Animatic for 'The Move'

Script for The Move

Scene 1

INT. DAY. HOUSE

The house is very peaceful and there is nothing wrong with it.

A mother and young girl are living in a house but her mother wants to move to somewhere new. So results in telling the young girl that they are moving to a new house.

Sarah is wearing everyday clothing and dancing in the front room to music on the Television.

SARAH

(Singing to music on the television)

SARAH’s mother comes and interrupts her dancing and comes to tell her something.

MOTHER

(Enters room and interrupts SARAH)

‘Now I’ve got something to tell you, were moving house.’

SARAH is a very stubborn little girl and doesn’t like change.

Scene 2

BLACKOUT SCREEN

There is a blacked out screen that comes up with writing on it saying ‘She was just a normal girl…’ with voice over.

VOICE OVER

‘She was just a normal girl.’

Scene 3

Flashing images of the new house, happens twice

Scene 4

BLACKOUT SCREEN

There is a blacked out distorted screen with writing on it saying ‘Until her life moved forever’ with voice over.

VOICE OVER

‘Until her life moved.’

Scene 5

EXT. NEW HOUSE – DAY

They arrive at the house, the car draws up the drive.

SARAH

(Steps out of the car holding a box of toys)

(Starts to move towards the house with a worried look on her face)

Scene 6

INT. NEW HOUSE – STAIRS – DAY

SARAH

(Starts walking up the stairs to her new room with the box in her hands, walks across the hallway to her room and then you can see her room)

Scene 7

INT. BEDROOM – NIGHT

SARAH

(Playing with her toys and suddenly the door slams. She goes to sits on her bed and all of a sudden there is a note pad on saying ‘DIE’ and broken dolls all over the floor. She grabs her quilt and there are hand prints on blood. The drawers in her bedroom open)

Scene 8

BLACKOUT SCREEN

There is a blackout screen saying ‘There’s No Way Out’.

VOICE OVER

‘There’s no way out.’

Scene 9

INT. KITCHEN – NIGHT

MOTHER (VOICE OVER-PHONE CALL)

‘I need your help. There’s something wrong with SARAH. There’s something evil in this house.’

VICAR

(Standing in the door way of the kitchen, leaning against the door examining the room)

There are foot prints of blood on the floor in their kitchen but no one knows where they have come from.

VICAR

(Looking at the bloody foot prints on the floor)

‘I sense an evil presence in this house.’

Scene 10

BLACKOUT SCREEN

Blackout distorted screen saying ‘There’s nowhere to hide’.

VOICE OVER

‘There’s nowhere to hide.’

Scene 11

INT. BEDROOM – NIGHT

VICAR

(Looking over at SARAH)

SARAH

(Rocking in the corner of her room)

VICAR

(Trying to perform an exorcism on her)

SARAH

(Starts to get scared and mad at the VICAR, then her face becomes covered in blood and tears)

Scene 12

BLANK SCREEN

This will be a blank screen with the name of the film and coming soon on it.

VOICE OVER

‘The Move’

Shot list for The Move (Aston & Heidi)

Shot No	Duration (seconds)	Shot type	Angle (high, low etc.)	Movement (zoom, tracking)	What happens in the shot
1	4	Medium shot	-	-	Young girl dancing
2	4	Long shot	-	-	Young girl dancing
3	3	Medium/ close up	Eyeline match	-	Being told moving house.
4	3	Over the Shoulder	Eyeline match	-	Being told move house
5	5	-	-	-	Blackout with writing
6	2	Long shot	-	-	Picture of house
7	2	Close up	-	-	Picture of house
8	5	-	-	-	Blackout with writing
9	7	Long shot	-	Zoom	The house and car drawing up.
10	6	Close up	Low	Tracking then zoom	Holding box.
11	4	Mid shot	Low	Tracking	Young girl walking upstairs
12	4	Mid shot	Low	Tracking	Young girl walking upstairs.
13	4	Long shot	-	Zoom in	Walking across hallway.
14	3	Establishing shot	-	Pan and zoom in.	Showing her room.
15	6	Mid shot	Low	-	Playing with toys
16	3	Mid shot	-	Zoom in	Door slam
17	8	Mid shot/ long shot	Low	Focus	Sitting on bed
18	4	Long shot/close up	Low	Zoom in	Sitting on bed.
19	4	Mid shot	-	-	Note pad and blood on floor and dolls.
20	4	Close up	-	-	Notepad and blood on floor with dolls.
21	6	Long shot/close up	-	-	Grabbing quilt and blood prints
22	6	Mid shot	-	-	Drawers opening
23	5	-	-	-	Blackout with writing
24	6	Mid shot	Low	-	Vicar
25	4	Medium/ close up	-	-	Foot prints on floor
26	5	-	-	-	Blackout with writing
27	6	Over the shoulder	-	-	Vicar and girl in corner
28	5	Mid shot	-	-	Focusing on vicar.
29	4	Close up	-	-	Sitting on floor.
30	5	-	-	-	Details of trailer and name of it.