Major Pre Production Notes: Key Moments in Story

   Mark has created a list of moments he has envisioned to being in the script he is writing. He took a lot of inspiration and tips from our TV Play interview with Steve Coombes. The reason I am paying attention to these moments is because of my role as Director/Cinematographer it is my job to put Mark's ideas onto the screen in the best way. Looking at these moments will help me plan and think of ideas for how to set up shots and what I can and should show.

The key characters and setting are introduced. 0:00- 1:00

The problem is introduced (Abigail is ill). 1:00- 2:00

Abigail is taken to the doctors and the problem is (sort of) diagnosed. Abigail is referred to a specialist clinical trial. 2:00- 4:00

The family visit the specialist clinic and the drug is prescribed. The illness is described. 4:00- 6:00

Abigail shows signs of getting better, but there are also some vague signs that she is absorbing the living cells of things around her. (small animals and plants dying around her slowly, including Abigail's pet goldfish) 6:00- 7:00

The people around her begin to get ill, developing skin rashes. 7:00- 8:00

The research lab that gave Abigail the drugs discover that her cells are taking cells from other living things. 8:00- 9:00

The fact Abigail is responsible for people becoming ill is made public by the research laboratory. 9:00-10:00

Whilst Douglas is at work, and Delaney and Abigail are at home, a group of people mob the house, yelling abuse and throwing stones at the house. 10:00-12:00

While Douglas is driving home, he notices a person collapse on the street due Abigail's effects. 12:00-12:20

Douglas returns home and finds some of the property outside broken. He rushes inside and finds Delaney and Abigail terrified. News reports show that people have begun dying. 12:20-14:00

Douglas takes Abigail back to the experimental drug facility to try and get some answers. The scientists there explain that they are working on a way to reverse the effects the drug has had on Abigail. 14:00- 16:00

When they return home, they find Delaney extremely stressed, as the house has been raided by thugs and they have left a note demanding that Abigail be killed or they will be back. Delaney begins to grow ill. 16:00- 17:30

Delaney begins to grow delirious, having vivid hallucinations and developing horrible sores on her body. She even suggests that they do as the mob demanded. This makes Douglas extremely angry. 17:30-20:00

The next day Douglas goes to work leaving Abigail and Delaney, and when he returns home he finds blood on the kitchen floor. He begins to panic, and finds Delaney. He becomes violent demanding to know what she has done with their daughter, believing she has hurt Abigail. However, Abigail is fine, and it turns out the blood on the kitchen floor was from where Delaney cut herself carving meat. She leaves Douglas. 20:00-21:30

Douglas receives a phone call from the science facility informing him that there is absolutely nothing they can do to stop the process Abigail's body is going through. The scientists suggest that Abigail be terminated. 21:30- 22:30

After spending all night debating what to do, Douglas enters Abigail's room with a pillow, and just as it looks as if he is about to smother her, the scene abruptly goes to black. 22:30-23:20

Douglas walks through a local park and sits down at a bench, miserable. His eyes suddenly begin bleeding. End. 23:20- 24:30