Scripts for Actors

Script

(Setting of family walking down the pier, happy and enjoying themselves, filming from behind) 5 seconds

(Same again, but filming from the front) (Characters pointing and spotting out things to eachother) 5 seconds

Carly: This is nice, let’s get a photo taken. (Camera is from Dan’s point of view, who is facing Carly) 4 – 5 seconds

Dan: Um, okay (looks behind him, where Katherine is standing) I’ll ask her. Give me your phone. (Camera is from Carly’s point of view, who is facing Dan) 4-5 seconds

(Close up shot of Carly and Dan exchanging the phone between eachother) 2 seconds

(Over the shoulder shot of Dan giving the phone to Katherine, Katherine nods and smiles in reply to what Dan would have asked her) 4 seconds

(Camera is now in a long shot view of the family posing for the picture, the camera will be from the phones point of view, that is actually taking the picture)Katherine: Say Cheese.

(Camera is now in a wide shot view of Katherine and Carly exchanging the phone back.)Katherine: It’s a really nice photo. (Smiles)
Carly: Thanks, that will look so great in the baby book. (Smiles) 8 seconds

(Scene fades to second scene)

(Camera is in a wide shot of Carly browsing through the pictures on the computer and clicks print on the picture that was filmed being taken.) 6 seconds

(Close up shot of Carly with a bunch of printed off photos, and going through the smiling) 5 seconds

(Close up shot of Carly holding a photo, with a shocked and scared emotion on her face, looking around the room, and puts one hand over her hand and looks as if she is about to cry.) 8 seconds

(Full screen shot of the photo that was filmed being taken on the pier, with Carly’s face now being a face of a ghost.) 3 seconds

(Camera shot goes back to Carly looking worried and confused)
(Dan shouts from downstairs) Dan: Carly did the pictures come out okay? 8 seconds

(Camera goes into a panning view of Carly running out of the room) 4 seconds

(Camera shot of Carly running down the stairs. Camera is at the top of the stairs)
(Camera shot of Carly coming down the stairs. Camera is at the bottom of the stairs) 4 seconds

(Panning shot of Carly running towards to dining room door and opening it)
(Shot of Carly coming through the other side of the door, and shouting at Dan) 5 seconds

Carly: Dan, she’s back! (face of desperation)

Sudden change into the title. “The returning”

Printed out scripts

By Kathleen Rayment