The Script

The Script

The forest

The film opens with an establishing shot of the forest. It is a late evening, nearly dark. The forest seems calm. Then suddenly we cut to a close up shot of someone’s feet, running over the thick forest floor. Next we cut to a medium-long pan of the side of the same character, before it cuts back to a close up shot of their feet breaking a stick on the forest floor (potentially a match-on-action).

Then we cut to a flashback of 3 teenagers in a classroom. It is a medium shot, and there is little if any dialogue.

Faint dialogue for classroom scene

Boy 1: Camping on Saturday then?

Boy 2: Yeaahh!

Girl: I dunno, it’ll be dark.

Boy 1: Well Duh!

Then the sequence cuts back to the forest as the boy continues to attempt to flee whatever is chasing him. This shot will be a high angle shot taken from a tree to give a different perspective. It will also be a medium shot.

The second flashback will then take place. It will be a long- extreme long shot of the 3 characters walking towards the camera in the forest. They are carrying camping equipment.

The sequence once again cuts back to the forest area. The same male character will run towards and past the camera, with a medium then short tracking shot.

The final flashback will then take place. This time to the 3 characters setting up camp. The difference this time is it will be a point of view shot through the bushes from the perspective of another character. This will be the villain.

The third from last shot will be a medium shot of a different character, another boy. The look of fear on his face will be obvious as he looks for whatever is chasing him.

Next, a match on action of his foot catching a tree branch, before he helplessly falls to the floor.

The final shot, will be a view from behind the legs of another character. The camera will zoom out as we see the increasingly worried face of the second male character.