Writing our script proved to be a tad difficult, but after looking at scripts for other mystery movies (Murder On the Orient Express and Memento) it was easier to put our idea into words.
The Script Itself
Beginning shows close ups of the evidence of a murder taking place, includes blood, dead body in white costuming (actress), murder weapon, possibly broken window, hand prints, finger prints, feet prints; include long takes and pedaling shots of evidence, fading between evidence
Graphic match to detective from newspaper fade Start off showing the newspaper that has all the murder details and that’s an intro for the murder and then it goes to the detective talking about it
Detective is holding newspaper and reading about the murder details and what happened and then it shows a male detective that she works with snatching the newspaper out of her hands saying like “this case is really difficult we don’t have any leads on it so you shouldn’t be doing this leave this to the men”
Most likely include: Girl takes a spare newspaper, looks at it, possibly realizes something and either
- Close up then fades to black, cue title
- Close up of her, then shows her walking out of the room
Why the script?
The beginning of mystery crime movies typically follows the path of introducing the crime or the detective or both. So by going over the evidence and then introducing the detective afterwards allows for a good and smooth title sequence.
Sources
I linked few movie scripts and movies throughout the post which can be accessed if you were to click on them.
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