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Opening Sequence
Opening Sequence
FADE IN: EXT. TALL BUILDING - MORNING EXTREME LONG SHOT - STATIC
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EXT. EDGE OF ROOF - DAY OVER THE SHOULDER LOOKS INTO DISTANCE
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EXT. EDGE OF ROOF - DAY EXTRME CLOSE UP - HIGH ANGLE EDGE CLOSER TO EDGE OF ROOF
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EXT. ROOF - DAY POINT OF VIEW - LONG SHOT CHARACTER LOOKS DOWN
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EXT. ROOF - DAY CLOSE UP - EYE LINE CHARACTER RAISES HEAD AFTER POV SHOT, LOOKS VERY NERVOUS
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EXT. LEDGE OF ROOF - DAY CHARACTER WALKS CLOSER TO THE LEDGE LONG SHOT - SIDE ON - LOW ANGLE - SHOTS CUT IN TIME WITH MUS
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EXT. ROOF - DAY BLOWS COLD AIR OUT THEN LOOKS DOWN NERVOUS CLOSE UP - SIDE ON
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EXT. ROOF - DAY HIGH ANGLE - MEDIUM SHOT CHARACTER KICKS STEP AND 'BOUNCES WITH NERVES'
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EXT. *FLASH BACK* - DAY OVER THE SHOULDER - MEDIUM CHARACTER IS LONELY SLOWLY WALKING DOWN THE STREET
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EXT. *FLASH BACK* - DAY MEDIUM SHOT - SIDE ON BUSY STREET WITH LOUD CARS, CHARACTER WALKS ALONG - PAST THE CAMERA
VO The monotonous bullying, the name calling, the unbearable loneliness, oh the loneliness
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EXT. *FLASH BACK* - DAY MEDIUM SHOT CHARACTER LOOKS BEHIND BUT THEN CARRYS ON FORWARD 'THROUGH' THE CAMERA
VO I just want to stop, just to sit in a room, and not feel like the walls were encapsulating me forever entombed with my tormentors
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EXT. *FLASH BACK* - DAY MEDIUM SHOT - SIDE ON Character stops arms outwards - shocked
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EXT. *FLASH BACK* - DAY ARC - MEDIUM SHOT - EYE LEVEL Character 'frozen in time' - 360 degree view/arc of character.
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EXT. *FLASH BACK* - DAY LONG EXPOSURE SHOT - MEDIUM SHOT Character stands fixed in center stage as people rush past him
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EXT. ROOF - END OF FLASH BACK - DAY SIDE ON - CLOSE UP - EYE LINE Character lets out breath indicating the end of the current flashback.
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EXT. ROOF - DAY EXTREME CLOSE UP - SIDE ON Character steps onto the ledge
VO But i'm just a Shark, they never get to stop, but no one bullys them
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EXT. ROOF - DAY OVER THE SHOULDER - CLOSE UP Character shakes his head in annoyance
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VO I...
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EXT. *FLASH BACK* - DAY STILL IMAGE - EYE LINE - MEDIUM SHOT LOOKS BLANKLY AT CAMERA
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EXT. *FLASH BACK* - DAY STILL IMAGE - CLOSE UP HITS HEAD WHEN LEANS AGAINST WALL
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INT. *FLASH BACK* - DAY CUTS WITH MUS - CLOSE UP - SIDE ON - STILL IMAGE
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VO want...
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EXT. *FLASH BACK* - DAY STILL IMAGE - MEDIUM SHOT - SIDE ON Walks down street - Still image
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EXT. *FLASH BACK* - DAY STILL IMAGE - OVER THE SHOULDER Walking down street alone - still image
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EXT. *FLASH BACK* - DAY STILL IMAGE - EXTREME LONG SHOT Standing still in middle of street
VO it...
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EXT. *FLASH BACK* - DAY STILL IMAGE - CLOSE UP - EYE LINE - LASTS LONGER OS Looks deeply at camera VO To...
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STOP!...
EXT. CAMERA ON STREET - DAY EXTREME LONG SHOT - UPWARDS ANGLE Character stands on edge of roof with camera looking upwards from the pavement
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EXT. ON ROOF - DAY OVER THE SHOULDER - SHOT BLURS OUT Character 'drops' downwards out of shot
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EXT. 2 WEEKS EARLIER - DAY LOW ANGLE - CLOSE UP TO MEDIUM SHOT Character walks away from camera
VO 2 weeks earlier
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