CREATIVE APPROACH
Opening sequence, titles and Inciting incident.
EXT. It’s night time on a quiet road. Girl steps out of her friends car, wide shot showing the vehicle. Close up on the girls face as she exits. Mid close up on her friends face when she asks “Will you be okay?”. Close up, showing the emotions on the girls face before she replies, “I’ll be fine.”.
Camera hidden in the forest, narrow depth of field looking at the car pull away from the girl. We know someone is watching her. Creepy music begins to play - long tense violin notes as the girl exhales a breath, the mist visible, before beginning her journey home. We now notice she’s wearing white - innocent.
She walks down the pathway, montage of shots showing her walking - some behind the bushes from the stalkers POV. She hears a branch snap - the camera has a extreme close up on her eye as she releases a shaky breath - we know she’s scared, the music increases suspense. She begins walking faster, the pursuer follows close behind. She girls stops again, match on action as she turns around to look behind her. She starts to pull out her phone and dials a number, close up on the phone showing her about to press the call button. POV shot from the pursuer as he comes up behind her. He opens up a pen knife, specific markings are on it. He taps her shoulder, she drops her phone - fast tilt as we watch the phone hit the ground. She whips around, slow motion, all that’s heard now is the music, mid close up. Her eyes make contact with the camera, as if she’s looking at her pursuer and she screams. The screen goes black as the scream echoes.
Black screen - white titles - MISSING.
Progressive Complications.
A whole montage of shots showing missing posters with the girls face on them lasts for approx one minute and a half. Posters in many different places - on lampposts, someone putting one up in shop windows, someone looking through their post and receive one, the camera tracks a row of cars, seeing the posters under their windshield wipers - maybe handheld as if from a passer by’s POV. Finally, a poster on the ground as someone steps on one - the camera is high up looking down. Throughout the montage, the rest of the credits come up - director, cast, etc.
A detective sits in his office - profile shots- an almost spotlight on him. 360 degree pan of the man as he stares at a white board with all the information on the kidnapping. He runs a frustrated hand over his tired face - extreme close up here as he sighs. The clicking of his pen can be heard as he looks at a missing poster - as if from the posters POV, camera at a low angle, looking up at the detective giving him a sense of power. Dialogue- “Where did you go?” He says to no one.
His partner, seemingly appearing out of darkness, enters the room - neutral level camera. “We found nothing.” He mutters while looking at the whiteboard and putting a red cross over some information - over the shoulder shot. “I thought so.” The detective replies sadly- profile shot again.
Crisis.
The phone rings - close up on the telephone and the detective’s hand as he picks it up. Close up on his face as he receives the news that they’ve found the girls body. He sighs and scrunches his eyes shut - extreme close up on his eyes. He says “Thank-you. We’ll be there soon.” And hangs up. He hangs his head down, rubbing his neck. The other detective watches with scrutiny - profile shots. “She’s dead?” He asks knowingly. The head detective nods while standing up and putting his coat on in a fluid motion - wide shot to show the both of them - music picks up.
Scene cuts to the forest alleyway where forensic police in white overalls pass them by - over the shoulder shot as if we’re following the detectives. They walk along in silence, going under some ‘DO NOT CROSS’ yellow police tape - camera in front of them now, watching them arrive - zoom in to show the head detectives shocked face. The other detective merely looks away - close up when he does this. The head detective talks to the lead investigator who talks about the average guess of time of death and causes for death. Slow pan as they talk - shot reverse shot afterwards. The camera switches to a wide shot, farther back and then lowers. The body isn’t in focus but you can just see her shoulder, the camera looks up at the men talking as they look down on the body. The music picks up again.
Climax
The head detective sighs again and looks down, profile shot of him and his partner - the partner acts suspicious. As they go to walk away, from the body’s shoulder POV again, the other detective smiles slightly and then follows his partner. We follow behind them, the music all you can hear now - Suggested songs “Sleep” by The Dandy Warhols and “Lux Aeterna” by Clint Mansel - they go to tell them parents. They get in their car, and the head detective runs a hand over his face - the camera is at a neutral level - pans over to his partner who stares out the window with a slight smirk on his face.
Scene cuts to them arriving to the parents house, they step out the car - everything is in slow motion from now on. The camera at a low angle looking up at the head detective as he walks to the house. His partner lingers - taking out his pen knife and cutting down a poster that’s held up by string outside their home. The camera zooms in to see the markings on his blade - the audience is now aware that he is the killer. He full out grins as the poster floats to the ground - camera at his POV now as it lands next to his shoes. He steps on it. He joins his partner by the front door and he knocks. The head detective closes his eyes in sad anticipation - extreme close up. His partner smiles evilly - extreme close up.
Resolution
Still in slow motion, The mother opens the door, camera in-between the detective’s shoulders looking at her, just by the looks on their faces, the mother breaks down crying - the father comes and holds her so she doesn’t fall. Music is now full volume - you cannot hear the mothers cries. Extreme close up on the head detective who is also trying hard not to cry at this awful sight. Neutral shot of him stepping inside the home and following the devastated parents. His partner follows him, turning around to close the door.
He makes eye contact with the audience, the camera is at his eye line height and positioned outside, lighting is dark, he smiles sadistically before closing the door slowly.
Titles - 'Fin.'
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