Scripting

Bitter Twisted Lies Script

Shot begins with the intertitle of 'Bitter Twisted Lies' ( approximately 3 seconds)

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 Voiceover
 ( Narrator -Ana)
Sometimes stories don't have happy endings.... 
 Fade out fade in

Establishing shot of Charley's house in the daytime

BIRDS CHIRPING IN FOREGROUND

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Establishing shot of Charley's living room (2 seconds)
Ana and Chris are on the sofa.Clear prominence of scattered photos littering the room as it pans around the room.Ana gazes longingly in a two shot of her and Chris but is ignored.Chris is watching television and turns up the sound of it higher as she tries to talk to  him.

Zoom into a closeup of a singular wedding photo ( 1 second)
The  photo is elaborately adorned in silver and Ana holds it shakily in her hand.A single tear should fall onto the photo.Extreme closeup into Ana's eye.This is to be a symbol motif throughout the whole of the film.Piano plays hauntingly in the background and should continue as a sound bridge into the next scene.
Ana(Narrator)
Voiceover
To cherish and to love..'
Flash back to wedding ceremony ( 1 second)
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Ana and Chris are before a priest but the sound has been faded out as it is a memory.They are laughing.Wedding march symphony played here as soundtrack.Fades out.
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Ana and Chris are in bed but are faced away from each other.Enhanced sound of body movement e.g. rustling of the covers
Ana- We need to talk Chris.
Chris- No
Chris immediately falls asleep and starts audibly snoring.
Ana turns away again and turns off the lamp.

As the lamp turns off it fades into the next shot.
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Two shot of Aimee and Ana reclining on the sofa drinking mugs of hot chocolate.Sound has been faded out so you cant hear them speaking asides from the diegetic sound of laughter.This is done as layered sound over the top.

Voiceover 
They were two best friends....
Soundtrack is quiet in the background ans slowly fades out.
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Montage of Chris and Amiee getting passionate through a series of shots.The total length is 2 seconds.
First shot
Chris and Aimee are wrapped around each other in a close embrace in a woodland environment.Lighting is bright but they are shrouded by trees.
Second shot
Chris and Aimee in the marital bed where they are giggling heavily.This is a high canted angle.They pull the covers over each other.
3rd shot
Final montage shot Chris is talking to Amiee in bed in another two shot.
Aimee- we shouldn't do this
Chris- I love you not her
Dramatic thud on the piano.
Fade out fade in
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Closeup of an Iphone.Two second shot.There is a message conversation between Chris and Aimee.
Message relay
Chris - I wish I could be with you
Message beep.Typing of phone keyboard.
Aimee- I wish things didn't have to be so complicated, that she wasn't my best friend and we were just two ordinary people falling in love.
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Split screen of Ana and Aimee.Ana closes the door. Enhanced sound of door shutting.5minutes later Aimee enters the house.
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Low canted angle shot of Ana hunched over the toilet, throwing up violently into the bowl.Enhanced sound of sickness.Blurred effect.
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Closeup of NHS hospital letter.Ana's hands shake as she holds the letter.
Voiceover- Dear Mrs Taylor, I am writing to inform you of some unfortunate news.....
Fades out
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Aimee and Ana are holding their stomachs in a split screen shot.They are in the bathroom.Enhanced sound of them groaning.Jessie J'S song 'Who you are' is playing softly in the background.Lighting has a blue tint.

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Split scene shot of two pregnancy tests in sinks.One is positive and one is negative.Bright lighting. Soundtrack comes to a close with a dramatic thud.

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Juxtaposed mid shot of Ana and Aimee crying heavily.Soundtrack fades in again and becomes loud ' just be true to who you are is repeated 3 times and ends in a riff.

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Over the shoulder shot of Ana walking through the front door.
LOUD ENHANCED SOUND OF ANA OPENING THE DOOR
Piano goes off key.Ana walks through the door.
Ana- Chris I'm home

Half a second shot of Chris and Aimee in bed dressed scantily.Chris is just in his boxers and Amiee has a nude coloured Cami and they are locked in a passionate embrace.
THEY LAUGH
Dimmed lighting. Soft soundtrack.
Fade out fade in
Over the shoulder low angle shot.Ana grips the banister as she walks up the stairs.Enhanced sound of FOOTSTEPS.Echoes.
Half a second shot of Ana opening the door handle.DOOR CREAKS.
Point of view shot from Ana's perspective, cuts to a close up of her tear stained face.Two second shot cuts two an inter title of the lexis ' betrayal' in calligraphic format- 1 second.Appropriate soundtrack with lyrics about betrayal.Alternates in tempo, pitch and volume.
Cuts to another point of view shot of Aimee and Chris looking visibly shocked at the discoverance.They glance at each other before pulling the covers up to cover themselves.Two seconds long.Cuts to another intertitle' Lost love' 2 seconds long.
Fade out then fade into next shot.
Closeup of Chris
Chris- You wasn't meant to find out like this
Shot of another intertitle ' Lies'
Voiceover(Ana)
LIES!
Closeup of Ana crying distraught.
Ana- So when was I meant to find out then?
Intertitle 'Bitter' 2 second shot.
Two shot of Aimee and Chris holding each other.
Chris- I feel like were two different people, I don't love you anymore I'm sorry.
Cuts to a closeup of Ana.
Ana- your sick
Intertitle- 'Twisted'
Extreme closeup of Chris's mouth.
Chris- I'm sorry.
 Flashbacks to Amiee and Chris montages half a second long before transcending into the final shot.
Music becomes dramatic in intonation and pace, quite jagged in it's portrayal.
Final shot
Closeup of Ana.
- Chris... I've got cancer!
Extreme closeup of Ana's eye.
Fade out. DRAMATIC THUD ON THE PIANO.