Script & Ammendments of Ideas

SCENE 1: INT - EVENING - LIVING ROOM


(Tracking shot) Shot of coffee table in front of a fire in the living room within the detectives house. The coffee table is littered with several documents and suspect files (with black and white photos) on top of a photo of the murder scene, which he had visited earlier that day (but you cannot see this at all), and one of the documents is covered by a large magnifying glass. A newtons cradle which is placed in the corner of the table, is in motion, is also shown, as well as a discarded iPhone.  (duration approx. 5 seconds)


(Close up) A male hand places down a mug of coffee on the desk.


Another couple of seconds of tracking before the camera starts to tilt to end up with a birds eye view of the table. A quick zoom to one of the documents is made, and credits start to appear, separated by the shuffling of documents (each name appears on different documents).


The hand then shuffles the documents so that the suspects photos are more obvious to the audience. (zoom in) You can hear the sound of the Newton's cradle in the background as the momentum speeds up, and just before it stops there is a shot of the Newton's cradle itself. The shot then quickly goes back (jump cut) to the photos which are displayed for a few seconds, but then interrupted by the character discarding the photo of the murder scene on top. There will then be a flash and camera noise to make it appear like it has just been taken, which will lead into scene 2 (acting like a flashback).


SCENE 2: EXT - DAYTIME - CRIME SCENE


(Establishing Shot) Shot of crime scene with dead body in the middle and crime scene tape being put up around the crime scene by a detective. The shot won't be directly focused on the body but on the scene itself. This shot will act as an introduction to the area rather then an area were things will be happening.


(Two - Medium Shot) Detectives standing in a corridor outside of the crime scene. The detectives will be passing files and notes to each other. One of the detectives is called Detective Rick Marshall and the other is called Detective Jim Palmer. Then the two characters will have a conversation.


DIALOGUE:


Rick: No clues, no evidence... what do we have to go on?
Jim: We need to get the postmortem done ASAP
Rick: What was the coroner's report?
Jim: It isn't complete yet.
(Police Man Interupts with coroner's report)
Police Man: Sir, the coroner has finished his examination.
(Hands report to detective Rick)
Rick: (As he takes the report) Thank you officer.
Jim: I'll get the body taken to the lab.
Rick: Okay, I'll take this evidence and start questioning the witnesses.
Jim: When do you want the postmortem started?
Rick: As soon as possible, we need to know as much as possible before we can properly start this investigation.
(Jim and Rick walk away from the camera)