Anoushka's Diary..

My very own script for a HORROR MOVIE! :)

FADE IN:

FULL SHOT –

‘MOVING DAY – 8^TH JANUARY 2009’

It is mid- afternoon and there is music playing whilst a black car is pulling up into the long stone filled drive way, the children get out the car; the door slams as its closed and a quick shot of birds flying away.

Tracking shot – MUM AND DAD walking to the door with one box each, as MUM opens the door, there’s a slight creak she puts down the box and takes a QUIFF of the new home smell.

MUM

Honey, we’re home

CUT to the two daughters; KELLY and ELLIE.

ELLIE runs upstairs and ‘bagsies’ her room.

ELLIE

(We hear here voice from the distance upstairs)

This ones mine! Kelly I’ve already called it!

KELLY runs upstairs; follows ellie and as she’s half way up the stairs she sees a bright light flickering in one room downstairs – THE BASEMENT.

The light turns off – KELLY runs upstairs and finds her room. A door downstairs SLAMS SHUT – she jumps.

CUTS TO OUTSIDE.

MUM and DAD are moving the rest of the boxes inside the house, ZOOM into one box – the box with KELLY’s china doll ß close up of doll.

ELLIE and KELLY run downstairs and ask to explore the house, ELLIE grabs KELLYS arm and they start exploring- long shot of girls holding hands walking down the long corridor.

The girls see the door for the basement –

Dialogue between ELLIE and KELLY:

ELLIE

WOAH! Kels, lets check out this room!

KELLY refuses – CLOSE UP of her scared face.

KELLY

Ellie! Don’t go in there, it’s dark and scary and you never know what could be down there!

MUM:

Girls, dinners ready

GIRLS look at each other- both shout:

coming!

DISSOLVE into - the family around the dinner table.

DAD:

So girls, how do you like the house?

ELLIE

I personally LOVE IT! Although, it could use a bit of work!

MUM

How about you Kelly? Why are you so quiet?

KELLY

Erm, yeah, I, I, like it

LIGHT BULB FLICKERS

DAD:

Oh, well that’s got to be sorted out

LIGHT BULB FLICKERS – AGAIN.

ALL lights go off -

ALL lights turn back on.

ELLIE’S GONE.

Close up of MUM, DAD and KELLY

(Anxious, Scared, petrified)

LOOKING ROOM shot

KELLY

“ELLIE, ELLIE, WHERE ARE YOU? ELLIE!”

No response.

Extreme close up – DAD hears a noise downstairs – coming from the basement.

DAD slowly walks towards the door, opens the creaking door and walks down the stairs.

A SUDDEN FLASH of ELLIE on the bed with KELLY’s china doll.

Her face is dark and her eyes are spaciously open.

DAD gets to the bottom of the basement stairs and pulls on a piece of string – The light.

Light goes on.

DAD runs over to ellie picks her up in his arms and swings her.

OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT

DAD

“ELLIE! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?,

WHY ARE YOU DOWN HERE?”

Zoomed over the shoulder shot.

ELLIE stares at DAD - NO response.

DAD

Ellie! Please answer me!

ELLIE

Daddy, I don’t know

DAD

ELLIE, what do you mean you don’t know?

ELLIE

JESSICA told me I’d be safer here

DAD

Who’s JESSICA, ELLIE?

CUTS to MORNING.

I have enjoyed writing scripts from a very young age. This particular script is for a horror movie that i created. I looked at various horror films and was inspired a lot by a film called 'Hide and Seek' which is one of my favourite horror films! Within this script I chose to use the surprise element however I also intended the script to be as visual as possible enabling my readers to create their own vision and perception of the horror film.