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Shot List Fear
Shot List Fear
1/ EXT.STREET
Matti is walking home from school wearing her school bag on her back. There are two dolls peeking
out of here bag, she is in a world of her own singing into herself while looking up at the sky
wondering how big the clouds are, she is fascinated by the size of the sky and how blue the sky can
be. Suddenly her daydream is interrupted by sound of smashing glass and muffled screaming voices
coming from inside her house
4. (Sep into focus) 50mm of her stopping and looking at the sky
8. 50 mm of her face and the dread on her face as she must walk into the house.
2/ INT. HALLWAY
Matti is entering the house into a dark hallway the sound of the voices are now prominent and over
whelming the are irritating and are causing Matti to lose her concentration and the ability to think
clearly. She takes the dolls out of the bag and up the stairs to her rooms where they will be safe.
2. Samyang 14 mm Wide angle as she enters the house to show the size of the hallway
8. Hands on banister
As Mattie enters the room, the sound of the voices fades into the background as she closes the door.
She begins playing with her toys under the blankets and falls asleep. Sometime later Matti wakes up
in her bed, the sound of the voices that drove her nuts are now gone and the whole house is in silence.
7. Wide shot of the room with the light under the blankets
She leaves the room and sets off to the kitchen to find something to eat. On her way she reaches the
staircase. A cold draft is blowing silently up the stairs and it make her feel uncomfortable. Suddenly a
strange sound from inside the dark living room makes her question whether it is safe to continue or
run back to the safety of the bedroom. She waits there for a while before realizing the silliness of the
situation, then walks confidently past the living room and out to the kitchen to eat
Matti opens the door of the fridge and searches for something to eat. She finds the milk and
fills a huge bowl with cheerio’s then leaves the kitchen heading back to the bedroom.
On her way she notices the draft coming from the living room and peeks throw the crack in
the door. She struggles to see through the darkness and sees what looks like two red eyes
staring at her from the shadows. She opens the door wider and turns on the light only to
discover that it's the standby lights from the TV which has been left on. She goes behind the
TV and switches off the t TV at the wall.
Back in Mattie's room the sound of 1920's music fills the air as she plays out a happy family
life scenario inside her doll's house. She mimics the voices of the characters in her story who
plod along from chapter to chapter without complaint
Mattie reassures the dolls that everything is going to be OK she puts the dolls to bed where
they will be safe. As she does the vibration from a door slamming shakes the house and the
vibration can be seen in the left-over milk in Mattie's bowl. Mattie open's the bedroom door a
crack to investigate the noise from downstairs. But there is no noise. The whole house in in
silence. She goes back into the room, and suddenly hears a noise from downstairs, it’s
whispering coming from the living room.
7. The startled look on her face as the voice comes from downstairs
20. Sliding down each stair and her face through banister
She peeks into the dark living room again to where she here's the whispering coming from,
and notices that the red LED'S from the TV are back on again. Matti tries to turn on the light
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so she can enter the room but it's not working. Uses phone as light and gather's up the
courage and enters the living room to turn off the TV again. As she moves closer to the TV,
she stretches out her hand and moves closer to the LED and switch. Suddenly she sees that
the LED'S are eyes staring at her. She tries to run out of the living room, but the door slams
and she is trapped. Mattie tries to find her way out of the dark living room. She leans back
against the sofa in despair. Just then she feels here mobile phone in her pocket vibrating and
remembers she can use it as a torch. She opens the mobile and turns on the light. The light is
dim and can only light enough do she can find her way through the darkness as she moves,
she can hear crunching and crunching getting louder and louder. she reaches her hand out to
grab the door handle as the crunching noise becomes almost mind numbing suddenly the red
eyed monster shows its face and jumps towards her. the screen goes black.
Dark screen and muffled screaming only gets louder as Mattie open’s her eyes
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Mattie opens her eyes to the sound of screaming coming from the TV and crunching, the
sound of which was coming from Father standing on the cheerio’s, Matti’s Mother enters the
room and sees what is going on and starts screaming. Her Drunk Father standing over her
with a clenched fist, he is standing in a puddle the milk that Mattie was holing before he
knocked her out, the sound of crunching coming from under his feet as he staggers around the
floor gets louder and louder.
1. Over the head shot of the living room showing the whole scene
4. Over the shoulder shot of Matti on the ground with the drunk man standing over her