"THE NEWS" SCRIPT
by
Dorian Masters
Robin-
get out of car in parking spot and lock it. Wide angle
shot from ground level.
Show a shot of the building.
High angle shot from 2nd story window of him walking towards the door.
Point of view shot of him pressing the buzzer.
Wide angle shot from slightly elevated position on the
stairs, of him entering through the door.
Match on action shows him walking up stairs from
behind.
He arrives on landing and through a close up shot of
his hand, we see him knocking on the door of the doctors room. We hear a quiet
‘come in’ amidst the noise of the surgery.
Wide angle shot shows him open door and walk in.
POV shot of Doctor from Robin’s perspective.
Doctor greets him and tells him to have a seat. Wide
angle shot of both people.
Dialogue begins.
Doctor-
I don’t know where to begin. It’s about your blood
test that we took several weeks ago.
Robin-
What’s the problem?
Doctor-
I’m afraid that you have a rare case of Adrenocortical
Carcinoma.
Robin-
what are you trying to say?
Doctor-
Adrenocortical Carcinoma is an uncommon form of
cancer, but that is not to say that it cannot be treated.
Robin-
That makes no sense, you have to be wrong, I don’t
drink, I don’t smoke, I don’t do anything harmful to my body.
Doctor-
I’m afraid that it is nothing to do with how you treat
your body, sometimes even the best of people get it.
Robin-
So what does this mean?
Doctor-
It is a form of cancer that forms on the adrenal
gland. The location is just above the kidney.
Robin-
I don’t care where it is, am I going to live or not
(aggressive tone)
Doctor-
now we have caught it at an early stage so there is
around a 50% chance of surviving past the 5 year mark, if the surgery goes to
plan.
Robin-
why, why me! (lone tear runs down face), its always
me. He stands up and breathes deeply, wipes the tears from his eyes and say’s
to himself, you’re going to be fine (repeating twice), and walks out of the
room, wide angle shot, with the scene ending with door closing behind him.
180* rule and Shot reverse shot
The 180 Degree Rule: states that two characters in a
scene should always have the same left/right relationship to each other. If you
don't follow the 180 Degree Rule, or break it intentionally, it disrupts the
scene disorients the audience. When you break the 180 line, a person who was
originally facing left in a scene is all of the sudden facing right.
Shot Reverse Shot: is a filming technique where one
character is shown looking at another character and then the other character is
shown looking back at the first character. Since the characters are shown
facing in opposite directions, the viewer assumes that they are looking at each
other.
In this scene, we must see three emotions in
particular, these are denial, anger and sadness/ regret.
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