Shooting script
Simply classical music as none diegetic throughout it all, gets louder towards the end when the words obsession come up.
Set in Tony’s parents house, Tony sat on his own In the early morning doing his day to day routine .
- Close up of Tony’s face looking dull and lifeless, first credit comes up.
- Over the shoulder shot of Tony looking in the mirror, with the continued expression, second credit comes up.
- High angle shot of continued expression of lifelessness, third and final credit comes up.
- Close up of a mug with a teabag in, water gets poured in and you slowly see the water going from clear to a brown colour. About 3 seconds long.
- Close up of blue beads hanging out of his pocket, 2 seconds long.
- Medium long shot of Tony walking to get his mail, picking it up at his doorstep and walking back into the kitchen, 7 seconds long.
- Over the shoulder shot, camera slightly to a angle so its not spotted in the mirror, shows Tony cleaning the mirror.
- Close up of newspaper, see a hand pick it up and take it away.
- Shot of tiled floor, shows that Tony isn’t touching the cracks in the floor.
- Puts toast in the toaster, close up of counter with toast, reaches out to get the butter. 5 seconds
- As reaching out for the butter the salt pours over, 2 seconds
- close up of falling salt, 1 seconds
- Extreme close up of Tony’s eyes to show fear and worry. 1 second long.
- A long shot of Tony grabbing the split salt and throwing it over his shoulder.
- Eye level shot of Tony signing in relief as if he is no longer in trouble. 4 seconds.
- Close up of toaster as toast pops up – 4 seconds long.
- Close up of draw opening for Tony to reach other for a tea towel 2 seconds long.
- Medium shot of Tony wrapping the cloth around his hand and then going to grab the knife to show that he is aware of all dangers around him. 5 seconds long
- Successfully grabbing the butter this time. Medium close up.
- Over the shoulder shot of Tony buttering his toast, pans across to get the full view of him buttering the toast .
- Close up of knife in sink, 2 seconds
- Close up of butter back in its rightful place 2 seconds
- Another close up of Tony straightening out objects. 2 seconds
- Establishing shot of perfectly made counter complete with all objects in their appropriate place. 2 seconds
- Long shot of Tony awkwardly stood in the kitchen, tapping his fingers and feet, 3 seconds.
- Close up of Tony’s pocket as he pulls out a white chalk pastel. 2 seconds
- Over the shoulder shot of Tony walking away into the living room with his tea and chalk in one hand, his toast in the other and his paper underneath his arms. 4 seconds
- Shot from in the kitchen to show the door shutting, 2 seconds
- Close up of Tony’s hands to show what he is carrying. 2 seconds
- Worms eye view of Tony putting all but the chalk on the floor next to him. 3 seconds
- Establishing shot to show that Tony kneels down.
- Close up of laminate flooring as Tony puts the chalk on it and starts to draw. 2 seconds
- High angle shot looking down as the floor, is not yet visible what Tony is drawing. 2 seconds
- Close up of concentration of Tony’s face while he is drawing. 1 second
- Long shot of Tony standing up and looking down at what he has just drawn. 4 seconds
- Long shot of just the work on the floor, it is simply a large circle.
- Back to worms eye shot of Tony picking up his objects.
- Shot looking at the floor and you watch Tony carefully step from outside the circle to inside.
- High angle shot of him sitting down, crossing his legs in a neat manner before grabbing each object and bringing them into the chalk circle also , 6 seconds .
- Establishing long shot of Tony sat in his circle, reading his paper, eating his toast, and drinking his tea – 8 seconds long.
- Close up of photo of ex girlfriend, Tess, looking happy.
- Glass smashing sound effect comes up and a close up of his terrified expression comes up.
- Close up of a smashed pocket mirror as the letters “OBSESSION” (with a added mirror effect) comes up in big white letters over the image., the music becomes at its peak.
All of the lighting stays very dark and dull throughout, after the sound of glass smashing the opera music gets louder shortly followed by the title.
Characters
Tony Davidson , aged 43
Tony is a 43 year old unemployed man. He lives at home with his parents and doesn't really have many friends. In this film you don’t really see Tony's parents as they have gone away on a luxury cruise for 4 weeks to celebrate their long wedding anniversary, thinking they could leave Tony on his own. Tony is a plain looking characters and is quite socially awkward, making it hard for him to trust people but easy for him to go with the crowd. In his spare time he simply enjoys listening to opera and reading. One thing that does stick out is that Tony is obsessive. He spends all his time following superstitions. He always cleans mirror in fear that they will break, he wears blue beads to keep ' the witches' away, He grows Ivy in his house to protect it from evil and he'd always throw salt over his shoulder. It may come across as bad but sometimes it goes to extremes. If he steps on a crack He'll lock himself in a room until he has safely contacted all of his family to check they are okay. He has a great fear of black cats and birds, as birds are a sign of death and if a robin flies into the same room as you it is believe that your death will shortly follow. Tony develops a trusting relationship with his psychiatrist, Huge, after trying to tackle his problems face on, throughout meaning he'll do whatever Huge says, which we learnt o find out may not be such a good thing. In the middle of the film Tony’s problems are completely gone with the help of Huge but when it says '4 months' later the problems return after Tony has made friends and become more socially accepted, he thinks he sees demons who are out to get him .
Hugh Thomas , aged 53
Hugh is a 53 year old award winning psychiatrist who finds Tony's obsessions astonishing and with his award winning skills decides he wants to focus his full attention on Tony, treat him as a 'project' in ways. Hugh is incredibly determined and even though he is not a bad guy, he accidentally drives Tony to his own death at the end of the film. Hugh probably empathises the most in this film as the viewer acts as Hugh, trying to find out why Tony is the way he is and also wanting to help him . After Tony manages to tackle his problems with the big help of Hugh he says he stays seeing demons that are out to get him, obviously Hugh just thinks that its his superstitious imagination and tells him to continue with his day to day life.
Tess Logan , aged 43
Tess is Tony's ex girlfriend, a student at university studying law, she had to leave Tony simply for his superstitious ways. She’s a loving girl and cares about Tony but she knew she couldn't handle him being so obsessed with safety and protection. After Tony is cured by huge she gets close to him again and starts remembering the guy she well in love with in the first place. But this time '4 months later' when he starts seeing demons she decides to stick with him through his trauma, but instead of telling Tony to carry on with his normal ways she tells him towards the end, at the peak of his madness, that maybe he should start going back to his superstitious ways before he hurts someone, or himself. Right at the end, when tony is found dead in a room with a robin, Tess thinks that tony actually isn't crazy and that in fact he was right - so you start to see cases of her going in the same direction as him, carrying around blue beads and cleaning mirrors
Tony Davidson , aged 43
Tony is a 43 year old unemployed man. He lives at home with his parents and doesn't really have many friends. In this film you don’t really see Tony's parents as they have gone away on a luxury cruise for 4 weeks to celebrate their long wedding anniversary, thinking they could leave Tony on his own. Tony is a plain looking characters and is quite socially awkward, making it hard for him to trust people but easy for him to go with the crowd. In his spare time he simply enjoys listening to opera and reading. One thing that does stick out is that Tony is obsessive. He spends all his time following superstitions. He always cleans mirror in fear that they will break, he wears blue beads to keep ' the witches' away, He grows Ivy in his house to protect it from evil and he'd always throw salt over his shoulder. It may come across as bad but sometimes it goes to extremes. If he steps on a crack He'll lock himself in a room until he has safely contacted all of his family to check they are okay. He has a great fear of black cats and birds, as birds are a sign of death and if a robin flies into the same room as you it is believe that your death will shortly follow. Tony develops a trusting relationship with his psychiatrist, Huge, after trying to tackle his problems face on, throughout meaning he'll do whatever Huge says, which we learnt o find out may not be such a good thing. In the middle of the film Tony’s problems are completely gone with the help of Huge but when it says '4 months' later the problems return after Tony has made friends and become more socially accepted, he thinks he sees demons who are out to get him .
Hugh Thomas , aged 53
Hugh is a 53 year old award winning psychiatrist who finds Tony's obsessions astonishing and with his award winning skills decides he wants to focus his full attention on Tony, treat him as a 'project' in ways. Hugh is incredibly determined and even though he is not a bad guy, he accidentally drives Tony to his own death at the end of the film. Hugh probably empathises the most in this film as the viewer acts as Hugh, trying to find out why Tony is the way he is and also wanting to help him . After Tony manages to tackle his problems with the big help of Hugh he says he stays seeing demons that are out to get him, obviously Hugh just thinks that its his superstitious imagination and tells him to continue with his day to day life.
Tess Logan , aged 43
Tess is Tony's ex girlfriend, a student at university studying law, she had to leave Tony simply for his superstitious ways. She’s a loving girl and cares about Tony but she knew she couldn't handle him being so obsessed with safety and protection. After Tony is cured by huge she gets close to him again and starts remembering the guy she well in love with in the first place. But this time '4 months later' when he starts seeing demons she decides to stick with him through his trauma, but instead of telling Tony to carry on with his normal ways she tells him towards the end, at the peak of his madness, that maybe he should start going back to his superstitious ways before he hurts someone, or himself. Right at the end, when tony is found dead in a room with a robin, Tess thinks that tony actually isn't crazy and that in fact he was right - so you start to see cases of her going in the same direction as him, carrying around blue beads and cleaning mirrors
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