Script

 

• SCENE 1 

• Investigator 1; "Interesting..." 

• INV 1 flips through files of old unsolved cases obsessively 

• diegetic sound of office sounds, phones ringing, conversation 

• The camera pans down to the bottom of a filing cabinet, INV 1 slams it shut with their foot 

• SCENE 2 

• While skimming the files, INV 1 notices similar modus operandi and signs, brushing over them with their finger 

• INV 1: "I can't be crazy" 

• diegetic office sounds 

• foreboding non-diegetic sound on the dialogue 

• SCENE 3 

• INV 2 snaps at INV 1, breaking their focus 

• INV 2: "Hey! We just brought the guy in, let's focus on a case we can solve" 

• INV 2 walks off and INV 1 follows, revealing a detective board, containing the modus operandi 

• diegetic office sounds 

• SCENE 4  

• Before both investigators enter the interviewing room, INV 2 turns to INV 1 

• INV 2: "Don't bring any of your conspiracy theories into this, please" 

• as INV 2 enters, INV 1 faces the camera in a voice over 

• INV 1 "One thing you need to know, is that I'll do anything for the truth, even if it means driving myself insane" 

• INV 1 walks in and shuts the door 

• diegetic sound of the SUSPECT sobbing 

• All sound mutes during INV 1 voice over 

• SCENE 5 

• Both INV walk in as INV 2 slams files onto the middle of the table 

• Interviewee flinches and cries "I didn't do it..." 

• Both INV sit, as INV 2 opens the files and starts to go through them 

• INV 2 "Do` you love your wife, Daniel" 

• SUSPECT, sobbing "Yes" 

• INV 2, reaching for suspects hand' "Then help me find out who murdered her" 

• Harsh lighting on SUSPECT 

• Suspenseful non-diegetic sound 

• SCENE 6 

• INV 2 flips through files and starts asking the SUSPECT questions 

• INV 1 sees the same modus operandi increasingly as the interview continues 

• INV 1 explodes on SUSPECT, "WHAT DO THEY MEAN" 

• INV 2 pulls INV 1 off SUSPECT 

• Non-diegetic suspenseful music  

• Diegetic sound of, feet tapping, coffee mug shaking, hand gripping clothes, heartbeat 

• Lighting; red 

• SCENE 7 

• INV 2 pulls INV 1 out of the room 

• "Oh my god, what is wrong with you? Someone died. This is not a conspiracy theory. Get it together" 

• INV 2 Slams door shut 

• Diegetic office sounds 

• Bright lighting 

• SCENE 8 

• INV 1 sits on an isolated bench outside 

• MYSTERY PERSON sits next to INV 1 

• INV 1 "Hey you got a light?" 

• MYSTERY PERSON gives lighter, with same modus operandi INV 1 has noticed throughout the day 

• Lighting: dark