Screenplay Script

The Puzzle

By Anniel, Asad and Haider

INT. SCHOOL - DAY - 2022

The Student - Teenage years

1

CAMERA MOVES IN SIDE ANGLE FROM WALL

Student is seen walking upstairs within a corridor, on their phone. 

CAMERA CUTS FROM A BACKWARDS ANGLE, AS THE STUDENT CONTINUES WALKING UPSTAIRS THROUGH CORRIDOR, SEEN ON THEIR PHONE

*The student walks past a classroom*

*Bell Rings from within the room*

CAMERA SHOT STAYS FILMING ON THE DOOR FOR A FEW SECONDS, WITH SILECE NO MUSIC

*Student looks back*

CAMERA CLOSES IN ON THE STUDENT AS THEY APPROACH THROUGH THE DOOR AND ANGLES AROUND THEM AS THEY LOOK AT THE TEACHERS DESK

*Classroom is empty with all the chairs tucked in neatly*

*Teachers desk is empty with the teachers chair facing the doorway where the student is*

CAMERA STAYS IN THE SAME ANGLED SHOT FROM WHERE THE STUDENT IS FACING THE TEACHERS DESK

CAMERA IS SHOT FROM A CCTV POINT OF VIEW, WITH CCTV VISUAL FX

*Student approaches the teachers desk where the bell can be heard*

2

*Bell rings*

Student walks slowly towards the teachers desk

CAMERA STAYS IN THE SAME SHOT AND FOLLOWS THE CHARACTER

*Student approaches table sees the bell ringing, and a note beside it saying to ring the bell*

*The student rings the bell*

*Door shuts making a loud bang*

CAMERA CUTS TO A VIEWPOINT OF THE DOOR 

CAMERA STAYS IN THAT ANGLE FOR A FEW SECONDS

*Student looks back at the bell, note has seemed to change its wordings to "Go to the 3rd table*

*Student walks to the other table, seeing another notepad, saying "You must complete the puzzle in time, or they will hinder your escape". 

CAMERA CUTS TO A SIDE ANGLE OF THE CHARACTER

*Student takes a picture of the note*

SCENE CUTS TO A PHONE BEING SEEN SENDING THE PICTURE OF THE NOTE TO A FRIEND

*Student texts on phone*: "Lmao look at this"

CAMERA CUTS TO AN ANGLE SHOT OF THE CHARACTER ON THEIR PHONE FROM A FRONT VIEW FOCUSING UPWARDS FROM A SIDE

*Bell rings again on the nearest table with a game board*

CAMERA CUTS TO A HIGH ANGLE WITH THE CLOSE UP OF LIGHTS

*Lights flicker*

CAMERA CUTS TO A BACK ANGLE ZOOMING OUT SLOWLY

*Student sits down looking at the board and opens it*

CAMERA CUTS TO A TOP SHOT OF THE STUDENT PLAYING THE BOARD GAME

*student slowly moves the first piece*

*Bell rings*

CLOSE UP OF OPPOSITE PIECE

*opposite piece moves gradually*

CAMERA ANGLES A SHOT OF THE OPPOSITE PIECE, CAMERA MOVES WITH THE PIECE

CAMERA CUTS TO AN ANGLED SHOT OF PIECE

*Student moves another piece*

CAMERA CUTS TO A SIDE SHOT

*slow music plays*

CAMERA OF A TOP ANGLED SHOT OF STUDENT IN DIFFERENT POSITIONS PLAYING THE GAME BOARD, FADES INTO EACH SHOT, WITH A VISUAL OF CLOCK CHANGING WITH FADING. CAMERA STAYS THE SAME.

*Visual fades*

Silence for 10 seconds with black screen

*bell rings*

EXT. Park. DAY - 2022

*Visual appears suddenly*

*Sound Effects*

CAMERA FILMS STUDENT IN FRONT VIEW FROM A MID RANGE, STANDING SUDDENLY IN A PARK

Student

Where am I?

*Student looks to the left of their side slowly*

CAMERA PANS TO THE RIGHT AND CLOSES IN TOWARDS THE BENCH THAT CONTAINS A NOTE IN FRONT OF THE STUDENT CHARACTER

SHOT KEEPS ON THE NOTE AT CLOSE RANGE FOR A FEW SECONDS

*student picks up the note*

CAMERA PANS BACK TO THE STUDENT AND READS IT OUT

CAMERA CUTS TO THE BACK OF THE CHAIR WHERE THE STUDENT COMES INTO AND PULLS OUT TO SIT

CUT TO CAMERA SHOT OF THE STUDENT FROM A FRONT LOWERED ANGLE

CUTS TO GAME BOARD WITH CAMERA RECORDING FROM THE STUDENTS VIEWPOINT FOR A FEW SECONDS

CAMERA CUTS TO A SIDESHOT OF THE GAME BOARD 

CAMERA RECORDS ON A POINT WHERE THE PIECE MOVE INTO TO ITS VIEW

*student moves the first piece*

*screen goes black suddenly*

FEW SECONDS

*bell rings*

FEW SECONDS ON BLACK SCREEN

EXT. Alley Way. EVENING - 2022

SCREEN INSTANTLY PLAYS

CAMERA RECORDS STUDENT FROM FRONT VIEW

Student: What?

*student checks their phone to see where they are*

*Phone shows no signal*

Student: How is there no signal?

*student looks beside them*

CAMERA ANGLES TOWARDS THE LEFT OF THE STUDENT, HAVING A BAG ON A BENCH APPEAR ON A BENCH

*student walks to the bag on the bench*

CAMERA ANGLES TO THE BACK OF THE STUDENT AND FOLLOWS THEM TO THE BENCH

CAMERA CUTS TO FRONT VIEW OF THE STUDENT OPENING THE BAG

*student picks up a note from the bag reading it out*

Student: "Walk along the path that you see to make your second move"

CAMERA TURNS FOCUS FROM THE STUDENT TO THE PATH ALONG

*students starts to walk the path*

CAMERA CUTS TO A LOW SIDE-SHOT OF THE PATH, IN WHICH THE STUDENTS FOOT WALKS PAST ITS VIEW

CAMERA FADES TO THE PERSON WALKING ALONG THE PATH, WITH CAMERA FOLLOWING ALONG 

CAMERA CUTS TO A SIDE-SHOT FOLLOWING THE STUDENT AS THEY WALK

FEW SECONDS

*masked figure appears from the gap between the bushes as the student walks*

*sudden sound effect music plays*

*student sees the masked figure*

CAMERA CUTS TO SCENE OF THE STUDENT FOR A FEW SECONDS

CAMERA CUTS TO MASKED CHARACTER FOR A FEW SECONDS

CAMERA CUTS TO A FRONT VIEW OF BOTH CHARACTERS

*tense music plays instantly*

*student starts to run along the path*

STUDENT RUNS PAST CAMERA VIEW

*masked character walks onto the path and snaps their finger*

CAMERA CLOSE SHOTS OF MASKED CHARACTERS HAND SNAPPING

SCREEN GOES BLACK FOR A FEW SECONDS

*music instantly stops playing*

 

*after a a few seconds bell rings*

SCREEN GOES BLACK FOR A FEW SECONDS

*music silenced*

*bell rings*

*student opens their eyes*

CAMERA SHOT FROM PERSONS POV

EFFECTS USED TO CONVEY THAT THEY ARE OPENING THEIR EYES

*student wakes up near an alleyway staring straight forward*

*sounds effects of city noise*

*noir effects applied to the visual to emphasise they are in a dream*

*student looks up*

CAMERA POSITINGS AND ANGLES UPWARDS TOWARDS A BUILDING AND SLOWLY ZOOMS IN ON IT

CAMERA FADES INTO BLACK SCREEN

FADES IN AGAIN TO A SCENE MOVING FROM AN ANGLE OF THE WALL

*student is on there phone trying to call someone*

-phone call sound effects-

*call goes into voicemail*

CAMERA CUTS TO PHONE 

*voicemail sound effects*

Student

Why is there no signal?

 

*student taps phone*

CAMERA CUTS TO STUDENTS POV

blinking visual effects

*student looks up from there phone and sees the masked figure*

*sudden sound music effect*

VISUAL EFFECTS NOIR TRANSITION ON SCREEN AS MASKED FIGURE APPEARS ON SCREEN

MASKED FIGURE PUTS THEIR HAND OUT WITH A NOTE 

Student

Who are you?

*masked figure hands the note to them*

Student

"Your last move"

*masked figure puts their hand out with a bell*

CAMERA CUTS TO BELL ON SCENE

*student moves their hand slowly towards the bell*

*intense music rises*

CUTS TO BLACK SCREEN 

*music stops*

*bell rings*

EXT. BUS STOP. NIGHT - 2022

CAMERA PANS FROM THE BLACK SCREEN TOWARDS A SIDE ANGLE SHOT OF THE CHARACTER SITTING NEAR A BUS STATION

CAMERA CUTS TO THE STUDENTS 

*student looks to the left of them puzzled*

CAMERA CUTS BACK TO A SIDESHOT

*mysterious figure turns from the bus station and walks away*

*student looks at the object left near them*

Student

Isn't that the mask?

CAMERA PANS SLOWLY TOWARDS THE MASK

*rising tense music plays*

*instant horror sound effect plays

SCREEN CUTS TO BLACK SCREEN

*silence*

*bell rings*

 

 Alternative 1

CAMERA INSTANTLY CUTS FEW SECONDS AFTER TO A FRONT VIEW

*student is a asleep in front of the board*

CAMERA PANS OUTWARDS SLOWLY OF THE CHARACTER SLEEPING

CAMERA CUTS TO A CCTV POINT OF VIEW FROM A WIDE SHOT

 

Alternative 2:

(Instant cuts of a masked character appearing and disappearing from different positions)

CAMERA CONTINUES TO SLOW OUT OF CHARACTER.

*Student wakes up and lifts their head up*

CAMERA CONTINUES TO ZOOM OUT

*Student checks their phone looking at the time*

*Mysterious appears from the students shoulder*

*Student starts to get up from their nap*

CAMERA ANGLES CLOSER AROUND THE STUDENT, AND PANS ON THE CHAIR THATS BEEN ANGLED TO FACE THE STUDENT

CAMERA CUTS TO PERSONS VIEWPOINT FROM FACE, SAME DIRECTION LOOKING BACK AT THE ABNORMALLY ANGLED CHAIR, HAS A SLIGHT LITTLE SHAKE

Student: "What?"

CAMERA ANGLES AS THE STUDENT PICKS THEIR BAG UP AROUND

*student is about to walkout waves their hand to see if there is a ghost on the chair*

CAMERA ANGLES AROUND THE FACE OF THE STUDENT

*Masked character is slowly revealed behind the students face*

*Instant horror sound effect plays*

*Lights flicker once and student and masked character disappears*

CAMERA STAYS ON THE CURRENT ANGLE FOR 4 SECONDS

*Classical piano  sinister type music slowly starts to rise*

CAMERA CUTS TO CCTV POINT OF VIEW

*Current music rises*

*Lights flicker from CCTV CAMERA VIEW*

*Masked character appears and disappears in different places in same camera shot and scene*