1 (1)

‘A’ stands in front of the window.

Establishing shot. Camera down looking up.

Medium

2 (2)

He walks to the bed.

Wide/Medium

3 (3)

Puts out the cigarette.

Camera locks in on this frame until the next one.

Wide/Medium

4 (4)

Focusing on the ash tray, he lies down on the bed.

Wide/Medium

5 (5)

Ash tray in focus with the knife in the background.

Focus on the ashtray and the knife behind.

Closeup

1 (6)

‘It lights itself up. Red glow.

Slowly fills the frame with red filter.

Closeup

2 (7)

Smoke rise up from the ember.

Smoke drawn over. Slightly warp around the smoke to remove the sense of realism.

Closeup

3 (8)

Black smoke slowly turns into a shapeless body. The knife rises up - smoke gripping the handle.

Use a string to lift the knife. The knife itself gets enveloped with a cloud of smoke to turn into a smoke knife.

Medium/Zoom Out

4 (9)

The cloud turns into a shapeless body. Looking over ‘A’.

Medium

5 (10)

The smoke figure approaches ‘A’.

Focus on the ashtray and the knife behind.

Aerial

6 (11)

The figure positions itself to strike 'A'.

POV/Looking Up

7 (12)

The figure let go of the knife, it drops down with the point facing 'A'.

Strings. Red filter at it's most saturated.

Medium

1 (13)

‘A’ opens his eyes with fear.

No more red filter.

Medium

2 (14)

‘A’ sits up.

Keep the liquify around the edges. Increase the intensity as each shot passes.

Medium

3 (15)

He looks down.

Camera locks in on this frame until the next one.

Medium

4 (16)

The knife lies next to the pillow where it fell, impaling the mattress.

His hand next to the knife, shaking with fear. Shallow depth of field, with the knife in focus and ‘A’ looking at it in the background.

Medium

5 (17)

He looks at the camera, sweat covering his forehead.

Use water droplets to simulate sweat. Camera up looking down.

Extreme Closeup