20/11/2010

SECTION 6: CHARACTER OUTLINES AND SHOOTING SCRIPT

Character Profile

Lilly Collins - The name Lily is a type of flower. Flowers represent beauty and the arrival of happiness. This is ironic as happiness is the opposite of what this thriller presents.
Gender: Female
Age: 22
Relationship Status: Married to Jack Collins
Profession: Currently unemployed house wife
Appearance: Long brunette hair, brown eyes, short, slender build

She likes to wear casual clothing as she feels most comfortable in them, she spends most of her time at home as she is in the early stages of pregnancy and she doesn't have a job, she enjoys cleaning up.

Background: She used to work in a nursery but quite because she envied the parents as they had children and she didn't. But now she is pregnant and she doesn't want to do anything to jeopardise this.

Lives: She lives with her husband, Jack Collins, in an average house in a village in Cheshire.

Jack Collins - The name Jack is often used in fairy tales, such as 'Little Jack Horner,' and fairy tales all have happen endings , which contrasts with this thriller as the ending is far from happy. Jack can also be referred to as alcohol, 'Jack Daniels' a type of whiskey; a drink usually drank when depressed or to show a sense of class. The fact that this name can be known as an alcoholic beverage is a symbol of his past, where he lost money and became a hit man due to wasting it all on university fees and drunken nights.
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Relationship Status: Married to Lilly Collins
Profession: Undercover Hit Man, however, his wife and everyone else thinks he is an Accountant
Appearance: Brown hair, tall, slender body type and blue eyes

He works mainly in the day and goes out a lot at night; Lilly thinks he is with his friends when really he is fulfilling his secret profession. He likes to wear dark colours as they reflect his personality, dark and mysterious.

Background: He hasn't always been a hit man; this job only came about when he was 20 and was in a lot of debt after starting an accounting degree at Northampton and needed money to pay off his student debts and drunken nights.

Boss
Gender: Male
Age: 27
Relationship Status: Unknown

Family Situation: Lives alone in a small apartment in Manchester.
Profession: Hit Man contract dealer
Appearance: Average height, fat, short black hair, blue eyes

He always wears the same clothes, which are never in a good condition. He dresses as if his career is a builder, with Timberland boots, dark tracksuit bottoms and a round neck jumper.

Background: Never had many friends in high school so he dropped out, he never went to college or university. He has lived alone since the age of 16 as his parents emigrated to France leaving him behind. He feels he his only friend is Jack Collins and doesn't want him to quit his job, leaving him alone again.

Shooting Script

Shooting Script
Int.         Upstairs In The Collin’s House-hold  -  Daytime
Lilly is at home whilst Jack is out at work, she is cleaning up around the bedroom. She looks down at what she is tidying up and then walks over to a set of draws and stands there rearranging some objects. She then looks in the mirror and brushes her fingers through her hair and then walks over to the other side of the room.
Ext.        Outside The Collin’s House  -  Daytime
A man walks down the path (this man is Jack but the audience don’t see his face), opens the front door and walks in.
Int.         Inside The House After The Man Enters -  Daytime
Lilly walks over to the bed and bends down to pick something up off the floor. As she does this, she spots Jack’s gym bag and pulls it out so she can empty it out and put the used clothes in the washer.
As Lilly is doing this, the man is walking up the stairs and across the landing towards the bedroom that she is in.
Int.         Upstairs In The House  -  Daytime
Whilst the man is walking up the stairs, Lilly is opening the gym bag, unaware that he is in the house. She reaches into the bag and finds a lot of money; her face shows the shock she is in. Wondering where the money has come from, Lilly remained sat on the floor and pulls out some of the money.
Int.         In The Bedroom  -  Daytime
Jack is stood in the doorway to the bedroom, looking at Lilly. He looks just as shocked as her, but his reason for this is different, he is shocked because she has found the money.
Lilly looks up at him as he walks closer toward her. He stands over her looking frightful. Standing up in front of him, Lilly pulls a confused and upset expression. He matches the expression.
Questioning him, Lilly asks ‘Where’s this from?’ and he looks back at her, speechless but remaining powerful and in control. He looks at her as if he is going to give a response, she glares back at him, waiting.

Ext.         Outside Near The Alley And In It - Night time

All shots taken of the villain, Jack, murdering a victim in an alley way. The shots are of him watching her and then following her into the alley, ending with quick cuts of him raising and aiming his gun to kill her. The shot ends and the audience have to assume that she has been killed.

This scene ends with a mid shot of his shadow places the gun back into his pocket and walking away.

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