ANCESTORS

by

CHARLOTTE PAGE and JAMIE WHITBREAD

Friday 18th January 2013

INT. Scene one is set in the past. The living room has a dull and gloomy atmosphere where two children are playing happily with their toys on the living room floor.

Black screen appears with the sounds of children playing and laughing in the background. Fades into the next shot.

CHILDREN (LS) Happy and excited, children are playing with their

toys.

Camera pans across to the right to show old photographs placed on the fireplace.

CHILDREN(CU) Continue playing with toys

Camera pans back to the left to show the same photographs along the fireplace yet this time the doll has appeared in one of the photos.

TOYS(CU) Children’s hands are seen to show a close-up of them

playing with the toys.

CHILDREN(LS) Doll from the photo appears in between the two

children.

(ECU) Dolls face accompanied with eerie sounds.

Tracking shot of the MOTHER’s feet walking towards an open door.

MOTHER(POV) Looking at the children through the doorway.

MOTHER (CU)Shot of mother’s feet standing together at the door.

Shot cuts to the doorway where MOTHER, screams before the shot cuts to a black screen featuring the company logo for PERPLEX PRODUCTIONS. Her scream is still heard, but becomes distant.

EXT. Scene Two switches to the present day. A long shot is used to show the setting, a modern day street, where the main character is first introduced.

ASHLEIGH(MS) Character is seen walking down the street. Close-Up shot of her legs show her approaching the front door.

ASHLEIGH(MOA) Uses a key to open the door from the front before

switching to the door opening from on the inside.

INT. Setting switches to inside the home where the character is standing in the hallway. The stairs are located to the right, the kitchen straight ahead and the door way to the living room on the left.

ASHLEIGH(POV) Camera is from the perspective of the character

whereby she starts to walk from the hallway to the living room.

A long shot is used from the door frame to show a box which appears on the table in the living room.

ASHLEIGH(MS, TRACKING) Camera follows the character’s feet walking towards the box which appears on the table.

Camera PANS up and over the box that is on the table and ZOOMS IN to a CLOSE-UP show the phrase “do not open” scratched on the top of the box. Eerie, suspense sounds accompany the panning movement.

Cuts to a shot with text featuring the ANCESTORS slogan that is written in a ghostly style, “every family…”

ASHLEIGH (OTSS, HIGH ANGLE)Hesitantly opens the box.

Shot shows old items from previous generations inside the box including old ornaments and the photographs that were seen in the previous scene. Faint scream can be heard in the background.

Sharp cut to an EXTREME CLOSE-UP of the dolls eye which is visible in between all of the objects.

Cut to a shot, which continues the ANCESTORS slogan, which is written in a ghostly font “…has their secrets.”

INT. At nighttime, the house is dark and gloomy. A light is flickering.

Cuts are quick and show the doll gradually getting closer.

(MS) Doll appears to be thrown on the floor.

(CU) The photos that previously featured are now scratched and torn. Photo frames appear smashed and

broken. Camera zooms in and pans across the photos. Faint scream

can be heard in the background.

(CU) Dolls face.

ASHLEIGH (MS) Door slams, character looks scared.

(ECU) Dolls eyes

(CU) Cuts to a mirror where, “I know your secret…” has been written.

(LS) TV has white noise

ASHLEIGH(CU) Phone rings, the character answers the phone however

no one is there, just a white noise sound.

Cuts to the release date, “This Halloween”

ASHLEIGH(CU) Character is visibly scared, breathing heavily. The

torch she is holding lights up her face.

(CU) Doll appears to be behind the shoulder of the character.

Cuts to the film title, ANCESTORS

Cuts to social networking details, for Twitter #Ancestors, and the film’s official website address

www.ancestors-film.co.uk is shown underneath.