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Our media product is a horror movie that is filled with suspense, which generally appeals to the teenage age bracket of 13-17 years old. The fact we had characters that were around the same age as they are more likely to watch it than other age groups. For example, Maya is 17 years old so the age target market of 13-17 years old would be able to relate to her more so if she does something a bit odd they wouldn't think about why she's doing that or why's she going towards a door when something bad happened. This links to the Uses and Gratifications Model as we want the audience to be entertained and intrigued by our horror movie rather than encouraging them to act in a certain way.

Most Hollywood mainstream horror movies such as the Silent Hill Series and Insidious have a significantly large amount of White acting roles but our horror- thriller opening sequence subverts this norm by having an all-ethnic minority acting roles. So, our horror-thriller sequence wouldn't be able to attract the people who watch these mainstream movies based on the traditional values Hollywood movies behold but we will have more saturated ethnic minority audience as they will be drawn to Maya's culture and race. 

As a group, we weren't sure what specific gender would want to watch our thriller piece. So we conducted a questionnaire to give us a insight of whether or not a male or female would want to watch our thriller piece opening. There was a clear division between both genders thus it allowed us to make our thriller piece more uni-sex. But there is a large amount of female roles in our thriller piece opening so it would attract more females than males. We have a male 'unknown' character so it would appeal to men a bit more as they would wonder who the Anonymous character is and how did he know about the cup falling on the floor. So, our thriller opening sequence would have an uni-sex audience.

Everything that was used to make the product was used for a specific individual purpose. Technological convergence to the setting was to ensure we can make our product more believable and to appeal to the audience. The specific class that would be attracted by out thriller opening sequence would be Middle class as Maya's life is relatable to their own through the items she beholds and the way she acts in the opening sequence.

This video below roughly describes what we want our audience to be:

Firstly, we conducted a questionnaire and the majority of people who completed the questionnaire are within the age bracket 15-19 years old thus making it our target audience. This data was put in Slide share, which helped me understand what the audience would like in a movie by asking questions like 'Which thriller sub-genres most appeals to you?' and 'What's your favourite thriller movie?' helped me come to the conclusion that our thriller opening sequence sub-genre should be Horror as it appeals to our audience a lot.

We also showed our thriller opening sequence to our focus group that were part of our target audience age bracket. This gave us a better understanding on what we should do to improve our thriller piece to attract the audience more. One comment from the students if Maya had a 'guilty conscience' and that could be the reason why her life is crumpling down. We took this comment into practice but indirectly. For example, we presented Maya as a stereotype of a typical Blonde- she cares about her looks a lot and she likes to gossip. The cup connotes that her life is starting to crumple then immediately a text comes saying 'Aren't you going to pick that up' when she decides to leave it. So, this comment helped us to appeal to our target audience more from the feedback of our target audience age bracket. 

So we researched lots of movies that are related to our movie sub-genre, such as the movie ‘Saw’ and the ‘Conjuring’. These movies have the same sinister connotation that we incorporated in our thriller opening sequence. I noticed how these movies have diegetic sound that builds up then stops but reaches grabs your attention when something weird happens at the end of the film. So, we incorporated both diegetic and non-diegetic sounds so our thriller opening sequence can work more effectively if it only had non-diegetic sounds. For example, Mary was washing her hands (the water flowing out of the tap is the diegetic sound) then a hand appears, which was put a smacking sound effect to emphasise the eeriness of the situation when the hand appears out of nowhere.

Anonymous' plot itself grips the audience's attention. One feedback we got back states: "We have a nice storyline that fits the typical Hollywood movies", which inevitably makes the audience want to watch something familiar to them. Also, the ending of our thriller opening sequence is a smacking hand, which makes the audience wonder whose hand it is and why is it there. This grabs the audience's attention as it leaves the audience in suspense so they would think about the movie afterwards and make predictions of what will happen to Mary.

In conclusion, we decided who will be our target audience based on the factors that were held in our questionnaire as well as the focus group. We chose our target audience to be the age bracket of 15- 19 year old as they held a significant majority in our questionnaire and the feedbacks given back from our focus group helped illustrate the flaws and pros of our thriller piece. This helped us attract and address our target audience further by the official title of our thriller piece sequence, the actresses that play a role in the film and all the equipment(props, costumes, technological devices) used to make the movie itself. The plot of the movie itself may be confusing for people under 15 so that make our choice of target audience more accurate. 

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Filming day 3

For our group to prevent issues from happening against, we experimentated with different shots for every single scene. For example, the scene where Maryam receives a text that says ' Aren't you going to pick that up' had several shots,which consisted of the Over the Shoulder Shot, Extreme Close-Up, Point of View shot, which enables us to have various amounts of shots so it will help us edit quickly and throughouly.

Filming day 2

As we planned in the beginning that we were going to film in one day all together, we did film on this weeks tuesday. We decided to do it at once as our thriller opening was just located at one place and there was not much change of location which made it very convenient for us to film. As we didnt have many locations to film our task was manageable however, out thriller opening is quite different as it uses just a house as its main location. So on this day of filming we faced a little bit of problem with the laptop and phones as in this scene the characters were supposed to talk on webcam so it took us a bit of a time to figure that out. As a result, we used one iphone and one laptop to shoot that scene. The timing and the time of the day was good for our filming as we wanted to film in a little dark to create and effect and tension about the settings. Overall, it all went quite well but i think we might have some bits which might need re-filming which we will get done somewhat this week to make sure we get it done before the deadline.

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Poster analysis- IMPROVED

Thriller movie poster analysis

This poster has been printed using desktop publishing. The portrait movie poster of 'The Third Man' draws the audience's attention by it's eye-catchy, colourless title graphics because a colourless poster emphasises the darkness of the movie and tells the audience what the movie's genre is, just by the colour used in this poster, a thriller. The title graphics are 3/4 white and 1/4 black. Black symbolises evil, sorrow, death whereas white symbolises good, joy, life. The title graphics foreshadows the movie will portray good and bad fighting against each other and the amount of colours been used on the title graphics shows how much times good or bad side will win. The target audience is mostly likely to be adults, preferably middle aged adults onwards rather than other age groups because they are attracted to the tense, the thrill of the genre.

The key images been used on the poster is a man with a hard expression in his face. The colours been used in his face are black and white and there is a significantly more about of black on his face than there is white. This could tell the audience that he's 'The Third Man', the person who seems to be the villain in the movie that cannot be trusted. This image is been used because it's made to confuse the audience to thinking this person been used on the poster is the bad guy. The poster wants people to think differently to what will actually happen in the movie, the poster wants to draw the audience in by exaggerating what will actually happen in the movie, which will create tension in the audience's mind as into what will actually happen, which is a thriller code and covention.

The purpose of this poster to be presented into this way is to make the audience think the movie is scary, intimdating but in reality the movie story plot could be completly different from what the poster protrays. The most important colours and the only colours really that are used in the poster are white and black. These colours are significant because it tells the audience that they'll be a constant fight between the force of good and evil throughout the movie. They were chosen so the audience knows more about the movie without giving too much away by displaying neutral colours. The poster makes me think the movie,by judging by the character's emotionless facial expression and titled head, will be about a man who has gone through some trouble and is tracking down the person who had done so. 

The positioning of the character seems to be slanted and his head is diagonally opposite the edge of the poster shows that he feels scared and intimidated in some way. There is probably something right in front of you that he is trying to hide from or someone he is going to kill that happens to be close to him. There isn't an enigma being presented in the poster.This picture has two pictures made into one, the first picture is the picture at the back and the second picture is the picture of the man. The background picture looks very spooky and makes it seem more horror like, like there is someone inhumane coming to get him and the second picture is the man himself. The man, who happens to be the main character of the movie(all posters display main characters or the most significant main character in the poster). The key image is a still image from the film, it is part of one of the most intense scenes in the movie, which is most prominent in the thriller genre.

This poster tells us there will be lots of action, the genre is thriller and the attitude of the film will be very negative, all of this came from the colours that was used in the poster itself and the character's facial expressions. There isn't a catch or tagline in the poster. The poster didn't list a website because it has made in the 20th century and websites didn't exist then. There isn't a certificate. The poster includes the credits and information. The poster displays people's names in the right hand side going down with a white font as it shows these are the good people in the movie who fight the bad. The written text does indicate the target audience by the font of the writing of 'The Third Man' is very organised and neat, which adults normally are. But if it was suitable for children then the font would be messy and unorganised.

The visual hierachy is our eyes are drawn to the straight lines. The main image is the man's eye the audience looks directly at the eye first. The credits and production is at the bottom of the poster. The actors' names are at the top left hand side, going vertically down.

Gender representation

A study on gender representations in thriller films with analysis
In thriller movies, there is a clear division between male and female. In most thriller movies, men are the main protagonist that helps save the helpless woman, he's strong, protective, good-looking and he's allowed to look at women as an object for e.g. James Bond movies. Whereas, the woman are not independent(they need a masculine figure to survive), they are always the heroine, they are always pretty so they can be used as a object by the male. I will outline the gender representations in different thriller movies.

Firstly, the movie 'Brick' clearly emphasises the sterotypical view of how woman and men should be presented. This is shown at the start of the thriller opening when the protagonist is praying with his hands clanked together tightly whilst this helpless, dead young female is on the floor, which shows that he feels angry that he failed to protect her perhaps is desire went before his protection for this girl. Similarly, the movie 'Drive' presents the protagonist to be dominant and has all the ultimate power through voiceover and very intense music. The car mechanic refers the car as a 'woman' as the car is the protagonist's possesion thus emphasising how woman are objects and are men's property.

Moreover, the thriller opening of the movie 'Heat' presents the protagonist to be mysterious as the audience is left with doubts in our mind what he is trying to stop due to the intense music. He obviously has the ultimate power through his gait, facial expressions and body language. This character is known to be one of the typical characters presented in thriller films.  Similarly, the
film 'Leon' presents men to deal things quickly through violence and terror, which inevitably makes them evil and dominant. These two movies haven't included women in the thriller opening sequence, which shows the gender division of roles.

Millers Crossing also presents the protagonist to be obsessed with money, and if anyone disrupts their money they would fight back through violence. In this movie, men are presented to be untrustworthy as business deals never has a finished solution but rather one benefits and the other doesn't. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy also presents their protagonist assessed to finish another man's business through a mission and conspiracy. It presents woman to be helpless as a young woman with a child gets shot but her baby is still alive, which makes us question why.

Whereas, Donnie Darko doesn't have any gender represenations in the opening sequence as it presents the main protagonist, which is a male, to be helpless. He is unsure where he is when he is riding his bike but soon becomes more confident like any other person during his journey. This thriller movie opening takes away the sterotype of only woman to be seen as helpless. This movie thriller opening could be compared to 'Brick' as both Donnie Darko and the helpless woman were on the floor, which presents their status in society in some sense or even their authority in society.

Most of these movies identify men as being dominant, stong, brave and intelligent when comes to scenarios that occur. But in my thriller opening sequence we want to break the sterotype however this sterotype must be applied at our thriller opening to give the audience a clear description of how the main protagonist is like. The movie that gave us most inspiration for our thriller opening sequence is Donnie Darko as the main protagonist is helpless and meek but gains his confidence after, which in some sense, is the same for our main protagonist.

The movie Se7en presents male to be helpless and unworthy in the opening sequence thorugh Morgan Freeman's fragile body laying down on the bed whilst he slowly flicks an arrow on a timer that creates tension, whether or not he is worthy of anything. Similarly, the thriller opening sequence of 'Bourne Identity' presents the main protagonist to be worthless and helpless as he is relying on men who bet occassionally to help his health gradually function properly, which makes us question men could be worthless as well as females.

The thriller opening sequence 'The Machinist' presents the main protagonist to be strong, dominant and ruthless as his many scars and cuts in his face or in his body convey this sterotype of male characters being so. However, the opening sequence of the film 'The Silence of the Lambs' presents the female protagonist to be dominant and strong, which most movies do not present thus making the audience wonder why.

These movies from my own research helps me identify how our antagonist in our thriller opening sequence should be like. However, these movies have a clear distinction of the different ways of how men can be seen as dominant. The thriller opening sequence of 'The Manchinist' and the 'Silence of the Lambs' give me a clear overview of how our stalker, a peculiar antagonist should be presented however we don't know who he is and what his identity is so he is an unknown antagonist in the thriller opening sequence. 

Long shot in the movie 'Brick', which emphasises the different character's dominance in society and what it resulted to. However, this shot also presents the young man to be helpless as the dead girl on the ground.

Long shot in the movie 'Drive' conveys the main protagonist to be a typical masculine character as the mechanic refers his car to a 'she', which clearly displays the distinction between male and female.

Extreme close up of the movie 'Leon', which the antangonist is showing his colleague who he wants him to get killed and the constant close up and reserve shot of the two characters and this man creates suspense as well as tension.

Medium shot of the movie 'Millers Crossing', which this man is desperate to get help from his friend so he can deal with his business enemy. His bodyguard represents his status in society and how much people feel intimidated by him in some aspects

Long shot of the movie 'Donnie Darko, which makes the audience wonder if the person laying down on the floor is female or male as well as are they alive. This shot presents us lots of doubts in our mind

Medium shot of the movie 'Se7en', which presents this character to be very fragile and helpless as he is unable to function properly or move things to a sufficient speed. 

Close up of the movie 'The Bourne Identity', which presents this main protagonist to be nearly dead or perhaps dead thus presenting men to be helpless and dependent.

Close up of the movie 'The Machinist', which presents this character to dominant as he threw someone that he supposedly killed but his scars make him seem helpless in a sense as someone must have punched him thus he is a innocent character. 

Medium shot of the movie 'The Silence of the Lambs', which shows this female is not intimidated by these men and she looks a bit manly through her sweatshirt with sweat covered on it.

Long shot of the movie 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy', which the main protagonist gets shot for his betrayal whilst the main antagonist's wife or lover gets shot so he automatically runs for her for his loss.

Camera angles

Rhythmic Editing

Rhythmic editing when you are manipulating the length of time each shot remains on the screen, When the length of a series of shots (i.e. the pace and rhythm of the editing) is varied, different effects can be achieved or enhanced.

The snippet of a movie represents ''Rhythmic Editing'' in this movie clip we can see that the director has manipulated the length of time so that each specific shot remains on the screen. Also in this video clip you can see that the pace of each scene changes, some are really fast and some are used in slow motion. This adds effect to the Rhythmic Editing.

Wipe 

Wipe editing involves one shot replacing another, travelling from one side of the frame to another.

This clip above represents what is meant by  Wipe Edit, as you can see its a sudden ''wipe'' from one scene to another.

Montage

A montage is a single pictorial composition made by juxtaposing or superimposing many pictures or designs.

The clip above is from the famous movie of ''Psycho'' as you can see in the clip above the director has used Juxtaposing by having two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect. You can see this in the clip where the women is being constantly stabbed by Psycho.

Shot Reverse Shot (Shot/Counter shot)

This is used in  film where one character is shown looking (often off screen) at another character and then the other character is shown looking 'back' at the first character.

The clip above is from the famous movie The Lord Of The Rings, in this Scene you can se Gollum and Sméagol having a one to one conversation with each other. While having the conversation you can see that the director has used Shot reverse Shot when Gollum is having is split personality conversation.

Continuity Editing

Continuity editing is the predominant style of editing in cinema and television. The purpose of continuity editing is to smooth over discontinuity of the editing process and to maintain continuous and clear narrative action. 

The first 50 seconds of this video shows us what a Continuity edit is. The flame which goes round and forms a continuous circle is what a this edit resembles as the director is adding affect on what the flame is forming and what it means.

Eye-Line Match

And eye-line match shot is the first two shots a character looking off screen at something and the second shot shows the object/character being looked at. Both shot/reverse shot and eye line shot ensure that even if the characters are not in the frame together we re sure of their whereabouts.

 The video clip above shows the women staring deep into something which is off screen however the camera then turns to the painting that the women was looking at to add that eye-line match affect. 

Graphic Matching

Graphic matching is where you use a smooth visual transfer from one shot to another.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=356DEc1tFco

The Link above takes you to a Tug of war video which represents a Graphic Matching example. In the video you can see that there is a smooth visual transfer from one shot to another, as shown in the video the pulling of the rope is transferred from shot to shot.


A Long Take
A long take shot is a long shot however its longer than your usual shot.

The image above shows you a Long Take shot, it may look like a normal long shot however it is Longer than an usual long shot.

Script edited

Script edited
The script was changed as we were unable to find a little girl to play the role "Adelina" and we wanted to make the antagonist ambiguous therefore the audience would be more gripped into who is the antagonist and what is their relationship with Maya.  


INT. MARY’S HOUSE – BEDROOM – EVENING

Mary is in her bedroom talking to her friend, Maya, via webcam gossiping about the day’s events. 

MAYA:

“Did you hear about what happened in Maths today?”

MARY:

(Confused)

“No…what happened?

MAYA:

(Overjoyed. Exaggerated hand flap. Talking really fast without a stop for breath)

Oh my god! So basically Daniella found out that Monica’s been trying it with Max telling him to break up with Jess( gasps for breath) so she can have him all to herself so Jess confronts Monica all like (imitating Daniella in a silly voice)” Shut up and stay away from my boyfriend.”

MARY:

(Gasps, slightly giggling)

NO WAY, SHUT U… 

Accidently throwing the cup of coffee in her hand resulting it to spill on the floor.

(Eyes closed. Mumbles under her breath)

Shi…

MAYA:

Oi, what happened?

MARY:

Mary squints her eyes in annoyance.

 (Speaking slowly through her teeth)

“The stupid coffee spilt everywhere.

As she attempts to wipe the coffee off her of top, Mary’s phone buzzes, she receives a text message.

MAYA:

Oh, but anyway then Je…

(Maya’s voice fades into the background, music gets louder)

MARY:

(Looks at the phone confused. Frowning, whispers to herself)

                           “Unknown?”

Mary positions herself right on the bed. Unlocks her phone and reads the text message which reads “Aren't you going to clean that up?” Eyes open wide, frowns, slowly turns her head around, scanning the room.

MAYA:

                       … Don’t you think?

MARY:

(Speaking quickly, still frowning)

Erm—yeah…

MAYA:

(Giving a disapproving look)

 Were you even listening to anything I said?

MARY:

(Marry speaks slowly and nods her head)

Yes.

(Looks down, frowning)

Maya’s phone buzzes again, closing her eyes she slowly picks up her phone, she receives another message from the unknown number which reads “I’m not there, look harder”

(Drops her phone onto the bed, frowning harder, exhales loudly through nose)

MAYA:

You’re not even listening to me innit? (Looks up at Mary, curiously) are you okay…?

MARY:

(Speaking quickly, shrugging shoulders)

“Uh—yeah—I’m fin…

(Stops talking, looks at Maya curiously)

               Maya squints, face closer to the screen

MARY:

 (Squints her eyes, speaks slowly in annoyance)

Maya, what are you doing.

MAYA:

(Smirking, raising right eyebrow)

Swear you’re home alone?

MARY:

(Tilts head to the side, speaking slowly, looks confused)

I am…

MAYA:

Oh, I could have sworn I saw someone walk behind you… (Puts hand on head, thinks hard) but don’t worry I’m probably just seeing things (slightly laughing, shrugs, shakes her head) Anyway what was I saying again?

Mary turns her head really fast. Turns back to the face screen.

(Mary leans in closer to the screen, getting off the bed) “Hold that thought whilst I wash my hands”

(Mary slowly walks half way out of the room)

MAYA:

 (Shouting) Ugh fine then (rolls her eyes) but hurry up, (voice starts to fade) I need to get off in a bit…

INT. MARY’S HOUSE – BATHROOM – EVENING

The bathroom is dark and cold, the only visible light which can be seen is the dim light coming from the landing. Walking slowly into the empty bathroom, Mary turns to the sink in order to wash her hands.

MARY:

(Humming tunefully under her breath, turning on the tap and starts to wash hands with head hung low)

Mary, finished washing her hands, hears a bang on the window to the right of her)

(Mary eyes and mouth are wide open. She frowns, placing her hand over her mouth. Mary turns around frantically, leaning her body onto the sink. A hand print in imprinted onto the window.)

                                                                     

Sound

For our final piece, we decided to use a specific sound that will convey the genre of 'Anonymous' and what it will be about. So, this copyrighted horror music will captivate our audience even further by its intense, sinister sound thus making the audience wonder how does the music have some parallel relationship with the movie plot. The sound we got is straight from YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOrxwqvfD2E

We hope to use all of the music contents of this copyrighted music piece but we will cut up un-necessary sound in order to keep the continuity going in our thriller piece. But, of course we will dim the music down when it isn't an intense, up-beat scene. For example, when Mary is talking to her friend Maya but the music will still be prominent as a background music. We chose this music over other copyrighted horror playlists as this piece has a innocent noise to it like a doll being played, which will inevitably use at the end of our piece. Our piece is quite childish through the young actors used and the scenery presents the innocence of the character in a sense. Thus, this song does present this incredibly well.

Filming problems

The problems we may face when we are filming is when we are filming the scene where a mysterious person is standing behind Mary whilst she is cleansimg her face in the bathroom. As the shot perfection of this particular scene could either go bad or good. This problem can be overcomed by shooting two different shots at different times and merge them together through our editing, which will cover our imperfections in this scene.

We also may face

Filming day 1 review

Wednesday 12th November 2015 

We didnt start filming on this day as we realised it is better to film in one whole day rather than only 2 periods. As if we film on two different days at two different times the content will be a little different and there will be a difference after its put together. In order to avoid that we decided to film in one day so its easy for us to do all the shots and know where it needs to be how. We will have all our costumes and props and cast ready to do it on that day. Another reason we couldnt really start our filming was that we didnt have any kid who plays the role of the protagonists little sister. Hopefully, on that one day of our filming we will be fully ready with all the equipments and cast to film in order to avoid any in convenience.

So our group decided if it was better if we started filming on a Sunday as it was a day where we could all fit and concentrate more thoroughly on our work.

Sound- old

For our psychological thriller we will need music which would create a sense of tension and allow the audience to relate to it. It should symbolize the suspense of who is actually behind all the chaos and causing problems in Mary's (protagonists) life. Mostly the music we will be using will be non-digetic which won't be heard by the characters but the audience. It will be playing in the background to create a mood amongst the audience of the setting and the storyline of the film. Some of the music which we might be using is below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKO0ap3g5s0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPGrsdrnsCo&list=PLUi56N9RcnjClLk61PArFB8M-uNyIcjk2&index=16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG2rPzkNGOY - Be used definietly

We might also need some soft music when Mary puts her little sister to bed. As thats where the suspense will start to build because nobody was supposed to be home but it turns out the little sister was home all along. This will create tension and make the audience think about the plot and the anonymous texts that Mary recieves. Some of the music to link to that is below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUZeSYsU0Uk#
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZWGH0ougJI

Focus Group Pitch

Who was we showing our ideas to: We decided to share our ideas to a group of 15 years old in order for them to understand what we are doing for our film and to see what they wanted as they were our target audience.

What we did exactly: We gave a short brief overview of what our story was about by explaining what will happen scene to scene, who our characters were, the target audience and the genre. We asked the year nine class what ideas they would like to be incorporated in this thriller psychological piece and how this would work exactly. The class either tweaked our piece involving the antagonist, storyline and so forth or they changed our opening piece completely. This is good for us as we needed constructive criticisms in order to make our piece better as a whole especially the opening sequence. 

How this contributed to our opening sequence? We realised that what our opening storyline sequence was missing psychological code and coventions such as the human mind as we didn't exactly make it clear enough how the antagonist is her sister or a random stalker is the antagonist or maybe her sister's doll is the antagonist therefore we must show attributes to consider each factor as to how they may be potrayed to be the cause of Mary is slowly losing her mind. 

Evaluation 
During our period in the focus group, some of the comments we were given were horrendous as they didn't apply to the psychological thriller genre. It would have been better if we approached a more older year, possibly a year 10 or 11 as their age group fits more around the age requirements and they will be able to provide more reasonable answers into how we can enhance our thriller opening. Whereas, most of the comments given were reasonable but they wouldn't be incorporated in our thriller opening. We did identify few satisfactory comments that we will incorporate in our opening sequence. However, this focus group helped us figure out how to improve our ideas to a more better sequence so we will be able to fit our target audience's needs.

Script

Script:

INT. MARY’S HOUSE – BEDROOM – EVENING

Mary is in her bedroom talking to her friend, Maya, via webcam gossiping about the day’s events.

MAYA:

“Did you hear about what happened in Maths today?”

MARY:

(Confused)

“No…what happened?

MAYA:

(Overjoyed. Exaggerated hand flap. Talking really fast without a stop for breath)

Oh my god! So basically Daniella found out that Monica’s been trying it with Max telling him to break up with Jess( gasps for breath) so she can have him all to herself so Jess confronts Monica all like (imitating Daniella in a silly voice)” Shut up and stay away from my boyfriend.”

MARY:

(Gasps, slightly giggling)

NO WAY, SHUT U…

Accidently throwing the cup of coffee in her hand resulting it to spill on the floor

(Eyes closed. Mumbles under her breath)

Shi…

MAYA:

Oi, what happened?

MARY:

Mary squints her eyes in annoyance.

(Speaking slowly through her teeth)

“The stupid coffee spilt everywhere.

As she attempts to wipe the coffee off her of top, Mary’s phone buzzes, she receives a text message.

MAYA:

Oh, but anyway then Je…

(Maya’s voice fades into the background, music gets louder)

MARY:

(Looks at the phone confused. Frowning, whispers to herself)

“Unknown?”

Mary positions herself right on the bed. Unlocks her phone and reads the text message which reads “Aren’t you going to clean that up?” Eyes open wide, frowns, slowly turns her head around, scanning the room

MAYA:

…Don’t you think?

MARY:

(Speaking quickly, still frowning)

Erm—yeah…

MAYA:

(Giving a disapproving look)

Were you even listening to anything I said?

MARY:

(Marry speaks slowly and nods her head)

Yes.

(Looks down, frowning)

Maya’s phone buzzes again, closing her eyes she slowly picks up her phone, she receives another message from the unknown number which reads “I’m not there, look harder”

(Drops her phone onto the bed, frowning harder, exhales loudly through nose)

MAYA:

You’re not even listening to me innit? (Looks up at Mary, curiously) are you okay…?

MARY:

(Speaking quickly, shrugging shoulders)

“Uh—yeah—I’m fin…

(Stops talking, looks at Maya curiously)

Maya squints, face closer to the screen

MARY:

(Squints her eyes, speaks slowly in annoyance)

Maya, what are you doing.

MAYA:

(Smirking, raising right eyebrow)

Swear you’re home alone? You got a boy over innit?

MARY:

(Tilts head to the side, speaking slowly, looks confused)

I am…

MAYA:

Oh, I could have sworn I saw someone walk behind you… (Puts hand on head, thinks hard) but don’t worry I’m probably just seeing things (slightly laughing, shrugs, shakes her head) Anyway what was I saying again?

Mary turns her head really fast. Turns back to the face screen.

(Mary leans in closer to the screen, getting off the bed) “Hold that thought whilst I wash my hands”

(Mary slowly walks half way out of the room)

Maya: (Shouting) Ugh fine then (rolls her eyes) but hurry up, (voice starts to fade) I need to get off in a bit…

INT. MARY’S HOUSE – BATHROOM – EVENING

The bathroom is dark and cold,