"Strange Calls: Convenience Store Crime Scene" - Strange Calls Script Storyboards

Storyboards on the Convenience Store Crime Scene on the show "Strange Calls" by Blake McCormick.

McCormick, Blake. Strange Calls: “Pilot,” season 1, pilot. 2015. Teleplay.

Transcript

1. STRANGE CALLS Written by: Blake McCormick “CONVENIENCE STORE CRIME SCENE” Storyboards by: Victoria Cañas Chen
2. INT. SMALL TOWN CONVENIENCE STORE - DAY PAGE 4 SCENE NO. 5 STRANGE CALLS AUDIO SFX - DING!! Toby enters the convenience store. WIDE 1
3. PAGE 5 SCENE NO. 5 STRANGE CALLS Toby talks to a cop. WIDE 2 INT. SMALL TOWN CONVENIENCE STORE - DAY
4. PAGE 5 SCENE NO. 5 STRANGE CALLS COP- “Sergeant, this is Banks. Just in from the city. Starting today?” Cop introduces Toby to Sergeant Lloyd FULL SHOT 3 INT. SMALL TOWN CONVENIENCE STORE - DAY
5. PAGE 5 SCENE NO. 5 STRANGE CALLS TOBY_ “Toby. We Spoke on the phone earlier. You said someone would pick me up at the ferry station when I got in, but...no one did” Toby adds on while approaching Sergeant Lloyd. FULL SHOT 4 INT. SMALL TOWN CONVENIENCE STORE - DAY
6. PAGE 5 SCENE NO. 5 STRANGE CALLS LLOYD “Are you calling me a liar?” Sergeant Lloyd responds to Toby, defensively. MCU 5 INT. SMALL TOWN CONVENIENCE STORE - DAY
7. PAGE 5 SCENE NO. 5 STRANGE CALLS TOBY “Oh, no sir. I just… nevermind” Toby backs up, slightly intimidated and confused. Cop leaves. DIRTY OVER, HIGH ANGLE 6 INT. SMALL TOWN CONVENIENCE STORE - DAY
8. PAGE 5 SCENE NO. 5 STRANGE CALLS Sergeant LLOYD “I’ve got my hands full right now, as you can see. Last night a store clerk was savagely attacked.” Sergeant Lloyd explains the situation while looking around at the mess. OTS FULL 7 INT. SMALL TOWN CONVENIENCE STORE - DAY
9. PAGE 5 SCENE NO. 5 STRANGE CALLS TOBY - “Oh God! The attacker did that?” Toby looks down to a huge puddle of slick red on the floor. WIDE 8 INT. SMALL TOWN CONVENIENCE STORE - DAY
10. PAGE 5 SCENE NO. 5 STRANGE CALLS LLOYD_ “No, Davis did that.” Lloyd disappointedly explains the situation. A mop appears in the background. MCU 9 INT. SMALL TOWN CONVENIENCE STORE - DAY
11. PAGE 5 SCENE NO. 5 STRANGE CALLS LLOYD -“Fixed himself a slushy and forgot to turn off the machine” We see an officer sheepishly mopping up a slushy machine while Lloyd continues to explain. OTS WIDE 10 INT. SMALL TOWN CONVENIENCE STORE - DAY
12. PAGE 5 SCENE NO. 5 STRANGE CALLS The officer waves when Sergeant Lloyd is not looking anymore DIRTY OVER- WIDE 11 INT. SMALL TOWN CONVENIENCE STORE - DAY
13. PAGE 5 SCENE NO. 5 STRANGE CALLS LLOYD_ “Then poor Rogers wasn’t looking when he came in, and- bam. Sergeant Lloyd continues to explain as Officer Rogers comes in the stretcher. DIRTY OVER WIDE HIGH ANGLE 12 INT. SMALL TOWN CONVENIENCE STORE - DAY
14. PAGE 5 SCENE NO. 5 STRANGE CALLS LLOYD- “Hang in there Rogers. We’re all pulling for you.” Sergeant Lloyd gives a thumbs up to the Rogers, who is being pushed out on a stretcher by 2 medics. WIDE 13 INT. SMALL TOWN CONVENIENCE STORE - DAY
15. PAGE 5 SCENE NO. 5 STRANGE CALLS Officer Rogers looks dazed with his thumbs up. MCU 14 INT. SMALL TOWN CONVENIENCE STORE - DAY
16. PAGE 5 SCENE NO. 5 STRANGE CALLS LLOYD- “Damn shame. My best man.” Lloyd laments his losses. MED 15 INT. SMALL TOWN CONVENIENCE STORE - DAY
17. PAGE 5 SCENE NO. 5 STRANGE CALLS TOBY- “Terrible. And the attack victim?” Toby asks about the victim. AMERICAN 16 INT. SMALL TOWN CONVENIENCE STORE - DAY
18. PAGE 5 SCENE NO. 5 STRANGE CALLS The clerk talks with the police sketch artist as Toby and LLoyd approach them. OTS WIDE 17 INT. SMALL TOWN CONVENIENCE STORE - DAY
19. PAGE 6 SCENE NO. 5 STRANGE CALLS CLERK- “...I heard the ding and came out from the back, and.. It was chaos” The clerk keeps talking to the police artist. AMERICAN 18 INT. SMALL TOWN CONVENIENCE STORE - DAY
20. PAGE 6 SCENE NO. 5 STRANGE CALLS S. Lloyd- “Let’s have a look.” Sergeant Lloyd & Toby glance over at the drawing. AMERICAN 19 INT. SMALL TOWN CONVENIENCE STORE - DAY
21. PAGE 6 SCENE NO. 5 STRANGE CALLS Sketch of a bizarre furry creature, fangs bared, arms stretched out, as if flying off page. ECU 20 INT. SMALL TOWN CONVENIENCE STORE - DAY
22. Lloyd- “What is that?” ST Lloyd looks confused while Toby flinches MCU 21 PAGE 6 SCENE NO. 5 STRANGE CALLS INT. SMALL TOWN CONVENIENCE STORE - DAY
23. STORE CLERK- “That's the thing that attacked me. I think it was like, a mutant sloth. Or a little Bigfoot.” Store Clerk answers. Dirty over, HIGH ANGLE 22 PAGE 6 SCENE NO. 5 STRANGE CALLS INT. SMALL TOWN CONVENIENCE STORE - DAY
24. LLOYD_ “A Littlefoot? No such thing” Lloyd inquires, even more confused. MED High Angle 23 PAGE 6 SCENE NO. 5 STRANGE CALLS INT. SMALL TOWN CONVENIENCE STORE - DAY
25. STORE CLERK- “No, a Bigfoot that’s little. Still Bigfoot. Just small.” Store clerk continues to create theories while absentmindedly eating chips. HIGH ANGLE 24 PAGE 6 SCENE NO. 5 STRANGE CALLS INT. SMALL TOWN CONVENIENCE STORE - DAY
26. LLOYD- “ A Smallfoot” Lloyd answers, more disappointed. MCU 25 PAGE 6 SCENE NO. 5 STRANGE CALLS INT. SMALL TOWN CONVENIENCE STORE - DAY
27. STORE CLERK- “No, a Bigfoot scaled down.” Store Clerk answers matter- o-factly while eating a chip. CU 26 PAGE 6 SCENE NO. 5 STRANGE CALLS INT. SMALL TOWN CONVENIENCE STORE - DAY
28. STORE CLERK- “Like if you took a Bigfoot and shot him with a shrink ray and he shrunk down small? Like that.” Store clerk continues explaining while eating chips. Dirty Over, High Angle 27 PAGE 6 SCENE NO. 5 STRANGE CALLS INT. SMALL TOWN CONVENIENCE STORE - DAY
29. LLOYD- “Are you on drugs?” Lloyd questions accusingly. MCU Low angle 28 PAGE 6 SCENE NO. 5 STRANGE CALLS INT. SMALL TOWN CONVENIENCE STORE - DAY
30. STORE CLERK- “Like, right now?” Clerk answers. CU 29 PAGE 6 SCENE NO. 5 STRANGE CALLS INT. SMALL TOWN CONVENIENCE STORE - DAY
31. AUDIO SFX - SLUUURP Sergeant Lloyd puts a hand over his face disappointed while the store clerk slurps on his drink. OTS Low Angle 30 PAGE 6 SCENE NO. 5 STRANGE CALLS INT. SMALL TOWN CONVENIENCE STORE - DAY
32. STRANGE CALLS Written by: Blake McCormick “CONVENIENCE STORE CRIME SCENE” Storyboards by: Victoria Cañas Chen