A Clean Slate.

By Finlay Bell
Time Visual Sound

00:00:00- Title card

00:00:05

00:00:05- Close up: blood stained USB ● People and

00:00:10 dangling from a necklace cars in
string. The background is out the
of focus. distance
● wind

00:00:10- Close up: different angle on ● People and

00:00:15 the USB. The focus changes to cars in
show THE THIEF who is holding the
the USB. cuts and bruises are distance
visible on THE THIEF’s face ● wind
and knuckles. He is sitting
on the ground.

00:00:15- Mid shot: THE THIEF drops the ● People and

00:00:22 USB into his other hand. cars in
the
distance
● wind

00:00:22- Extreme close up: THE THIEF ● People and

00:00:25 begins to close his hand cars in
around the USB leading to a the
match cut. distance
● wind

00:00:25 Extreme close up: THE THIEF’s ● People

00:00:27 hand fully closes around the walking
USB completing the match cut. nearby
● River

00:00:27- Mid shot: THE THIEF puts the ● People

00:00:36 USB necklace around his neck. walking
nearby
● River

00:00:36- Tracking shot: THE THIEF ● People

00:00:44 begins to walk towards the walking
park. He cautiously looks nearby
over his shoulder a couple ● River
times.

00:00:44- Wide shot/push in: a phone in ● People

00:00:52 THE THIEF’s jacket pocket walking
 receives a text and begins to nearby
vibrate. THE THIEF stops in ● Phone
his tracks and looks at his vibrations
pocket before looking around
the surrounding area.

00:00:52- POV shot: THE THIEF quickly ● People

00:01:02 looks around for a place to walking
answer his phone. He settles nearby
on a bush behind an occupied ● Phone
bench. vibrations

00:01:02- Close up: THE THIEF makes his ● People

00:01:05 way over to the bush. walking
nearby
● Phone
vibrations

00:01:05- Tilted up shot: THE THIEF ● People

00:01:10 gets behind the bush. walking
nearby
● Leaves
rustling

00:01:10- Push in: THE THIEF takes the ● People

00:02:00 phone out of his pocket and walking
has a text conversation. nearby
During the conversation THE ● Fabric
THIEF’s motives and objective rustling
are shown. ● Typing
● Text sent
● Text
received
● Leaves
rustling

00:02:00- Mid shot: THE THIEF puts the ● People

00:02:10 phone back into his pocket. walking
He hears someone texting on nearby
the bench in front of the ● Typing
bush he’s hiding behind. THE ● Leaves
THIEF stands up to have a rustling
look. ● Music

00:02:10- Close up: THE THIEF looks ● People

00:02:15 over the side of the bush. walking
nearby
● Typing
● Leaves
 rustling
● Music

00:02:15- Tilted up shot: THE THIEF ● People

00:02:40 looks at text conversation walking
and finds that the person on nearby
the bench is in fact a member ● Typing
of the gang he stole the USB ● Text sent
from. He also sees that the ● Text
gang has sent others to look received
for him and retrieve the USB.
● Leaves
rustling
● Music

00:02:40- Mid shot: THE THIEF starts to ● People

00:02:45 back away from the bush. walking
nearby
● Music

00:02:45- Close up: THE THIEF ● People

00:02:48 accidentally steps on a stick walking
. nearby
● Twig
snapping

00:02:48- Close up: THE THIEF realizes ● People

00:02:50 what he’s done. walking
nearby

00:02:50- Close up: THE GANG MEMBER on ● People

00:02:55 the bench hears the twig and walking
stands up to investigate. nearby

00:02:55- Pull out: THE GANG MEMBER ● People

00:03:05 looks behind the bush but THE walking
THIEF isn’t there. THE THIEF nearby
can be seen in the background
moving to another place to
hide.

00:03:05- Close up: THE THIEF watches ● People

00:03:12 from his new hiding place as walking
THE GANG MEMBER walks away. nearby
THE THIEF looks back with a ● Leaves
worried look. rustling

00:03:12- Mid shot: THE THIEF steps ● People

00:03:17 back and leaves his hiding walking
spot to survey the area. nearby
00:03:17- Wide shot: THE THIEF looks ● People
00:03:20 around the area. walking
nearby

00:03:20- POV shot: THE THIEF spots ● People

00:03:30 other GANG MEMBERS dotted walking
around. nearby

00:03:30- Wide shot: THE THIEF quickly ● People

00:03:35 goes back to his new hiding walking
spot. ● nearby

00:03:35- Mid shot: THE THIEF weighs ● People

00:03:45 his options and starts to walking
formulate a plan. He looks nearby
down at his jacket and then
looks up.

00:03:45 POV shot: A man sits on a ● People

00:03:50 bench reading a book with his walking
coat laid out next to him. nearby

00:03:50- Push in: THE THIEF figures ● People

00:03:54 out what to do. He takes the walking
phone out of his jacket and nearby
puts it in his trousers.

00:03:54- Trucking shot: The THIEF ● People

00:04:09 stands up and begins to walk. walking
As he stands up he takes his nearby
jacket off. He walks behind ● Music
the bench and as he passes he
switches his jacket with the
man's coat and puts it on.

00:04:09- Trucking/Tracking shot: As ● People

00:05:02 THE THIEF enters a new part walking
of the park another man with nearby
a cold walks by wearing a ● Man
scarf. THE THIEF follows sneezing
closely behind the man and ● Rustling
gets ready to steal the fabric
scarf. The man sneezes and as ● Music
he does THE THIEF takes the
● Nearby
scarf, quickly putting it on
traffic
while he starts walking in
the other direction.
Unbeknownst to THE THIEF
someone has started to follow
him. THE THIEF walks past a
man sleeping on a bench and
 wearing a cap. As he passes
THE THIEF takes the cap and
puts it on. With his disguise
now complete THE THIEF starts
to make his way to the drop
off. He exits the park and
crosses a road, making his
way into an alleyway. As he
walks into the alley THE
THIEF finds that his path has
been blocked by THUG #1. THE
THIEF turns to leave and
stops dead in his tracks.

00:05:02- Whip pan: the other end of ● Nearby

00:05:07 the alley has now been traffic
blocked by THUG #2 who was
the one that had been
following THE THIEF earlier.

00:05:07- Mid shot: THE THIEF sighs and ● Rustling

00:05:13 looks at both of the THUGS. fabric
He reaches up to the cap and ● Music
takes it off before throwing
it at THUG #2.

00:05:13- Close up: the cap hits THUG ● Rustling

00:05:15 #2 in the face distracting fabric
him. ● Music

00:05:15- Tracking shot: THE THIEF ● Rustling

00:05:22 charges THUG #1 and tackles fabric
him further into the ● music
alleyway.

00:05:22- Pull out/Wide shot: THUG #1 ● Wind

00:05:30 shoves THE THIEF aside and is
joined by THUG #2. A brief
standoff ensues.

00:05:30- Close up/tilt: THE THIEF ● Wind

00:05:33 prepares to fight. ● Music

00:05:33- Close up/tilt: the THUGS ● Wind

00:05:36 prepare to fight. ● Music

00:05:36- Tracking shot: the THUGS and ● Rustling

00:05:51 THE THIEF charge at each Fabric
other and begin to fight. ● Music

00:05:51- Partial arc shot: THE THIEF ● Rustling

00:06:06 is at a clear disadvantage fabric
and is only able to land a ● Music
few hits. The THUGs who ● Punching
outnumber THE THIEF quickly
gain the upper hand and badly
beat him up.

00:06:06- Mid shot: THUG #1 deflects a ● Rustling

00:06:16 punch from THE THIEF and in fabric
doing so is able to put THE ● Music
THIEF in a hold and knees him ● Punching
in the face after which he ● Impact on
shoves THE THIEF to the ground
ground.

00:06:16- Wide shot: THE THIEF slowly ● Wind

00:06:26 gets to his feet. His nose is ● Rustling
now bleeding and he’s covered fabric
in fresh bruises. THE THIEF ● Music
takes off the scarf and wraps
it around his hands.

00:06:26- Mid shot: the THUGS look ● Wind

00:06:31 confused. ● Music

00:06:31- Push in: THE THIEF pulls the ● Rustling

00:06:36 scarf taut and gets ready to fabric
fight. ● Music

00:06:36- Long shot: the fight starts ● Rustling

00:06:46 again but now THE THIEF is fabric
able to hold his own. ● Music
● punching

00:06:46- Partial arc shot: THE THIEF ● Rustling

00:06:56 kicks THUG #1 down and fabric
briefly fights THUG #2. He is ● Music
able to knock him down just ● Punching
as THUG #1 gets up and they ● Kicking
start to fight again.
● Impact on
ground

00:06:56- Mid shot: after a couple of ● Rustling

00:07:06 hits are exchanged THE THIEF fabric
manages to get the scarf ● Music
around THUG #1’s neck and ● Punching
starts to choke him.

00:07:06- Close up: THUG #2 gets up and ● Rustling

00:07:11 runs to help THUG #1. fabric
 ● Music

00:07:11- Push in: as THUG #2 gets ● Rustling

00:07:16 close THE THIEF kicks him fabric
away. ● Music
● Kicking

00:07:16- Close up: THUG #2 falls back ● Rustling

00:07:20 and hits his head on the fabric
ground, briefly knocking him ● Music
unconscious. ● Impact on
ground
● Bone
crunching

00:07:20- Push in: THUG #1 passes out ● Rustling

00:07:30 due to lack of oxygen and fabric
stops struggling. THE THIEF ● Impact on
lets go of the scarf and THUG ground
#1 crumples to the ground.

00:07:30- Wide shot: THE THIEf briefly ● Wind

00:07:35 looks around and starts to
leave.

00:07:35- Close up: THE THIEF hears a ● Wind

00:07:40 groan and stops walking. He
looks over his shoulder.

00:07:40- Over shoulder shot: THUG #2 ● Wind

00:07:45 gets to his feet.

00:07:45- Mid shot: THUG #2 looks down ● Wind

00:07:50 at the unconscious THUG #1.

00:07:50- Close up: THUG #2 looks at ● Wind

00:07:55 THE THIEF and fully stands
up. Another standoff ensues.

00:07:55- Extreme close up: THE THIEF ● Wind

00:07:58 stares down THUG #2.

00:07:58- Extreme close up: THUG #2 ● Wind

00:08:01 stares down THE THIEF.

00:08:01- Wide shot: the fight begins ● Rustling

00:08:16 again. A few punches are fabric
landed but eventually THUG #2 ● Punching
throws THE THIEF against a ● Impact on
wall. wall
00:08:16- Close up: THE THIEF sticks ● Rustling
00:08:23 his hand in his pocket and fabric
pulls out a set of keys. He ● Metal
sticks one of them between jingling
his fingers.

00:08:23- Mid shot: THUG #2 goes to ● Rustling

00:08:33 punch THE THIEF. However THE fabric
THIEF blocks the punch and ● stabbing
stabs THUG #2 in the gut with
the key repeatedly.

00:08:33- Mid shot: THUG #2 drops to ● Impact on

00:08:40 the ground. THE THIEF looks ground
at the blood stained key.

00:08:40- Close up: THE THIEF turns the ● Wind

00:08:45 key in his hand.

00:08:45- Mid shot: THE THIEF pulls a ● Rustling

00:08:52 rag out of his back pocket fabric
and cleans the key. ● Wind

00:08:52- Wide shot: THE THIEF puts the ● Rustling

00:09:00 keys and rag away before he fabric
leaves the alleyway. ● wind

00:09:00- Close up: THE THIEf is ● People and

00:09:05 resting up against a wall cars in
the
distance

00:09:05- Wide shot: THE THIEF is now ● People and

00:09:15 in the same car park from the cars in
first scene. He stands up as the
a car pulls up in front of distance
him. ● Wind
● Car engine
● Car
braking

00:09:15- Close up: the car window ● People and

00:09:20 opens revealing THE ASSOCIATE cars in
of THE CLIENT. the
distance
● Car engine
● Car window
opening

00:09:20- Mid shot: THE THIEF gives the ● People and

00:09:25 USB over to THE ASSOCIATE. cars in
the
distance
● Car engine

00:09:25- Close up: THE ASSOCIATE plugs ● People and

00:09:35 the USB into a laptop in the cars in
passenger seat. the
distance
● Car engine
● Typing

00:09:35- Close up: THE ASSOCIATE ● People and

00:09:45 closes the laptop and then cars in
the car window. the
distance
● Car engine
● Car window
closing

00:09:45- Push in: the car drives off ● People and

00:10:15 leaving THE THIEF alone. THE cars in
THIEF sits back down during the
which he receives a text. He distance
takes the phone out of his ● Phone
trouser pocket. The text is vibrations
from THE CLIENT and tells THE ● Fabric
THIEF that he has completed rustling
the job and his debts have ● Wind
been cleared.

00:10:15- Mid shot: THE THIEF puts the ● Wind

00:10:30 phone away, gets up and walks
away as a free man

00:10:30- Credits ● Music

00:10:50