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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, choking 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 en-trance of the school.

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

MARY walks down the hallway, her fact depicts how nervous she feels. She walks into her classroom biting her lips sits down, drumming 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 trying 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? CUT TO:

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

MARYYeah, I am.

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

EVAN waves at MARY and points and CHLOE.

EVAN Hey! I’m Evan and this is Chloe.

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

MARYHi

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

EVAN Nick

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

MARY Hey

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

EVAN And Lucy

CUT TO:Mid-shot – MARY hugs LUCY back smiling

MARY Hi Lucy

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

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

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Mid-shot - MARY looks relieved and smiles brightly.

MARY

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I’d love to, thanks. CUT TO:

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.

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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?

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Oh, probably just a loose wire got detached or something...

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

CUT TO: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 switched off…

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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.

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

CUT TO:Close up shot of MARY looking for gym equipment.

MARYWeird things keep happening… almost as if a spirit is vis-

iting us… CUT TO:

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

NICKHey, what’s the date today?

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

MARY Uh… the 27th of October… why?

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Close up - EVAN whispers to himself.

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

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Close up – MARY looking at EVAN confused and scared.

MARYKAREN? Who’s KAREN?!

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

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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 mur-

dered one night in our school. The school hired investigator after investigator but they were still unable to find out

who the murderer was…

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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.

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CHLOEA few years passed where the school remained peaceful until

one year things started to happen...CUT TO:

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…

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

MARYWha-

CUT TO:Mid close up shot - EVAN talks to MARY in a calm and reas-suring 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.

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

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

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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 excite-ment.

EVANOh! MARY! Truth or dare?

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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 Hmm… I’m feeling brave tonight, dare!

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Mid close up shot - CHLOE is think to think of a dare and says 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. CUT TO:

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

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

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

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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.

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

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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 wash-ing her face before walking to her bed already changed into her pyjamas. When she goes to sleep, she starts to dream.

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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 com-puter, which connects to the “Karen Network”, awakening the spirit of KAREN. MARY becomes possessed by KAREN (which can be seen with her coloured contacts and emotionless face)when

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using the computer under the KAREN network, causing her to go on a killing spree.

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The trailer ends with MARY going on a killing spree and she goes after people and starts to stab them at her school.

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