TECHNICAL SCRIPT – ZOT

 

SCENE 1 – EXTERIOR / NIGHT

SHOT 1 – WIDE SHOT (WS)

ACTION:
A warm night. A house is softly lit from within.
ZOT, a nocturnal creature with a single eye, bat-like wings, and a long tongue, flies through the darkness in search of food. It approaches an open window.

SOUND:
Ambient night sounds
SFX: “ZOT… ZOT…” (soft, rhythmic)

 

SHOT 2 – MEDIUM SHOT (MS)

ACTION:
ZOT approaches the window.
Inside, a fishbowl contains two high-heel-shaped fish:

• One larger fish, moving actively
• One smaller fish wearing glasses, moving slowly and cautiously

SOUND:
Water ambience
Soft bubbling

 

SHOT 3 – CLOSE-UP (CU) – ZOT’S EYE

ACTION:
ZOT hovers above the fishbowl, staring at the larger fish.
Its pupil morphs, generating a spiral wave of hypnosis.
The fish becomes motionless.

ZOT extends its long tongue, wraps the fish, pulls it toward itself, and consumes it.

SOUND:
SFX: “Zoooooot…” (hypnotic, sustained)
Sudden silence
Organic suction sound

 

SHOT 4 – WIDE SHOT (WS)

ACTION:
ZOT moves away from the fishbowl, exits through the window, and disappears into the darkness.

 

SCENE 2 – PASSAGE OF TIME

SHOT 5 – WIDE SHOT (WS)

ACTION:
Time-lapse: night transitions into day and back into night.
The light from the window changes accordingly.

SOUND:
Ambient transition
SFX: yawning
SFX: internal, visceral hunger sounds

 

SHOT 6 – WIDE SHOT (WS)

ACTION:
ZOT returns and flies through the same window.
It observes the remaining smaller fish moving awkwardly inside the fishbowl.

SOUND:
SFX: “ZOT…” (stronger, hungrier)

 

SCENE 3 – SECOND ATTEMPT

SHOT 7 – 3/4 SHOT (HIGH ANGLE)

ACTION:
ZOT circles above the fishbowl.
It attempts to hypnotize the smaller fish.
The fish does not react and continues swimming.

SOUND:
SFX: “ZOT… ZOT…” (unstable, irregular)

 

SHOT 8 – MEDIUM SHOT (MS)

ACTION:
ZOT moves closer and intensifies the hypnosis.
The water begins to ripple, but the fish remains unaffected.

SOUND:
SFX: “ZOOOOOT…” (intensified, vibrating)

 

SCENE 4 – TURNING POINT

SHOT 9 – INSERT / CLOSE-UP – GLASSES

ACTION:
The hypnosis wave hits the lenses of the fish’s glasses and reflects back.

SOUND:
SFX: sharp reflective sound (metallic/light-like)

 

SHOT 10 – EFFECT SHOT

ACTION:
The reflected wave travels directly toward ZOT.

SOUND:
SFX: energy impact

 

SHOT 11 – CLOSE-UP (CU) – ZOT

ACTION:
ZOT becomes disoriented and loses control of its flight.

SOUND:
SFX: “Z…ot…” (distorted)

 

SCENE 5 – FALL

SHOT 12 – WIDE SHOT (WS)

ACTION:
ZOT falls into the fishbowl.

SOUND:
Water splash

 

SCENE 6 – TRANSFORMATION

SHOT 13 – CLOSE-UP (CU)

ACTION:
ZOT begins to deform and transform underwater.

SOUND:
SFX: organic transformation sound

 

SHOT 14 – FINAL REVEAL

ACTION:
ZOT has transformed into a high-heel-shaped fish.

Silence.