Narrative Action of Our Thriller

1.     Establishing, wide, almost birds eye view shot of a suburban road. Non-diegetic music playing. The road is bright and hyper-real coloured. There are a few cars, houses on either side.

2.     Wide pan shot down the street, giving more perspective to the scene.

3.     Wide shot of the back of a boy walking on the street.

4.     Close-up shot of the shoes of the boy, as a non-diegetic voiceover begins.  He may begin by saying something freakily normal, such as “Today, I had Weetabix for breakfast.”

5.     The voiceover continues as the shots shatter in and out from each other. We see a wide shot of the boy from the side, still walking.

6.     Wide shot of the boy from the other side, as he continues walking.

7.     A shot of some plants or other suburban features.

8.     Extreme close-up of the hand of the boy, twitching and bloody fingers.

9.     We now see a mid-shot of the boy, from the front, for the first time.

10. The shots continue to shatter in and out of each other, this time pausing on a slightly closer mid-shot of the boy.

11. An extreme close-up of the lips of the boy, strangely red (bright) and twitching.

12. A close-up of the boy’s face as he bites his lip.

13. A tracking shot, going behind the boy from left to right, shows him continuing down the road.

14. A mid-shot of his feet/legs as he trips, walking on to the curb.

15. The shatter effect cross cuts to more brightly coloured flowers.

16. An extreme close-up of his fingers, twitching and drenched in blood, is shown. 

17. The shatter effect is used again, now switching to an extreme close-up of bright flowers and plants, maybe a mailbox or two.

18. An extreme close-up of his eyes is shown, also a bit twitchy, showing his nervous disposition.

19. The screen blanks out as he turns a corner.