weary non-diegetic soundtrack

GRAPHICS- black screen with white typography of the keywords, ‘murder’ ‘kill’ and, ‘death’. FLASH quickly unable to read 

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the weary sound quietens almost muted, as a 

VOICE-OVER takes place of news reporting a murder

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the credits start from the very beginning in 

nearly every shot 

PAN AND FADE- shots of the newspaper headlines. making the words murder stand out. 

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the weary soundtrack rises back up and the 

reporting VOICE-OVER mutes out 

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EXTREME CLOSE UP- hair in a bag, glued into the finished book (page)

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CLOSE UP- quick screen flash into a photo of the girl (DARKROOM PHOTO PROP)- connoting a relation between the scenes 

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CLOSE UP- baby photo glued in the finished book (page) with blood stains and writing over the page

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EXTREME CLOSE UP- focus on the hands glueing in the baby photo- the jumbled order of the shots connote tension atmospheric mood.

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GRAPHICS: a black screen with credits 

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WIDE/CLOSE UP- killer tracing gloved (black gloves) hands over the saw 

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MATCH ON ACTION- 1. shot of pencils perfectly spaced out 

                 2. last pencil on the right is moved out of place 

                 3. exact same as the last scene but a splatter of blood             splats on the pencils 

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POINT OF VIEW: KILLER cleaning the gun with a rag

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EXTREME CLOSE UP- pan from the eye to the mouth of the mask 

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WIDE SHOT- of the mask with a black background 

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GRAPHICS- a black screen with credits 

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WIDE SHOT- side view of the killer writing 

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MATCH ON ACTION- 1. heart against black paper for a dark background, on a white plate (creating enigma) 

2. CLOSE UP- of the heart 

3. same shot as shot, ‘1’ 

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EXTREME CLOSE UP- picking up the journal (enigma too close to see) 

CLOSE UP/WIDE SHOT- of journal being opened (cut before the content of journal is shown) 

WIDE LOW ANGLE- a hazy shadow, de-saturated lighting hand slowly tracing, ‘something’ on the page 

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GRAPHICS- white background (connoting a flash of a camera and juxtaposes the darkness) 

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WIDE SHOT AND POINT OF VIEW- KILLER searching for USB in the teddy 

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CLOSE UP- of KILLER holding the knife- glare of light reflected 

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CLOSE UP- teddy prop being ripped 

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WIDE SHOT- teddy prop not ripped 

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WIDE SHOT AND POINT OF VIEW- KILLER holding a teddy (old and made dirty) tight grip 

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WIDE/LONG SHOT- of ripped teddy on the table 

INT. DARKROOM-EASTBURY

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CLOSE UP- side view shot of photo being placed in the chemical in the darkroom 

INT. DARKROOM-JO RICH 

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CLOSE UP- STEADY CAM/POINT OF VIEW of the USB being held up 

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CLOSE UP- of USB being placed into the computer 

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WIDE SHOT- reflection of hand in the screen as a computer (coding on the screen) 

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INT. DARKROOM-EASTBURY

POINT OF VIEW- KILLER in the placing the image into the developer 

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CLOSE UP- the image in the developer rocking around- watch the image develop 

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POINT OF VIEW- using STEADY CAM shot KILLER pulling down the image pinned up to dry

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OVER THE SHOULDER- of the KILLER holding the image in his hands 

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CLOSE UP- image in the KILLER’S hand 

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INT. DARKROOM-JO RICH 

LONG SHOT- of all the photos placed out on the table 

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EXTREME CLOSE UP- using red pen the KILLER crosses out three of the four photos (crossing a line through their eyes) 

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WIDE SHOT- of all the images lined up with the red ink on them 

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EXTREME CLOSE UP- of the last photo being circled 

GRAPHICS 

the credit, ‘DARK OBSESSIONS’ comes up on the screen 

and remain until the end

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END