SCREAM

(a screenplay by Santos Espina)

FADE IN:

1. Black screen. SUPERIMPOSE:

SCREAM      

(title morphs in coloring and shape till fade out)

As title appears, a shot, a telephone line, a woman screaming and a metallic axe-like sound appear.

DISSOLVE TO:

2. INT. –NIGHT- Woman’s house.

The camera shows a small table with a telephone ringing (close up). Woman’s hand appears and grabs the phone. CAMERA MOVES UP to show her face holding the phone. She’s a young pretty blonde woman.

WOMAN

Hello?

PHONE VOICE (voice-over)

Hello

WOMAN

Yes?

PHONE VOICE (V.O.)

Who is this?

WOMAN

Uh, who are you trying to reach?

PHONE VOICE (V.O.)

What number is this?

WOMAN

What number are you trying to reach?

            Girl GIGGLES, seems sympathetic with situation.

PHONE VOICE (V.O.)

I don’t know…

WOMAN

Well I think you have the wrong number…

PHONE VOICE (V.O.)

Do I…?

WOMAN

It happens, take it easy.

            She hangs down the phone as the CAMERA FOLLOWS HER FACE (tilts downwards and then upwards). She turns round and starts walking away. PHONE RINGS AGAIN. She turns round and camera ZOOMS IN slowly. Girl walks to telephone.

3. Same setting as before. Camera fixed in a CLOSE UP on the telephone, which still RINGS. Girl grabs it and the CAMERA FOLLOWS THE TELEPHONE to her face, tilting upwards.

WOMAN

Hello...?

PHONE VOICE (V.O.)

Sorry, I guess I dialed the wrong number…

WOMAN

Uh, so what did you dial it again?

PHONE VOICE (V.O.)

To apologize…

WOMAN

You’re forgiven, bye now…

CAMERA ROTATES smoothly around the girl, she walks so as to hang up the phone.

PHONE VOICE (V.O.)

Wait, wait! Don’t hang up…

WOMAN

What?

PHONE VOICE (V.O.)

I want to talk to you for a second…

WOMAN

They have nine hundred numbers to do that. See you…

CAMERA STAYS FIXED POSITION as the inclines to hang up the phone. Her face appears again and she walks outside camera focus, sighing. CAMERA STAYS STILL for some seconds showing the window.

4. EXT. EST SHOT garden outside the house. LOW-ANGLE SHOT for above trees, then moves downward to focus house. Cricket noises, and a rumbling sound of movement.

5. INT. CLOSE UP on the stove which turns on. Girl’s hand appears placing a popcorn pan.

6. INT. MID SHOT zooming out on girl who prepares popcorn, then PHONE RINGS, she sighs, and picks it up, as the CAMERA FOLLOWS HER moving swiftly through the kitchen.

WOMAN

Hello…???

PHONE VOICE (V.O.)

Why don’t you want to talk to me?

WOMAN

Who is this?

PHONE VOICE (V.O.)

Tell me your name I’ll tell you mine…

WOMAN

I don’t think so…

She shakes the popcorn pan.

PHONE VOICE (V.O.)

What is that noise?

WOMAN

Popcorn!

PHONE VOICE (V.O.)

You’re making popcorn?

WOMAN

Uh-huh…