Voiceover Script

We decided to use a recording of a phone conversation over the top of an establishing shot of the house at the start of the scene. This creates mystery, as the audience are wondering who has made the phone call and the importance it has to the story. The line suddenly going dead/caller hanging up adds to the tension of the situation. Throughout the remainder of the scene, no other dialogue is used, instead leaving it to the filming and music to set the uneasy tone and create suspense. The music is played right through, emphasising moments of suspense, however the sound matching the action can also be heard eg. opening of the fridge to ensure the situation seems as real as possible, allowing the viewers to relate to it.

Phone call script:
“Hello”
“Hello, is Mrs Anderson there?”
“No sorry she’s out at the moment I’m just the babysitter”
Line goes dead.
“Hello? Hello?”

We decided to create the phone conversation using the sound effects on the Mac for the phone ringing and hanging up sounds and recorded the dialogue using a microphone connected to the Mac. We did it this way as it ensured a much better quality result than if we tried to create the phone call in the background of our shot, recording it on the camera.