Dear diary- rough draft, script outlining

 Media outlining
Theme: mystery


We made a backstory of academic struggles, where the char has struggle with academics, feeling like being trapped in a box, where the shadows are her "supporters" who want to keep looking over char1’s shoulder as if pressurizing her. Then char3 shows how little support can be a key in helping people get out of the spiral of perfection, however the hint goes to where the char1 still doesn't feel reassured from the trauma they faced.

This is a rough draft of our plans 

An empty classroom - preferably no tables or chairs. There is one chair and a table in the middle and a book [wide shot, zoom out]


Notes: there can be light shining through the classroom because idk if there are the curtains in our room.


Maybe itll be good for lighting but itll make it a warm tone, but we want a cool tone.

One of us walks into the class, like she had been looking for her block room (will add lines after this.)

 [tracking shot of the legs until the classroom where the doors open, a slight sudden cut to the number of the classroom, then is jumped back into the starting pos. of the camera showcasing that she is alone.]


Char1: [tracking] Ah! [sudden shot] Number ##. [tracking more] This should be my class.

[Then wide]

Char1 slowly walks towards the book and traces their hands over the book [over the shoulder, tracking].


Another character appears behind the char [wide shot again, transitions to an extreme close up with half the char1 face and the new char, can see the shoulder and hand.]

The char1 has eyes open wide and turns back, [wide shot] and the char2 disappears.

Char1 looks back down to the book, there are the weird symbols, creating an eeire effect


Frightened, the char1 will fall down and try crawling backwards from the book [ close up a bit for the face, and medium waist angle like shot from the floor as char1 crawls backwards]


Charl ends up getting up and running to the door, but its not opening [medium shot]

Char1: screams and says let me out


AFTER SOME TIME the door is opening and she falls back,[ over the shoulder shot] Char3 is there saying:

Oh there you are! The teachers were looking for you!


Char3 helps Char1 back up,[ full body shot] and the char1 looks back at the book [ head turning is a extreme close up]


Back at the wide angle, the book is visibly missing, and the char3 pulls char1 out of the classroom, with char1 eyes still lingering on the now empty table.

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