Definitive Screenplay

Title Sequence.

Long shot of car driving up the road (Left to Right)

Close Up - Cadillac Car pulling up into the centre of the frame with headlights gleaming brightly, not before they switch them and the ignition off, complimented by the sounds of characters leaving the vehicle, and the cars suspension system displaying this exit.

ARRIVAL AT SOMEWHERE? 

Mid-Shot - An establishing shot of the exterior of the Bank. Just to show where the characters have arrived to. Duration: 1. 8 seconds.

WE’RE NOW INSIDE THE MAIN SET.

CUT TO BLACK - Camera stays black until…

BOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!! An explosion engulfs the entire composition, with pieces of wall debris flying toward the right hand side of the frame. This lasts until - A light begins to bleakly shine through as the ageing smoke from the explosion dies down, two characters; A man and A monkey enter the frame and look onwards. Characters become visible. Explosion smoke disappears. Shot will linger on the characters, and then…

Mid-Shot Zoom - As though we are looking through the eyes of the characters at their prize, a snap-zoom across a Pillared hallway will lead us to a Vault door. P-O-V Snap. Duration: 1.9 Seconds. This shot emphasises what (the vault door) is important in the story at this stage.

MOVING ON…

QUICKLY CUT TO 

Wide shot - Silhouette character LEFT to RIGHT Pan. It’s a fairly long sequence without cutting but it does have elements of visual eye candy that give the shot it’s own energy. As the characters will be in silhouette, I would like them to have rim lighting around them just to help define their shape anatomy in the frames.

NOW WE’RE IN THE ROOM WHERE THE MAIN ACTION TAKES PLACE WITH THE CHARACTERS. We as an audience are in there with them. 

LONG SHOT/OVERHEAD that emphasises the Grandeur of the room and the impossible height of the ceiling, that leads down to the two characters in centre frame stood in front of the vault door 

Mid-Shot - With the Bank lobby door in the frame, and the duo of characters on either side of it, they turn to one another and signify their their allegiance with a handshake. As they reach the end of their handshake, a cut occurs to a Close Up - Which emphasises the hands.

JUMP CUT - To a shot of the Vault door surrounded by numerous sticks of dynamite, ever so slowly easing around it to give the shot a sense of place.

CUT - Close up - Of wires trailing across the floor towards something (make sure the wires and the camera is moving left to right) - This leads up to a control lever box with a lever, with hands firmly gripping the handle. Accompanied by sounds of anticipation, the hands push the lever down… But produces no explosive result.

CUT TO - Facial reaction of the man, who is in control of the dynamite lever - in response to his plan being foiled.

CUT BACK TO - Hands trying the dynamite lever at a faster pace! …Not working…

THEN CUT BACK TO - Facial reaction again…STILL! Not working…

AND THEN BACK TO - EVEN FASTER HAND ACTION ON THE LEVER!!

THEN CUT BACK TO - Facial reaction of the man again, tiring out from exhaustion.