Character profiles
Adalade Mathews- as a child
§ She is a 10year old girl, she is taller than average and has short brown hair and hazel eyes. Her mother died when she was 7years old and she now lives with her father; however she is a sufferer of domestic abuse at the hands of her father, her only family member. Due to this life of torment and violence as she finds herself forever locked in the attic space of their home, she is covered in bruises and is a very quiet, nervous, shy little girl who is petrified of the dark and her father.
Adalade Mathews- as an adult
§ She is a 23year old woman, she is shorter than the average woman and she now has long brown hair and hazel eyes. Despite her background of domestic abuse at the hands of her farther she has now turned her life around and is a fully qualified psychologist, she has chosen this career in order to help other sufferers and come to terms with her past. She now owns her own house and lives in it with her 6 year old daughter. However her life has been dramatically affected by her past and she is still quiet, shy and afraid of the dark, but she has found herself having terrible dreams since the release of her father from prison.
Father
§ The father in this film is known and referred to as he and him; however his name is actually Albert Mathews. When released from prison he is aged 57, he is tall and has a large build, he also has brown hair and hazel eyes. Before Adalade was born he was in the army however was struck off. From the age of 5 he was aware of the domestic violent abuse that effected his mother and sister at the hand of his father and when Albert had misbehaved and needed to be punished his father would force him to watch the domestic abuse towards his female family members; however growing up with this he somehow believed that it’s was the norm and so when he got married he then saw no problem with abusing his wife, however when she was killed in a car crash he then turned his attention to his daughter and when found guilty by the courts received 13 years without parole.
Script
Adalade as a child*
INT GARAGE. CUT IN. CLOSE UP-TEDDY.MIDDAY
The audience can see a TEDDY’s face in a dark room; the TEDDY is lying on his side
REVERSE. CLOSE UP-ADALADE.
The audience can see a young girl’s face in a dark room; she is also lying on her side and is looking at the TEDDY
SHOT. EXTREAM CLOSE UP-TEDDY
The audience can again see the TEDDY however this time it rakes up most of the frame and has not changed his position
REVERSE. EXTREME CLOSE UP-ADALADE
The audience is again shown ADALADE’s face in a dark room this again takes up the whole frame and she is still in the same position.
CUT IN. HIGH ANGLE. MIDDAY
We see a shot of ADALADE looking at the TEDDY in what seems to be a mirror image in the same dimly lit room.
CUT. CLSOE UP, TRACKING-ADALADE
There is a shot of ADALADE in the same room still lying down, however the as she sits up the camera follows her actions.
CUT. FULL SHOT-ADALADE and the TEDDY’s head
We can see ADALADE sitting upright holding her knees to her chest; we can also see the back of the TEDDY’s head in the bottom left hand side of the frame. ADALADE then reaches for the TEDDY and holds it close.
CUT. MID SHOT of ADALADE. FULL SHOT of TEDDY.
We see ADALADE look eye to eye with the TEDDY, she then pulls the TEDDY towards her face.
CUT. OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT. CLOSE UP-ADALADES mouth.
We see the back of the TEDDY’s head and a shot of ADALADE’s mouth and the bottom of her nose as she whispers to the TEDDY
ADALADE:
He’s here
CUT. FULL SHOT of DOOR. OVER THE SHOULDER
We see a shot of the door from behind ADALADES head looking at the door in the dimly lit room.
CUT. CLOSE UP of the DOOR.
We can see most on the door in the frame, and no lighting has been changed however this time we are looking at it more form ADALADE’s point of view rather than over her shoulder.
CUT. FULL SHOT of ADALADE.
We are shown a full shot of ADALADE holding her knees to her chest in the dimly lit room. The camera then CRANES up to produce a slightly HIGH ANGLE shot of ADALADE without changing her position.
CUT. EXTREME CLOSE UP on DOORHANDLE.
The DOOR HANDLE fills the left hand side of the frame and is slightly lit on one side in the otherwise dark room.
CUT. EXTREME CLOSE UP-ADALADE.
ADALADE’s eyes and the bottom of her nose is the only thing that is visible within the frame, her eyes are filled with fear and there is a large amount of light on her face.
ADALADE’s face is then covered in shadow and it is hard to distinguish her facial expression and features.
CUT. BLACK SCREEN.
We can see nothing, but can hear screaming and whimpering.
Adalade as an adult*
EXT. CUT. ARIEL SHOT-ADALADE.
ADALADE wakes up suddenly in bed and gasps loudly.
CUT TO CREDITS
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