The Script: The Art of Evil

SCRIPT

THE ART OF EVIL

WRITTEN BY PHIL CULLEN, JOE HOWSE, CAM GRANT.

                    ACT 1, SCENE 1: THE GARAGE

THE OPENING SCENE OPENS UP WITH A BLURRY IMAGE OF A WHITE BACKGROUND. GRADUALLY FOCUSING INTO VIEW, THE CAMERA WILL TRACK TO THE LEFT AND EVENTUALLY, THE FOOT OF A DEAD BODY WILL COME INTO SHOT. THE CAMERA WILL BE CONSTANTLY CLOSE UP TO OBJECTS AND CHARACTERS, SO AS NOT TO REVEAL TOO MUCH OF THE SETTING AND OF THE CHARACTERS WITHIN THE SCENE. WHEN THE SHOT OF THE FOOT IS FINISHED AND THE CAMERA NEARS THE SHIN AND KNEEE AREAS, INSTEAD OF CONTINUING UP TO THE REST OF THE BODY, THE FILM WILL INSTEAD CUT TO THE KILLER OF OUR STORY STEPPING INTO A PUDDLE OF BLOOD ON THE FLOOR NEAR THE BODY. AFTER THIS, THE CAMERA WILL CONTINUE TO PAN UP THE BODY, REVEALING BLOOD STAINED CLOTHING AND PATCHES OF BLOOD DRIPPING FROM THE BODY. WHEN THE HANDS OF THE BODY ARE IN SHOT, THE MURDERER WILL PLACE HAS HANDS INTO THE PUDDLE OF BLOOD, CUPPING A HANDFUL OF IT UP AND THE PRECEEDING TO SMEAR AND SCRATCH HIS BLODDIED HANDS ALONG A WALL. THE CAMERA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FURTHER UP THE BODY AND AGAIN A CUT WILL BE MADE FROM THE CHEST OF THE BODY TO THE KILLER, WHO IS NOW DRESSING HIMSELF IN A SUIT AND TIE. THE KILLER IS ALSO WEARING A MASK, WHICH INITIALLY IS NOT WHOLLY SHOWN. THE SHOULDERS OF THE VICTIM WILL BE SHOWN AND THEN THE KILLER SWINGING A JACKET ON AND TILTING HIS HEAD TOWARDS THE CAMERA. BY THIS TIME THE CAMERA WILL HAVE REACHED THE TOP OF THE BODY AND IN THIS SHOT, THE CAMERA WILL PULL BACKWARDS, WITH AN EYE OF THE VICTIM CENTRE TO THE SHOT. THIS WILL BE A RELATIVELY LENGTHY SHOT IN ORDER TO CREATE A SINISTER ATMOSPHERE. A  MID SHOT OF THE KILLER FULLY DRESSED AND WITH THE MASK IN FULL VIEW WILL HAVE HIS HEAD TILTED DOWN AT THE CAMERA AND THEN RAISE IT UP TO LOOK DIRECTLY AHEAD AT THE CAMERA. THE FINAL SHOT WILL BE OF THE KILLER STIRIING A JAR OF BLOOD WITH A PAINT BRUSH. THE TITLE OF THE FILM WILL APPEAR OVER THIS BEFORE THE FILM FADES OR CUTS STARIGHT TO BLACK.