Screenplay draft 1

INTEREGATION ROOM- NIGHT

WIDE SHOT OF THE SIDE OF THE INTEREGATION ROOM AS IF YOUR LOOKING THROUGH THE OBSERVATION MIRROR, SHOWING THE WHOLE OF THE ROOM INCLUDING LEWIS SLOACHED IN A CHAIR, WITH A CARELESS LOOK ON HIS FACE. ALSO A SMALL TABLE WITH A SPOT LIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM AND A MIRROR AND A CLOCK ON THE WALL BESIDES HIM.

(SOUND- SILENCE)

POLICE STATION- NIGHT

TRACKING SHOT AT FLOOR LEVEL, FOLLOWING THE FAST PACED FOOTSTEPS OF DETECTIVE CHRISTIAN WOODS.  BACKGROUND OUT OF FOCUS, SO UNABLE TO SEE WHERE HE IS.

(DIEGETIC SOUND OF LOUD FAST PACED FOOTSTEPS ON HARD FLOOR)

WIDE SHOT OF A POLICEMAN SAT BEHIND A DESK. WE SEE CHRISTIAN HASTALY WALK PAST HIM, AND THE POLICE MAN LOOK UP FROM HIS DESK AND TURN HIS HEAD IN THE DIRECTION OF CHRISTIAN.

(DIEGETIC SOUND- FOOTSTEPS AND SHUFFLING OF PAPERS ON PICEMANS DESK)

CLOSE-UP ON DOOR HANDLE, SHOWING DETECTIVE WOODS OPENING THE DOOR (DIEGETIC-RATTLING OF DOOR HANDLE)

INTEREGATION ROOM- NIGHT

MEDIUM SHOT FROM THE INTEREGATION ROOM SHOWING DETECTIVE WOODS COMING THROUGH THE DOOR LOOKING CONFUSED AND ANGRY.

(DIEGETIC- SLAM OF THE DOOR AND FOOTSTEPS PACING UP AND DOWN FROM DETECTIVE WOODS)

MEDIUM SHOT OF LEWIS BEHIND THE TABLE IN THE DARK, WITH THE SPOTLIGHT POINTED AWAY FROM HIM. SLIGHT VIEW OF LEWIS’ FACE, PULLING A CROOKED SMILE.

(QUIET TICKING OF THE CLOCK IN THE BACKGROUND)

MEDIUM SHOT OF DETECTIVE WOODS IN FRONT OF THE DOOR LOOKING ANGRY AND CONFUSED AT LEWIS’

(TICKING OF THE CLOCK)

WIDE SHOT OF THEM BOTH, WITH LEWIS IN THE CHAIR AND DETECTIVE WOODS AT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROOM LOOKING STARING AT HIM WITH HIS ARMS CROSSED

(TICKING OF THE CLOCK)

OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT FROM LEWIS, SHOWING DETECTIVE WOODS PULLING OUT THE CHAIR AND SITTING DOWN.

(SCRAPE OF THE CHAIR ON THE FLOOR)

MEDIUM SHOT OF DETECTIVE WOODS WHILST SHUFFLING IN HIS CHAIR, LOOKING ANGRY AND FRUSTRATED AT LEWIS.

(TICKING OF THE CLOCK)

DETECTIVE WOODS:

I DON’T UNDERSTAND LEWIS…

(SPOKEN QUETLY WHILST SHAKING HIS HEAD)

CLOSE-UP ON LEWIS’ FACE, SHOWING HIM PULLING A CROOKED SMILE WHILST STARING DIRECTLY AT DETECTIVE WOODS.

(SILENCE APART FROM THE TICKING OF THE CLOCK)

MEDIUM SHOT OF DETECTIVE WOODS LEANNING IN CLOSER AND PULLING IN HIS CHAIR.

(TICKING OF THE CLOCK AND SCRAPING OF THE CHAIR)

TWO SHOT OF THE TWO CHARACTERS FROM THE SIDE, SHOWING DETECTIVE WOODS TURNING THE LIGHT ON TO LEWIS.

(TWISTING OF THE LIGHT AND THE TICKING OF THE CLOCK)

CLOSE-UP OF LEWIS’ FACE AS THE LIGHT DRAWS ACROSS HIS FACE, SHOWING HIM SMIRKING AT DETECTIVE WOODS

(TICKING OF THE CLOCK AND TURNING OF THE LIGHT)

WIDE SHOT OF THE TWO CHARACTERS SAT EITHER SIDE OF THE TABLE, WITH LEWIS SLOCHED IN THE CHAIR AND DETECTIVE WOODS LEANING ONTO THE TABLE.

(TICKING OF THE CLOCK)

DETECTIVE WOODS:

ARE YOU GOING TO SAY ANYTHING?

WHAT DID THEY DO TO YOU TO DESERVE THIS?!

SHOT CHANGES FROM OVER THE SHOULDER, ZOOMING INTO A MEDIUM SHOT OF LEWIS ON HIS OWN SITTING UP AND LEANING OVER THE TABLE TO DETECTIVE WOODS.

(SHUFFLE OF THE CHAIR AND TICKING)

LEWIS TURNER:

(LAUGHS TO HIM SELF QUIETLY)

“EVENTUALLY DETECTIVE, YOU WILL SEE WHAT THIS TOWN DOES TO PEOPLE.”

 (WHISPERING TO DETECTIVE WOODS)

(SHUFFLES CLOSER, LEANING BACK INTO HIS CHAIR)

WIDE SHOT OF DETECTIVE WOODS SHOOVING HIS CHAIR BACK AND STANDING UP. SLAMMING HIS HANDS ON THE TABLE.

(SCARPE OF THE CHAIR AND BANG ON THE DESK)

MEDIUM SHOT OF DETECTIVE WOODS SHOWING HIS ANGER AND FRUSTRATION TOWARDS LEWIS.

(TICKING OF THE CLOCK)

DETECTIVE WOODS:

“IF YOU WERE DOING THIS, WHY DID YOU THINK IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH A DETECTIVE?”

MEDIUM SHOT OF LEWIS

(TICKING OF THE CLOCK)

LEWIS TURNER:

“WOULD YOU SUSPECT YOUR FRIENDS TO BE CAPABLE OF MURDER?”

(SAID QUIETLY WHILST LOOKING AT THE DESK AND SMIRKING)

CHANGE TO A CLOSE-UP ON LEWIS’ FACE, WITH HALF OF IT IN THE LIGHT AND HALF IN THE DARK.

(TICKING OF THE CLOCK)