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The End of an Era

An original short film

Written by

Josef Sparrey

Cast:

Protagonist, young WW2 soldier – Played by Sam Francomb

Extra – Played by

Production script

2nd October, 2021

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Shooting script – short film - The End of an Era
(no dialogue)
Timecode Visuals Sound
00:00 – FIRST SCENE - Establishing Natural sound of train running
00:20 wide shot of a steam train along track and sounds of horn
seconds exiting out of a tunnel and
continues down the track.
Credits role
00:20 – Low angle shot focuses on Natural sounds of train
00:28 leaf before pulling focus on running along track
seconds the train and it runs past
00:28 – Cuts to pull out shot from Natural sounds of train and
00:38 window into inside train background noises
seconds carriage. We see young WW2
soldier sleeping against wall
00:38 – Low angle shot of character Same natural sounds
00:42 between cage inside carriage
seconds
00:42 – Scene cuts to black Sound effects - Battlefield V Raw
00:44 Stuka sound - YouTube
seconds World War II Battle Heavy Machine Gun Fire
and Explosions War Sounds - YouTube
00:44 – Camera pulls away back from Music - Fearmonger - YouTube
00:49 soldiers face, as he
seconds frantically wakes up and 1:00-1:20 mins
looks out the window
00:49 – Cut away shot showing what ”
00:51 character is looking at
seconds outside
00:51 – Camera cuts back soldier ”
00:57 looking out of window, then
seconds pans down revealing a
newspaper on his lap
00:51 – Cuts to over the shoulder Sound effects - Train Sounds
00:55 shot of the soldier unfolding for sleep 2 hours Inside
seconds the newspaper Carriage - YouTube and natural
sounds
00:55 – Cuts to low angle shot of the ”
01:12 soldier reading the
seconds newspaper, the camera then
slightly arcs around the
character, and then pans down
as he pull
01:12 – Cuts to over the shoulder ”
01:16 shot of the character pulling
seconds out and briefly looking at
the picture
01:16 – Cuts to low angle shot of the ”
01:23 soldier looking at the photo,
seconds it starts focused on the back
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Shooting script – short film - The End of an Era
(no dialogue)
of the picture then pulls
into focus as the character
puts it back into his bag
01:23 – Camera cuts to close up shot ”
01:31 of bag, as the soldier puts
seconds his newspaper and picture
back into it
01:31 – Camera cuts to medium shot ”
01:40 between metal cage, as
seconds character stands up and walks
out of shot
01:40 – Cuts to low shot of train Natural sound of train pulling
02:10 pulling into station into station
seconds
02:10 – Cuts back into carriage as Natural sounds and quiet
02:26 soldier looks and walks down background music beat - Dream
seconds walkway, camera pulls of Arrakis | Dune OST - YouTube
backwards as a medium full 0:40-0:48 seconds (repeated)
shot Then cuts into Suspenseful
background Music - BRINK - action
instrumental Intense Dramatic Film Movie
Soundtrack - YouTube
02:26 – Shot then cuts to a low angle ”
02:36 inside a carriage cabin
seconds
02:36 – Medium full shot - Camera ”
03:10 then cuts back to soldier as
seconds he exits the cabin and walks
back up the carriage, then
looks out of window which
camera pans to reveal the
station name
03:10 – Camera then cuts to outside ”
03:35 of carriage, to a trucking
seconds shot of the soldier as they
walk along to the door
03:35 – Cuts to close up shot of ”
03:40 soldier opening door handle
seconds
03:40 – Cuts to medium shot of Natural sounds and music track
03:55 soldier walking out of train play - Intense Action Background Music
seconds as he looks around the empty (No Copyright) | Free Action Music | -
station YouTube
0:00 – 1:28
03:55 – Camera cuts to a low angled ”
04:05 shot, with shallow focus, as
seconds the soldier walks down the
station
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Shooting script – short film - The End of an Era
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04:05 – Camera cuts to medium full ”
04:13 shot behind the character as
seconds they walk up to an old light
04:13 – Camera cuts in front of ”
04:20 Character to a wide shot as
seconds they walk over to a bench to
sit down on
04:20 – Camera cuts back to medium ”
04:38 full shot following him from
seconds behind as he goes to sit down
and look at his newspaper
again
04:38 – Camera cuts to over the Intense music starts to build
04:42 shoulder shot of soldier
seconds reading the paper
04:42 – Then cuts to a close up shot ”
04:44 of the newspaper
seconds
04:44 – Cuts to a medium full shot ”
05:26 with the camera following the
seconds soldier from behind as they
hurriedly walk away
05:26 – Then cuts to wide shot as the ”
05:32 soldier exits the station
seconds area
05:32 – Cuts to close up shot of face ”
05:34 showing reaction, vertigo
seconds effect
05:34 – Final shot of scene – camera Music builds and ends on a
05:55 pans from cars to soldier as dramatic conclusion to the
seconds he tries to understand what scene
he is seeing around him

Quick cut to black

05:55 – SECOND SCENE – Establishing
06:00 wide shot of museum entrance
seconds
06:00 – Cuts to close up shot of Eerie dramatic music starts
06:02 museum sign quietly building
seconds
06:02 – Then cuts to close up shot of ”
06:04 hand reaching out to push
seconds door
06:04 – Then cuts to low shot inside ”
06:06 of museum as the door creeks
seconds open
06:06 – Camera cuts to full shot as ”
06:12 the soldier gradually walks
seconds into the building, becoming
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confused with all that around
him
06:12 – Cuts to Point Of View shot ”
06:14 from soldier perspective as
seconds he walks into the main room
06:14 – Cuts back to full shot as he Music keeps building
06:18 walks round to a door way
seconds
06:18 – Cuts to low shot of soldiers ”
06:22 boots, then camera tilts up
seconds revealing him standing in the
doorway, before looking to
his side finding a light
switch
06:22 – Close up on the light switch ”
06:23 as he clicks it once
seconds
06:23 – Close up shot of light ”
06:24 turning on
seconds
06:24 – Cuts to medium shot of the ”
06:28 soldier looking up at the
seconds lights then to the switch
(camera pans from soldier to
switch) as he clicks it
multiple times
06:28 – Cuts to medium shot behind Music becomes more dramatic
06:30 the soldier as a figure steps and loud
seconds into the frame
06:30 – Cuts to close up on soldiers ”
06:34 face as he hears the person
seconds behind him. He slowly turns
his head
06:34 – Cuts to hip level shot from ”
06:38 the soldier as he notices the
seconds figure behind him. They start
shouting at him, trying to
get him to leave
06:38 – Cuts to medium shot as camera Music at peak
06:50 follows his forced hustle to
seconds the exit of the museum.
The soldier breaks free from
the grip of the figure and
points towards his photo
(camera follows his movement)
as if saying that was where
he used to live
06:50 – Cut to close up of phone ”
06:51 being picked up
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seconds
06:51 – Then close up of figures ”
06:53 mouth as they say ‘police’
seconds (this is be silent
06:53 – Camera cuts to push in shot ”
07:00 of the soldier as he becomes
seconds worried when she said police,
and rushes out the main door
07:00 – Cuts back to static wide shot Music cuts away to natural
07:05 of the museum as the soldier sounds
seconds backs away from the door and
runs off

Straight cuts to next

establishing shot
07:05 – THIRD SCENE – Establishing Music changes to more
07:10 static wide shot of old hut emotional tone
seconds building surrounded by trees.
07:10 – Quick cut to medium shot of ”
07:12 the soldier hurriedly walking
seconds past trees and bushes
07:12 – Cuts back to static wide shot ”
07:14 of the building
seconds
07:14 – Then quick cut back to the ”
07:18 medium full shot of the
seconds soldier as he exits foliage
07:18 – Cuts to camera panning round ”
07:24 the side of the building as
seconds the soldier walks round the
other side to the front of
the hut
07:24 – Cuts to high angled shot of
07:28 the soldier walking in front
seconds of the building as he looks
up to it tearfully
07:28 – Cuts to medium shot from the ”
07:34 side as the soldier as he
seconds tries to jolt open the locked
door, slo-mo shot (shoot in
60 fps)
07:34 – Cuts to close up shot of his ”
07:36 face showing frustration and
seconds tiredness, slo-mo shot (shoot
in 60 fps)
07:36 – Cuts to full shot behind the ”
07:38 soldier as he collapses to
seconds his knees
07:38 – Then cuts to low angled shot ”
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07:42 looking up to the soldier as
seconds he scrunches up his picture,
distressed and upset
07:42 – Camera pans down behind the ”
07:55 soldier, then dollys
seconds backwards as he sits in front
of the building all
emotional, as the credits
roll
07:55 – Fades to black, end credits Music fades away
08:00 play
seconds
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