Script

   

Script notes:

      Although at first sight the layout of a film script may look complicated, it is, in fact very simple and clear. There are slight variations in layout (usually depending on the writer's taste), but all screenplays are written in the third person, present tense and usually run anywhere between 90 and 120 pages in length (roughly speaking, one page of screenplay equals one minute of screen time.)

Script ---> Storyboard ---> Locations ---> Filming.

"The script is the essence to a film."

     1 EXT. CLEVEDON PIER W-S-M. DUSK

Seventeen-year-old AMELIA WESTERN is slowly walking down Clevedon Pier. She wears jeans and a casual T-Shirt. Her hair is of medium length, a dusky blonde colour. She walks to the end of the pier, a slight breeze interrupting her hair. On the floor she sees a photo of 2 young girls, picks it up and looks closely. She pans the view surrounding her, stopping suddenly as she sees a figure in the distance. (eye-line match) (sound motif of scratching )

(confused) She looks back down to the photo at a double take, only to see one of the faces has been scratched out. The photo drops to the floor and she backs away, still looking at it. As she turns, she is stopped by the figure that stands in front of her. 

AMELIA is alone on the Pier. The sun is setting and a cool breeze messes her hair. She is surrounded by the sea as it crashes against the beams underneath her.