Damon is driving alone in his car when he sees someone cross the road, causing him to panic. He gets out of the car and follows a trail of blood drops, becoming increasingly paranoid as he hears noises and senses presences around him. He discovers a dead body under a sheet but it later disappears. Damon remembers murdering someone in his past, shown through flashbacks as he drives erratically. Overcome with paranoia, Damon loses control of his car and crashes, shown dead inside the wreckage.
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Script paranoia final.
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PARANOIA.
FADE IN.
EXT. ROAD SIDE (DAMON DRIVING CAR)1
ESTABLISHING SHOT OF A CAR
LONG SHOT
DAMON IS DRIVING A CAR.
CLOSE UP SHOT
DAMON DRIVING.DAMONS HAND ON THE STEERING SHOWING ANXIETY,
MOVING HIS FINGERS TAPPING ON THE STEERING.BITING HIS NAILS.
PULLING HIS HAIR, ACTING DISTURBED.
POINT OF VIEW
DAMON IS ON THE DESOLATED STREETS THAT HE SEES THROUGH HIS
WINDSCREEN.
CLOSE UP SHOT
GRADUALLY EXPRESSION CHANGES WHEN SUDDENLY SOMEONE APPEARS
AND CROSSES THE ROAD. (DEEP BREATHES AND HE GETS SCARED)
POINT OF VIEW
SEES SOMEONE APPEARING AND THEN CROSSING AT A DISTANCE AWAY
FROM THE CAR.
CLOSE UP
HIS EXPRESSIONS CHANGE.
HITTING THE BRAKES.
GETS OUT OF THE CAR.
FADE OUT.
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FADE IN.
EXT. ROAD SIDE (DAMON OUT OF THE CAR)2
MID-SHOT.
Getting out of his car.
POINT OF VIEW.
WHEN HE LOOKS DOWN THE ROAD HE SEES BLOOD SPILL IN FRONT OF
FEET. WITH MORE BLOOD DROPS.
CLOSE-UP.
HE EXPRESSES STRETCHING HIS EYES, BREATHING FAST, PULLING
HIS HAIR, MOVING HIS FINGERS. BITING HIS NAILS.
LONG-SHOT.
HE LIMPS TOWARD AND TRAILS THE BLOOD DROPS.
MID-SHOT.
MOVING FURTHER.
OVER THE SHOULDER OR POINT OF VIEW.
HE SEES UNUSUAL CONSTANT BULB FLICKERS MAKING HIM FRANTIC.
LONG-SHOT FROM BACK.
HE HEARS SOMEONE RUNNING BEHIND HIM.
LOOKS BEHIND AND FINDS NO ONE.
LONG SHOT FROM FRONT.
WITHIN 3 SECONDS HE SENSES SOMEONE RAN IN FRONT OF HIM, HE
LOOKS AHEAD BUT FINDS NO ONE AGAIN.
CLOSE-UP.
HE EXPRESSES HOW PARANOID HE IS.
MID-SHOT.
HE KEEPS TRAILING THE BLOOD DROPS LIMPING TOWARDS.
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LONG-SHOT OR MID-SHOT POINT OF VIEW.
CAMERA PANS TOWARDS AS THE CAMERA IS THE DARK MATTER AND
DAMON TURNS BEHIND, TRIES TO RUN AND FALLS AND CRAWLS
THROUGH HIS HANDS AND FEET WHILE LOOKING HERE AND THERE
ALTHOUGH SEES NO ONE.
MID-SHOT THROUGH DAMONS BACK
HE IS LOOKING FORWARD EVERYWHERE SCARED AND SUDDENLY TOUCHES
SOMETHING. WHEN HE LOOKS BEHIND IT IS A DEAD BODY COVERED IN
WHITE SHEET.
CLOSE-UP
HE PANICS.
LONG-SHOT
HE GETS UP. PETRIFIES WHILE LOOKING AT THE DEAD BODY, LOOKS
HERE AND THERE, HEARS SOMEONE CRYING, PULLS HIS HAIR,
SHIVERS, STARTS BITING HIS NAILS. COVERS HIS FACE WHILE
SHIVERING IN FRONT OF THE DEAD BODY.
CLOSE-UP
HE IS SHIVERING, SLIDES HIS HANDS DOWN, ONLY SHOWING HIS
EYES UNCOVERED AND HIS EXPRESSIONS CHANGE BECAUSE THE DEAD
BODY IS NOT THERE NOW.
LONG-SHOT
HE LOOKS HERE AND THERE BECAUSE THE DEAD BODY IS NOT THERE.
CLOSE-UP
HE FROWNS THAT WHAT ACTUALLY IS HAPPENING, STARTS THINKING
PULLS HIS HAIR, SHIVERS BITES HIS NAIL. AGAIN EXPRESSIONS
CHANGE.
LONG-SHOT
DEAD BODY APPEARS AGAIN. HE HITS HIS FOREHEAD, SHOWING
ANXIETY AND RUNS TOWARDS HIS CAR.
LONG-SHOT FROM BACK
HE RUNS APPROACHING HIS CAR. SITS IN IT.
FADE OUT.
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FADE IN.
SITS IN THE CAR.3
MID CLOSE-UP.
HE TURNS ON THE ENGINE AND REMEMBERS PAST.His frowns appear.
Thinking something. Pulls his hair. Drives really fast.
(FLASH BACK APPEARS SIMULTANEOUSLY, WHILE HE IS DRIVING).
OVER THE SHOULDER.
MURDERING SOMEONE.Holding a gun towards someone. Victim is
crying not to kill him.
OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT OF VICTIM.
DAMONS FACE, HOLDING GUN IN HAND, HAND SHIVERING.
CLOSE-UP OF GUN ON DAMONS SIDE.
GUN AND DAMONS HAND SHIVERING, EXPRESSIONS OF THE VICTIM.
CLOSE-UP OF GUN ON VICTIMS SIDE.
DAMONS FACE EXPRESSIONS. PULLING HIS HAIR AND BITING HIS
NAILS.
CAMERA PANNING TOWARDS
POINT OF VIEW OF VICTIM
FOCUS OF THE CAMERA FROM THE FACE BLURS OUT AND BLURS IN TO
THE GUN. GUN SHOT. (DIP TO WHITE).
(CONSTANT FLASHBACK SHOWN IN EDITING AND DAMON DRIVING.)
LONG-SHOT BEHIND THE CAR.
DRIVING A CAR REALLY FAST.
CLOSE-UP.
DAMON LOSES CONTROL OF THE CAR.