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Karen – Shooting Script

FADE IN:INT. KOREAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL – HALLWAY – NIGHT 19:00

Long shot and panning shot - man murdering a student in school, stabbing her to death, holding her by her throat. The student screams (SFX) as she is being murdered.

FADE TO BLACK:EXT. KOREAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL – DAY 08:10

Mid shot to long tracking shot - MARY walking into the entrance of the school.

CUT TO:INT. KOREAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL – DAY 09:00

MARY walks down the hallway, her face depicts how nervous she feels. She walks into her classroom biting her lips, sits down and drums her fingers on the table.

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INT. KOREAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL – DAY 12:30

POV shot – bell rings for lunch, MARY goes to the canteen, carrying her lunch tray and tries to find a place to sit down. A group of students gesture her to come sit with them.

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Over the shoulder shot – EVAN is watching MARY walking over to them.

EVAN faces MARY.EVAN

Hey, you’re Mary, the new student right?

Over the shoulder shot – MARY standing, acting shy with her lunch tray and facing EVAN.

MARYYeah, I am.

Over the shoulder shot – EVAN and CHLOE are smiling at MARY.

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EVAN raises his hand to say hi and points at CHLOE.

EVAN Hey! I’m Evan and this is Chloe.

Over the shoulder shot – MARY laughs nervously and smiles shyly, lifting her hand to wave.

MARYHi

Mid-shot – NICK walks up towards EVAN, CHLOE and MARY and waves to MARY while smirking.

EVAN Nick

Over the shoulder shot – MARY laughs again nervously and smiles.

MARY Hey

Mid-shot – LUCY comes from MARY's side and pulls MARY in for a hug.

EVAN And Lucy

Mid-shot – MARY hugs LUCY back smiling

MARY Hi Lucy

Mid-shot – EVAN gesturing MARY to come sit with them using his hand.

EVAN Why don’t you come and sit with us?

Mid-shot - MARY looks relieved and smiles brightly.

MARY

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I’d love to, thanks.

Long shot - MARY sits down and starts to chat and eat her lunch with her new friends.

SFX of everyone in the canteen talking at lunchtime.

INT. KOREAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL – CLASSROOM – DAY – 13:30

Mid shot – MARY and LUCY working in a free lesson when the lights suddenly switches off.

MARY What was that?

LUCY Oh, probably just a loose wire or something...

LUCY gets up from her seat and walks to the light switch to switch on the lights.

Suddenly MARY’s laptop turns off and MARY's face is full of surprise and shock with her hands raised in the air.

MARY Woah, even my laptop died…

INT. KOREAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL – GYM – DAY – 14:00

Depth of field shot of the door and MARY and NICK - MARY and NICK walked into the gym when suddenly the door slams shut and both characters jump.

Long shot and two shot – MARY and NICK in the gym storage room, searching through the gym storage equipment.

Close up shot of MARY looking for gym equipment.

MARYWeird things keep happening… almost as if a spirit is

visiting us…

Long shot and two shot – NICK closer towards the camera, looking through the gym equipment.

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NICKHey, what’s the date today?

Shot reverse shot – NICK closer towards the camera, stops looking for equipment and looks up towards EVAN.

MARY Uh… the 27th of October… why?

Close up - NICK whispers to himself.

NICKOh… it must be KAREN… don’t worry about it.

Close up – MARY looking at NICK confused and scared.

MARYKAREN? Who’s KAREN?!

Two shot- NICK grabs hold of MARY's hand and drags her out of the gym – out of frame.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. KOREAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL – CANTEEN – DAY 12:30

Everyone gathers around the table at lunchtime, EVAN starts to tell MARY about KAREN while looking around to make sure no one is watching and whispering. Everyone is leaning in to listen.

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EVAN In the 60’s there was a girl called KAREN and she was murdered one night in our school. The school hired

investigator after investigator but they were still unable to find out who the murderer was…

Mid shot - While everyone is nodding in agreement, MARY gasps in shock.

Mid close up shot - CHLOE talks in a cautious manner while everyone leans in even closer to listen.

CHLOEA few years passed where the school remained peaceful until

one year things started to happen...

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Mid close up shot - LUCY cuts off CHLOE and continues the story in an enthusiastic manner while keeping her eyes on MARY for her reaction, everyone else keeps their eyes on MARY while nodding in agreement.

LUCY Every school year without fail on the week of the 25th of October, KAREN always comes back to “haunt” the school…

Mid close up shot - MARY frowns slightly and starts to look nervous and scared.

MARYWha-

Mid close up shot - EVAN talks to MARY in a calm and reassuring way and the others just keep silent with their eyes on EVAN.

EVANI know it sounds creepy but really she’s harmless, all she does is close doors or plays with the electrical circuits

but she’s never done anything harmful... yet.

Mid close up shot - MARY looks away and uses her hand to cover her mouth slightly.

INT. MARY ’ S APARTMENT – NIGHT – 22:00

Mid shot - MARY invites her friends over to hang out and play some games; they are in the middle of playing truth or dare. EVAN spins the bottle and it lands on MARY.

Everyone is excited and EVAN asks MARY a question in excitement.

EVANOh! MARY! Truth or dare?

Mid shot - MARY looks around at everyone in a questionable manner before frowning and squinting her eyes slightly. She is rubbing her chin as if in deep thought but replies in a nervous yet excited way.

MARY

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Hmm… I’m feeling brave tonight, dare!

Mid close up shot - CHLOE is thinking of a dare and replies in a slightly scary manner, trying to scare MARY.

CHLOE Okay! Dare right? I dare you to go to the toilet and do the

“ritual” to wake KAREN up.

Mid close up shot - MARY looks slightly scared and questionable about what the ritual is, LUCY whispers into MARY’s ear in reassurance. The audience is able to hear LUCY whispering.

LUCYDon’t worry; it’s just a myth. It has never worked before,

besides, even if she did wake up she’s harmless.

Mid close up shot - MARY sighs in relief, thankful of LUCY's reassurance. She accepts the dare with full confidence.

MARY Sure, but you’ll have to teach me the ritual.

Mid shot - CHLOE gets up smiling and excited pulling MARY with her to the toilet.

Mid close up shots and two shots - A rapid succession of shots (with creepy background music) of MARY finishing the ritual and the girls go back to sit down with the rest of group. NICK smirks at CHLOE and asks CHLOE if she finished.

NICKShe did it?

CHLOE Yeah she did!

Two shots and mid close up shot - LUCY whispers to MARY while the rest of the group decide who is next.

LUCYSee? I told you it wasn’t so bad.

Mid close up shot - MARY smiles at LUCY.

MARYThanks Lucy.

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Mid shot - MARY says good night to her friends as they are leaving and gets ready for bed, brushing her teeth and washing her face before walking to her bed already changed into her pajamas. When she goes to sleep, she starts to dream.

DISSOLVE TO:

She begins to dream about her being on the computer at school, communicating with KAREN who assigns her a ‘mission’ in order to gain revenge. However, in reality what MARY doesn’t know is that KAREN has used the dream to hallucinate MARY – the audience does not know this.

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The next day MARY goes to school and switches on the computer, which connects to the “Karen Network”, awakening the spirit of KAREN.

A rapid succession of shots with canted angles of extreme close ups of MARY’s eyes looking around rapidly, the knife in her hand as she drags it down the walls and of her walking. This is to show MARY becoming possessed by KAREN, which can be seen with her coloured contacts and emotionless face.

The rapid succession of shots overall becomes a speed succession of shots to reach enigmatic climax. The trailer ends with a close up of the computer waking up.

Title: “Karen” on the computer screen before suddenly switching off.

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