Practical Production Screen Play

SCENE 1: EXT GRAVEYARD. GENRE GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM

CHARACTERS:

GEORGE (DECEASED, WAS A BULLY TOWARDS HIS SON TOM)

TOM (SON OF GEORGE, HATES HIM)

CHARLIE (DAUGHTER OF GEORGE)

Fade In:

A wide shot of the grave yard, to establish the shot. Then one at a time the characters will walk towards the grave and look down in respect.

Second Shot:

Close up of Tom’s facial expression, angry.

DISSOLVE:

To an incident that happened between the deceased and the person that is standing at the grave, therefore the reason for the facial expression before the fade

Zoom out of close up of Tom’s face to a medium shot

GEORGE (OFF SCREEN)

Useless, absolutely useless, boy.

Why did your mother insist on having you?

CUT TO CLOSE UP OF GEORGE’S FACE, ANGRY.

MUSIC TRACK OF SPAGEHETTI WESTERN

CUT TO TOM DRESSED AS A COWBOY WITH GUNS IN A STAND-OFF WITH GEORGE.

CUT TO GEORGE LOOKING SCARED

LONG SHOT SHOWING BOTH CHARACTERS

MEDIUM SHOT OF TOM DRAWING GUN AND SHOOTING.

MEDIUM SHOT OF GEORGE DYING.

Fade out:

To the character with the same facial expression, but then turns their head towards the next character.

Cut:

To another character, then a close up of their face with a facial expression, to convey their feelings towards the person that is buried

Fade in:

To a bad memory between the two characters, resulting in the character standing at the grave being happen that he has died so she can have his room. (From being sad, to happy)

Fade out to the characters walking away from the scene.