Shooting Script
1. A black screen, can hear both heavy footsteps and heavy breathing; conveys a sense of panic.
2. Fades into shot, low angled camera, man runs towards and past the camera, continues diegetic sound of footsteps and breathing, fast paced music begins.
3. Cuts to wide shot of him running (tracks from behind).
4. Close up of his feet running; implies speed.
5. Close up of his face, panicked/concerned expression.
6. Mid tracking shot as he runs, see him from the side.
7. Camera cuts to a shot of a young girl in a room, high angled and took from the top right corner of the room, no sound, and black and white; in order to imitate CCTV footage.
8. Camera cuts to the shots of a man running, tracking shot from the side shows him running past buildings (transformed city), non-diegetic sound returns.
9. Full length shot of him running towards the camera head on, tracking out.
10. Cuts to a point of view shot of him running.
11. Establishing shot of the high-rise building at a low angle shot, to elongate it further and convey importance.
12. Running up towards the building, from behind.
13. Cut to him reaching for the handle.
14. Matching action, opening the door.
15. A cut to the same CCTV footage style shot of the girl banging on the door of the room she is held hostage in, again no sound.
16. Girl looks straight up at high angled camera.
17. Mid shot, slightly low, of him entering the building. All previous shots (apart from shots of the girl) have been external shots, they are now internal.
18. Pans across to him running to the foot of the stairs.
19. High angle of him running up the stairs.
20. Low angle, tracking shot of him running from behind.
21. CU of his face, looking side to side, displays confusion.
22. Point of view shot, camera pans from side to side.
23. Walks into shot.
24. CU of him walking to the door.
25. High angled shot of a girl in room, see her banging on the door, no sound.
26. Point of view shot, girl’s view of the door (inside the room).
27. Mid shot of him walking towards the door (outside the room).
28. Mid shot of her trying to open the door (inside the room).
29. Close up of his hands on the door (outside of the room).
30. Close up of her face.
31. Point of view shot as he opens the door.
32. Close up of his face, see confusion.
33. Point of view shot of the empty room (apart from table, timer and note).
34. Medium-wide shot from behind table of him walking towards table.
35. Close up of him picking up the note and unfolding it.
36. Close up of the shocked expression on his face, he turns.
37. Mid shot of him from behind as he drops the note and runs out of the room.
38. High angled shot of note falling, sees writing on note (slow motion), tracks out and becomes CCTV footage.
39. Camera tracks out to see screen showing the empty room. Can see a man’s shoulder, appears to be watching the screen.
40. Fades to black screen, see title of film ‘Justice’.
Lucy Baldwin:
1. A black screen, can hear both heavy footsteps and heavy breathing; conveys a sense of panic.
2. Fades into shot, low angled camera, man runs towards and past the camera, continues diegetic sound of footsteps and breathing, fast paced music begins.
3. Cuts to wide shot of him running (tracks from behind).
4. Close up of his feet running; implies speed.
5. Close up of his face, panicked/concerned expression.
6. Mid tracking shot as he runs, see him from the side.
7. Camera cuts to a shot of a young girl in a room, high angled and took from the top right corner of the room, no sound, and black and white; in order to imitate CCTV footage.
8. Camera cuts to the shots of a man running, tracking shot from the side shows him running past buildings (transformed city), non-diegetic sound returns.
9. Full length shot of him running towards the camera head on, tracking out.
10. Cuts to a point of view shot of him running.
11. Establishing shot of the high-rise building at a low angle shot, to elongate it further and convey importance.
12. Running up towards the building, from behind.
13. Cut to him reaching for the handle.
14. Matching action, opening the door.
15. A cut to the same CCTV footage style shot of the girl banging on the door of the room she is held hostage in, again no sound.
16. Girl looks straight up at high angled camera.
17. Mid shot, slightly low, of him entering the building. All previous shots (apart from shots of the girl) have been external shots, they are now internal.
18. Pans across to him running to the foot of the stairs.
19. High angle of him running up the stairs.
20. Low angle, tracking shot of him running from behind.
21. CU of his face, looking side to side, displays confusion.
22. Point of view shot, camera pans from side to side.
23. Walks into shot.
24. CU of him walking to the door.
25. High angled shot of a girl in room, see her banging on the door, no sound.
26. Point of view shot, girl’s view of the door (inside the room).
27. Mid shot of him walking towards the door (outside the room).
28. Mid shot of her trying to open the door (inside the room).
29. Close up of his hands on the door (outside of the room).
30. Close up of her face.
31. Point of view shot as he opens the door.
32. Close up of his face, see confusion.
33. Point of view shot of the empty room (apart from table, timer and note).
34. Medium-wide shot from behind table of him walking towards table.
35. Close up of him picking up the note and unfolding it.
36. Close up of the shocked expression on his face, he turns.
37. Mid shot of him from behind as he drops the note and runs out of the room.
38. High angled shot of note falling, sees writing on note (slow motion), tracks out and becomes CCTV footage.
39. Camera tracks out to see screen showing the empty room. Can see a man’s shoulder, appears to be watching the screen.
40. Fades to black screen, see title of film ‘Justice’.
Character Outlines
There are four main characters in our thriller Justice; the 'hero' (Kyle Baldwin); the 'victim' (Lucy Baldwin); the 'villain' (Matthew Drake); the detective (Ian Randall). Randall is the only main character who does not feature in the opening sequence of the film as he is first introduced to the audience when Kyle Baldwin returns to the police station after failing to find Lucy.
Kyle Baldwin:
- 40 years old
- (family) father to Lucy Baldwin
- (work) ex-partner to Matthew Drake, partner to Ian Randall
- average height, light blonde hair, beginning to turn grey
- for work he wears a suit, but outside of work he usually wears jeans, t-shirts and a leather jacket, although when it is cold he sometimes wears a thinner hooded jacket as well
- works as a police detective, having worked his way up being a uniformed police officer
- he wanted to be a police officer from being a very young child, and achieved this at the age of 18 when he joined the police force, and by the time he was 21 he had been promoted to detective
- however, he was not content with being law enforcement, and at the age of 22, he became involved with a criminal gang dealing drugs which lasted 3 years, during which time he bought and supplied drugs
- his partner on the police force, Matthew Drake, discovered that he was involved in drug crime, and threatened to arrest him, but Baldwin panicked and framed Drake for all of the drug crime
- he faked eveidence etc. so that Drake would be punished for the crimes, and he would be free
- he stopped his involvement with drug crime after the inccident but continued working on the police force
- 16 years old
- (family) daughter to Kyle Baldwin
- average height, blonde hair
- usually wears jeans and shirts
- no connection to Matthew Drake or Ian Randall
- does not know anything about her father's past involvement with drug crime
- despite her father's efforts, she does not want to go into the police force when she is older
- she wants to leave the city
- tries not to be involved in her father's career in any way, as she believes that something bad may come of it if she does
- 50 years old
- (work) ex-partner to Kyle Baldwin
- taller than average, dark brown hair, very few grey hairs
- always wears a suit, whether he is working or not
- grew up in a bad neighbourhood, surrounded by crime, and was introduced to the idea of 'vigilante justice' at a young age
- although he was bullied severly by teenagers as a child, he gathered his own small gang and became one of the most feared in his neighbourhood by the age of 16
- however, subconsciously, he was afraid of himself, and at 18 decided to join the police force; he was unwilling to give up the power he already weilded, but felt that it was better to have the law on his side, and also to restrict himself by the law
- being highly intelligent and efficient, and being from the same background as many criminals, he played a leading role in solving many crimes and was quickly promoted to being a detective
- having no family left, and being a misanthropist whenever he was not working, his work became the single focus of his life and what was most important to him
- at the age of 31 he was partnered with Kyle Baldwin, with whom he solved many crimes
- he was shocked to discover Baldwin's involvement in drug crime, and tried to threaten him in order to end Baldwin's involvement in drug crime; however this did not work, and he was instead blamed for the crimes
- he was convicted, fired from the police force and sent to prison
- during the time he spent in prison and the years afterwards, he despised Baldwin for what had been done to him, and began to plan his revenge
- 40 years old
- (work) partner to Kyle Baldwin
- average height, light brown hair
- wears suits for work, jeans etc when not working
- has no criminal record and has never been involved in criminal activity
- does not know of Baldwin's criminal involvement
- has been Baldwin's partner for 5 years
- has no connection to Matthew Drake
- he became a police officer in his late 20s after trying several different careers including careers in teaching and psychology
- he uses his background in psychology to help to solve crimes
- he is more reserved than Baldwin, mainly keeping himself to himself, but not in the same way that Drake does
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