The Interrogation room

Soldato
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The Interrogation room (UPDATED)

Hey guys

FILM HAS NOW BEEN MADE, NO LONGER LOOKING FOR SUGGESTIONS


For anyone who is interested in how the final film turned out here it is

PLEASE WATCH IN HQ

Warning- There is swearing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V5QiDR6PBk


I'm shooting a film soon for my final 2nd year uni project that has a scene in which a detective interviews a prime suspect

Does anyone know of any films that use an interrogation scene so i can see how they have shot it?

All i can think of so far is

The Dark Knight
The Usual Suspects

A film i can't remember where a guy threatens to shoot the guy being interrogation but the gun barrel is empty.

any others?
 
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Don't know about films, but depending on the genre you are looking for, you could look at the following TV shows: "life on mars", "ashes to ashes", "spooks", "the bill", etc etc.
 
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Starsky & Hutch, Russian Roulette scene interrogation room scene is a sure fire winner. & changing room "Do you .....got....anymore questions......Hutch?" but show the boobs natch
 
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There's that many episodes of 24's interrogations, I wouldn't know where to begin.

But, it all depends on how your script is written, and where the scene is located.
 
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpNtde_owk4&feature=related

Example here using over the shoulders

Here is the script for those who are interested :)

‘’Asphyxiate’’ SHOOTING SCRIPT 6TH MARCH 2009

1. Ext. Dell. DAY
Police tape cordons off an area in a forest. A young teenage girl has been raped and murdered, forensics have cleared all evidence from the scene.
Detective Johnson (35) arrives at the scene. PC Evans (mid – 20s) and PC Roberts (also in mid-20s) are at the scene.


PC Evans
I’m PC Evans and this is PC Roberts.

Detective Johnson shakes hands with both officers.

Detective Johnson
What we got?

PC Evans
Rape and murder sir.

Detective Johnson
Victim?

PC Evans
Alison Marsh, 19, college student, popular, pretty, she had it all going for her.

Detective Johnson
How do you know she’s a college student?

PC Evans-
I just assumed so sir.

Detective Johnson
Assumptions are usually the source of ignorance, so don’t assume. Do we have any leads?

PC Roberts
Forensics are working on it, but from our point of view, nothing.

Detective Johnson
No blood?

PC Roberts
Not a single wound.

Detective Johnson
So how was she murdered?

PC Evans
Strangled to death, leaving absolutely no evidence behind. No witnesses, no suspects, whoever did this knew exactly what they were doing. Unless the forensics dig up something big, we’ve got a lot of work on our hands.

Detective Johnson
Get moving then, I wanna know what she was doing that day, from the second she woke until she was last seen. I want every detail of this girl’s life on my desk by tomorrow morning.


2. Interrogation room. Int. Day
Detective Johnson interviews Mark Salford (21, boyfriend of Alison Marsh)


Detective Johnson
I know this must be hard for you but if you want justice for your girlfriend’s sake, I’d much appreciate your co-operation.

Mark Salford
I don’t know how I’m going to be of much help, but I’ll do my best detective.

Detective Johnson
Well, let’s start with some simple questions, all standard procedure. Where were you yesterday afternoon between the hours of 2-3PM?

Mark Salford
What? You’re accusing me of this ****? You think I’d kill Alison?

Detective Johnson
That’s what I’m trying to find out.

Mark Salford
**** you, you ignorant pig.

Detective Johnson (sarcastically)
Well if you could rid me of my ignorance, that’d be much appreciated.

Detective Johnson
So, I’ll ask you again, what were you doing between the hours of 2-3 PM?

Mark Salford
I don’t know.

Detective Johnson
Well I suggest you start thinking.

Mark Salford
Work! I was at work.

Detective
Where do you work?

Mark Salford
I’m a mechanic 01432 886941, that’s my boss’s number, ring him.

3. Outside Interrogation room. Int. Day
Detective Johnson asks for PC Roberts’s assistance.


Detective Johnson
I need confirmation that Mark Salford was at work
Yesterday between the hours of 2-3 PM, here are all the details.

Detective Johnson hands over paperwork

PC Roberts
Yes, sir.

4. Interrogation room. Int. Day

Mark Salford
So what happens now? You ring my boss, he confirms I was at work and I’m free to go?

Detective Johnson
Correct, you have to understand Mr. Salford that with cases of this nature it’s normal that the boyfriend is interviewed first. Think about it, you’re likely to provide us with one of two things. You’ll either give us a lot of helpful information that we wouldn’t have been able to acquire from any other source, or you’ll be the prime suspect, which means we’ve cut to the chase straight away.

PC Roberts Knocks on interrogation door

5. Outside Interrogation room. Int. Day

PC Roberts
He’s lying sir; his boss said he left work between 2 and 3PM.

Detective Johnson
Thanks Roberts.

6. Interrogation Room. Int. Day

Detective Johnson
So it turns out you’ve been lying to me all along.

Mark Salford
What?

Detective Johnson
Your boss has just informed us you left work at 2 and didn’t return until 3.

Mark Salford
Oh s***, I forgot, that’s when I took my lunch break, I met up with a few friends down the pub.

Detective Johnson
Ok Mark, friends, names.

Mark Salford
Erm, John Slade, Josh Brown, Andrew Martin and believe it or not my girlfriend’s ex, Daniel Evans

Detective Johnson
Who?

Mark Salford
What?

Detective Johnson
The Last name.

Mark Salford
Daniel Evans.

Flashbacks of first scene

‘I’m PC Evans and this is PC Roberts’

Detective Johnson
Daniel Evans, was he with you the whole time? From 2 to 3?

Mark Salford
No, he left early; he said he had to get back to work.

Detective Johnson
What does he look like?

Mark Salford
Around 5ft 10, Short Brown hair, muscular build.

Flashbacks showing PC Evans matching the description given by Mark Salford.

Detective Johnson
Daniel Evans is a police constable, he didn’t have work yesterday.

Flashbacks of the Following from the first scene

Detective Johnson
How do you know she’s a colleague student?

PC Evans
I just assumed so sir.

PC Evans
Strangled to death, leaving absolutely no evidence
Behind. No witnesses, no suspects, whoever did this
Knew exactly what they were doing.

Extreme Close up of Detective Johnson’s face and eyes as he realizes PC Evans is now the prime suspect
 
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