Simple Script by Sam
Long shot of the UK police station.
Another camera shot of the entrance of the police station, with muffled voices heard of a police chief shouting.
Over shoulder shots of police on computers and 3rd person shots, combined to create match-on-action.
Police chief: Have you traced the IP yet!? We need that IP tracked immediately; we have no time to waste!
Police: I’m trying sir!
Police chief: Then try harder!
Just as the police chief finishes his sentence all the computers start shutting down and there are gasps of disbelief.
Police chief: (Demanding tone) What just happened?!
Police: Sir, they’ve shut us down.
Scene switches to another building of a Hong Kong police station. Scene then changes to inside the station where a Chinese policeman is at a computer with an over shoulder shot. A man is handing him a satellite photograph.
C. Police: (In Cantonese) I’ve printed it off.
C. Police Chief: (In Cantonese) Thank you, I’ll ring them now.
Chinese police chief picks up a phone next to him and starts inputting a phone number.
Phone rings in UK police station and UK police chief is seen picking it up and talking. The Chinese police chief speaks in English and the UK police chief is informed of the object. As they talk, the conversation is heard, while the camera shows investigators getting into a car. The shots are relevant to what is being said. Conversation ends as the investigators are standing where they were told to go.
Investigator 1: It’s here right? I don’t see anything.
Investigator 2: (holding laptop) I am sure, in fact, the signal is coming from… right… above us?”
Camera switches to POV to show investigators as they look up, and just as they see an object the scene cuts to a black screen with the title fading in.
End
We will be altering this simple script to fit an opening e.g. typically barely any dialogue and more of a 'actions speaking louder than words' situation, so that the audience can wok out what's going on by using their heads.
I think your last comment is key: in the opening of a film, you don't need lots of busy dialogue....
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