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    Hi, I'm writing a scene where I've got the killer (who a victim knows) standing in front of them, but I don't want the killer's face revealed. Him not talking will not be odd for the person he's about to kidnap.

    My question is this: how do I portray that this is meant to be done with no shots of the killer's face without putting in something like:

    OVER THE SHOULDER

    into the script at this point?

  • #2
    Re: Perspective

    Originally posted by Jonathan_Bentz View Post
    how do I portray that this is meant to be done with no shots of the killer's face without putting in something like:

    OVER THE SHOULDER

    into the script at this point?
    Why not?

    If the scene depends upon us not seeing the killer's face then just say that. I guess a similar scene is in SE7EN where John Doe has a gun to Mills' face - I just checked the script and it says...

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    The two-by-four is dropped.  John Doe's feet cross a short distance. 
    Doe's hand reaches to pick up Mills' gun.  (We never see John Doe's face.)
    Seems a perfectly reasonable way of doing it.
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    • #3
      Re: Perspective

      We don't see his face.

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      • #4
        Re: Perspective

        The killer enters the room. We never see his face. Done.

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        • #5
          Re: Perspective

          Okay, thanks for the comments. I just added a sentence to the end of the scene in question that says we never see the person's face.

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          • #6
            Re: Perspective

            "His face is not seen", if you want to avoid using "We".
            I learned to write by writing - Neil Gaiman

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            • #7
              Re: Perspective

              Originally posted by Jon Jay View Post
              Why not?

              If the scene depends upon us not seeing the killer's face then just say that. I guess a similar scene is in SE7EN where John Doe has a gun to Mills' face - I just checked the script and it says...

              Code:
              The two-by-four is dropped.  John Doe's feet cross a short distance. 
              Doe's hand reaches to pick up Mills' gun.  (We never see John Doe's face.)
              Seems a perfectly reasonable way of doing it.
              Nice find. I do that kinda thing, but it's nice to see such examples.

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              • #8
                Re: Perspective

                I like to give the reader the same experience as the viewer, so I might give the character a name (KILLER, WITNESS, whatever their role) and just use that. Saves a bunch of clunky writing on how we don't see their face *again and again* in the script, until the point comes where you reveal that KILLER is ELMO!

                - Bill
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                http://www.scriptsecrets.net

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                • #9
                  Re: Perspective

                  Originally posted by Mr A View Post
                  "His face is not seen", if you want to avoid using "We".
                  Or, drop the weak 'is' -- 'he moves through the room, face obscured by shadow.'

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