Fade In to Int. The oak bluffs chronicle Newsroom.

Camera pans and roams around room finally focusing on Wide front Shot of reporter Robert Lackland, His nameplate on his desk, and his typewriter as he types. Cut to close up of paper being typed. Cut back to Lackland's left profile.

Camera cuts to wide shot of Lackland and Typewriter from rear left.

Camera zooms in and focuses on paper in Lackland's hands.

Fade to scenes of Oaks Bluff, Ma.

As lackland narrates, camera Fades to Wide shot of oak bluffs high School.

Camera zooms in ever so slowly on obHS as the sounds of the streets and surrounding areas filter in.

Camera continues to slowly zoom in on obHS. enhanced ambient sounds.

Cut to Wide shot Int. obHS. Camera slowly pans by Mop Bucket set next to trophy and awards cases and bulletin board in empty front hallway. Complete Silence throughout the school.

Cut to Wide shot Empty hall filled with full length lockers and a single custodian's cart. Camera slowly moves down hallway, panning from side to side several times. Continued silence.

Cut to Wide Shot empty Cafeteria, Camera zooms and slowly moves down lunchline. a spray bottle of degreaser and a towel lay midway down the line. Unbearable silence.

Cut to Wide shot of home Ext. With brown 1980's custom van in driveway. Birds Chirping merrily.

Camera slowly zooms in on facade of home. Enhanced sounds of birds chirping.

Cut to annoyingly active alarm clock on nightstand to the right of a bed showing 5:00 am as dialog continues.

Dialog fades into sound of alarm with a chilling echo. Camera remains on alarm for a few seconds. Cut to Wide shot right side of Dennis Hopper/jack nicholson type man in his fifty's lying in bed being roused by alarm.

Cut to front close up of man's shoulders and head.

cut to Wide front shot of man.

Cut to close up of alarm for a few seconds. Cut to wide shot from left side of the bed.

the Camera remains on wide shot of the man's back for a few seconds.

Cut to INT. bathroom as camera focuses on the man's reflection in the mirror. he is shaving. A reflected wall clock is heard ticking.

Cut to close up of man's left profile as he admires his work. Camera lingers on man for a few seconds.

Cut to man's full right profile as he sits in the kitchen fully dressed in his custodial uniform slowly sipping coffee. The alarm has already been turned off. Cut to wide shot of stove with frying pan half full with scrambled eggs and bacon. The only source of sound is the frying pan. Cut to closeup of frying pan, the frying sound is louder. Cut back to front closeup of man's face as he sips his coffee. His swallow is audible. The camera lingers.

Cut to wide shot obhs, camera facing front of school. Camera pans and zooms onto obHS Ext. sign. Ambient sounds abound.

Cut to wide shot of obHS staff parking lot as the man rolls in, driving the brown van seen outside new england home. The Engine Drowns out the surrounding Audibles. The Camera cuts to inside of van looking out front windshield from the man's point of view as he parks. Elvis' version of "blue moon" is fading out. Cut to wide shot of driver side of the van. The sound from the van's engine permeates the air.

Camera cuts to wide shot of staff lot facing the school enabling audience to see bill and cliff. Natural ambience has returned to the air.

As cliff gets closer to bill the camera zooms in to waist up on both men.

The dialog has an eerie ring to it as it mixes with the sounds of the street and mother nature.

Cut to front shot of bill from shoulders up.

Cut to waist up shot of both men. camera faces school.

As Bill and Cliff walk into The staff entrance of obhs The Camera zooms out to wide shot of school.

Cut to INT. obhs front entrance. camera faces doors as students are making their way in. The sounds of the school come alive. The camera pans and follows a group of students into the senior hallway.

Multiple cuts from different angles of the hallway ensue. The ambient sounds have evolved into a surreality of epic proportions.

the Camera pans and zooms on two senior females. The camera sights in on their full right profiles as they face their open lockers.

Cut to Front shot of girls as if from the lockers' point of view. The girls are shown from the waist up. The background sounds have almost dissapeared as the dialog takes on a slapping of the tapes type effect.

Camera cuts to close up head and shoulders profile of Cupcake who is on the left.

Cut back to Lockers' Waist up pov.

Cut to wide sot looking down hallway.

Cut to wide shot of hall as the ambient sounds of students and lockers return with a frenzy as the students vacate the hallway to their respective classes. a sudden deafening silence envelopes the hallway. Not one sound from anywhere. The camera lingers for a few seconds. fade to wide shot custodian's office, camera focused on entire room from door pov.

Cut to Close up of scotty from waist up left profile.

Cut to wide shot from behind Bill and his desk as emergency test message starts playing on radio.

Cut to wide shot facing door. Emergency test tone has started and as action and dialog continue test tone mixes in with an eerie permeance.

Cut to closeup of radio as scotty answers. test tone is overly enhanced with bumble bee type buzzing and reduces scotty's dialoge to almost imperceptible.

Camera lingers on radio. sudden Cut to front shot of Cliff. the radio immediately resumes normal levels as emergency test ends. regular station content returns.

Cut to Bill waist up.

Cut to wide shot facing desk.

Cut back to POV facing door.

cut to shot from across the hall of the three men, still chuckling as bill closes and locks door. Cut to wide shot looking down hallway as the men, still laughing, turn and stroll away from camera.

wide shot looking down hallway holds for a moment.

the laughter is held with a fading echo as camera cuts back to wide shot of INT. office from door pov. as camera lingers the natural sounds of the office, i.e. the clock, hum of ac/heater unit, etc. enhance to ominous levels. the sparse lighting flickers forebodingly. Camera continues to linger.

Cut to wide shot cafeteria as students file, noisily talking and bustling, through lunchline.