LO2 - Treatment

Title: False awakening

Narrative: Three teenagers- Dwayne, Stephen and Jess- go camping for a weekend expedition. Along the way to their destination, it appears as though there is a figure following them along the road, although it almost appears like a shadow along the road. Once the trio have reached the campsite they set up for the night, but after a couple of minutes of sitting around the tent, they realise one of their bags has disappeared. Dwayne and Jess decide to retrace their steps to try and find the bag whilst Stephen waits for them back at the camp. Whilst searching, Dwayne and Jess become separated and he thinks he hears somebody nearby. After calling out and a sudden jump scare, the camera suddenly cuts away and back to Stephen at the camp.
As Stephen sits at the campsite he suddenly hears a shout and the faint sounds similar to an ongoing scuffle, and goes to try and find his friends. Instead he stumbles upon the corpse of Dwayne. Immediately he rushes back to camp to try and find Charlotte, but spots what appears to be a figure in the distance and begins running back in the direction of the road instead. Whilst trying to get to safety, he finds Charlotte, who explains to him that there was no killer at all, and the entire scenario has an explanation.

Genre: Horror/thriller

Characters: 
Dwayne - The loveable goof of the group. He can be rude and brash but it's all unintentional, it's just that he doesn't spend half as much time thinking about stuff as he does actually doing it.
Stephen - Slender young man. He's the type of guy that thinks he's much funnier than the rest of the group, though in reality nobody really understands his jokes.
Jess -  Intelligent but often disgruntled by the rest of the group. She's quite sarcastic and witty when she wants to be but at her core she's a friendly young girl.

Synopsis: Three campers set up their tent for a weekend of fun out in the British countryside. However, during their stay, parts of their equipment begin to disappear and the trio feel as though somebody may be watching them from the shadows. After Dwayne mysteriously dies in a fall the next day, the remaining two begin to suspect they are in danger, and try to leave the forest as a presence behind them seems to follow. When returning home, they realise that in fact there was no killer- it was just a series of unfortunate events.

Required crew: Three people (Me, Lewis and Ellis) will be needed to do the actual filming process, two to be cameramen and one to direct the action and ensure each shot suits the storyboard and script.  We will also require four actors to play the separate roles within the film- seven people should be more than enough to help us move equipment around our locations.

Required equipment: Two 650 DSLR cameras with matching tripods will be needed for the filming process. We may want a macro lens and wide lens in order to achieve detailed shots of the surroundings.

Production schedule: It is likely we would be filming over a couple of weeks because of the multiple scene changes throughout the film. It will be easier to shoot this film in the later part of the year as it gets dark earlier than in the summer months.

Suggested locations: Catlane woods, Charnock woods, Peak district and the Worrall common.