see this post for finished screenplay
http://matthewmerrylees.blogspot.com/2010/10/lonely-wood.html
15 October 2010
11 October 2010
lonely wood script
[Dave] why are we here anyway Richard, (camera cuts from a point of view shot of Richards view, to Dave’s point of view shot)
[Richard]I told you Dave I read an article in that 18 year old newspaper about the strange events in this wood and I want to investigate them.
[Camera fades out to a flash back of Richard reading the newspaper showing the article in question]
[Dave] I would have thought that disappearances would be something to stop you from looking into this.
[camera cuts to a close up of Dave with a horrified look on his face]
[camera cuts to a medium shot a Dave and Richard, and shows a figure running across in the distance]
[Richard] well I want to find why people disappear.
[camera cuts to a tracking shot of Dave and Richard walking down the tourist trail of the wood then jump cuts to the edge of the trail]
[Dave] I guess this is the end of you investigation
[Richard] well it isn’t going to be on the tourist trail under the thumb of the public
[Dave] It? [fades to close up of Dave’s face as he says it and displays the worried look on his face]
[cantered low angle shot of Dave and Richard leaving the tourist trail to convey to the audience that something bad is going to happen]
[jump cut to further down there route on a extreme long shot showing a figure watching them this gives the audience an idea what is happening while the main characters have no idea]
[Dave] do we need to go any further it feels like we’ve been walking for days[designed to convey to the audience the distance they have walked since the last shot.]
[Richard] shouldn’t be any further now.
[jump cut to them closing in on a eerily lonely part of the wood camera seems to start shaking from creating an illusion of fear from the main characters]
[Dave] what’s that thing [ as he points the camera pans towards were he is pointing showing a shrouded figure with a covered face]
[camera cuts to close up of Richards face showing that he thought he was clever so he didn’t need to fear but it is the opposite of that]
[high angle long shot of figure coming towards them as it does the camera starts to shake trying to bring fear into the audience]
[camera cuts to pov shot from the figures view as Dave and Richard start to run in a different direction from they came in at]
[camera starts to follow them illustrating that they figure is hot on their tail]
[camera slowly pans towards the side of them on a tracking shot showing that the figure is faster and smarter than what an audience would expect enstilling higher amounts of fear from the audience]
[camera cuts to a medium shot of a tunnel]
[Dave] I say we go in that tunnel
[Richard] agreed
[camera cuts to a point of view shot from Dave’s perspective trying to make the audience become attached to this character]
[jump cut to them reaching the end of the tunnel]
[over the shoulder shot of Richard looking behind him trying to see where the figure went]
[Richard] I think we lost it
[figure laughs in a somewhat reverse laugh]
[ camera slowly turns as Richard does]
[Richard then turns as quick as he can to run]
[Richard] Dave aren’t you going to run
[camera cuts to a over the shoulder shot showing Dave is nowhere to be found and the figure is hot on Richard tail]
[in fear the camera speeds up in pace as Richard does with an overlaying sound of a rapid heartbeat illustrating the deep amount of fear involved]
[Richard reaches near the tourist trail and just as he is going to exit to safety the figure appears in front of him]
[camera fades out in pulses matching the pace of the heart beat]
[end sequence]
[Richard]I told you Dave I read an article in that 18 year old newspaper about the strange events in this wood and I want to investigate them.
[Camera fades out to a flash back of Richard reading the newspaper showing the article in question]
[Dave] I would have thought that disappearances would be something to stop you from looking into this.
[camera cuts to a close up of Dave with a horrified look on his face]
[camera cuts to a medium shot a Dave and Richard, and shows a figure running across in the distance]
[Richard] well I want to find why people disappear.
[camera cuts to a tracking shot of Dave and Richard walking down the tourist trail of the wood then jump cuts to the edge of the trail]
[Dave] I guess this is the end of you investigation
[Richard] well it isn’t going to be on the tourist trail under the thumb of the public
[Dave] It? [fades to close up of Dave’s face as he says it and displays the worried look on his face]
[cantered low angle shot of Dave and Richard leaving the tourist trail to convey to the audience that something bad is going to happen]
[jump cut to further down there route on a extreme long shot showing a figure watching them this gives the audience an idea what is happening while the main characters have no idea]
[Dave] do we need to go any further it feels like we’ve been walking for days[designed to convey to the audience the distance they have walked since the last shot.]
[Richard] shouldn’t be any further now.
[jump cut to them closing in on a eerily lonely part of the wood camera seems to start shaking from creating an illusion of fear from the main characters]
[Dave] what’s that thing [ as he points the camera pans towards were he is pointing showing a shrouded figure with a covered face]
[camera cuts to close up of Richards face showing that he thought he was clever so he didn’t need to fear but it is the opposite of that]
[high angle long shot of figure coming towards them as it does the camera starts to shake trying to bring fear into the audience]
[camera cuts to pov shot from the figures view as Dave and Richard start to run in a different direction from they came in at]
[camera starts to follow them illustrating that they figure is hot on their tail]
[camera slowly pans towards the side of them on a tracking shot showing that the figure is faster and smarter than what an audience would expect enstilling higher amounts of fear from the audience]
[camera cuts to a medium shot of a tunnel]
[Dave] I say we go in that tunnel
[Richard] agreed
[camera cuts to a point of view shot from Dave’s perspective trying to make the audience become attached to this character]
[jump cut to them reaching the end of the tunnel]
[over the shoulder shot of Richard looking behind him trying to see where the figure went]
[Richard] I think we lost it
[figure laughs in a somewhat reverse laugh]
[ camera slowly turns as Richard does]
[Richard then turns as quick as he can to run]
[Richard] Dave aren’t you going to run
[camera cuts to a over the shoulder shot showing Dave is nowhere to be found and the figure is hot on Richard tail]
[in fear the camera speeds up in pace as Richard does with an overlaying sound of a rapid heartbeat illustrating the deep amount of fear involved]
[Richard reaches near the tourist trail and just as he is going to exit to safety the figure appears in front of him]
[camera fades out in pulses matching the pace of the heart beat]
[end sequence]
The Lonely Wood, Revised Aims and Context
The context of my film sequence the lonely wood is about the journey of two friends exploring the woods after hearing of the strange happenings in the local news paper and want to investigate the mysterious events for themselves. I intend to show the audience the newspaper using a flashback.
My intended audience for this film to conform to people who are looking to be scared buy a horror film and want the film to send chills down their necks this is why a audience in the age group of 18 and over would most likely want to see a horror film. I plan for my film sequence to be of the horror genre so it will conform to the conventions of the horror genre, I will use mise en scene to convey the grim darkness of the scene, I will use dark damp patches of light to deliver the darkness of this sequence and to enstill fear into the audience. My sequence will use dark colours to further unsettle the audience and to conform to the conventions of the horror genre. I intend on having the 2 main characters being on opposite ends of intelligence to try and capture more people into the narrative of this sequence. I aim to make a sequence which draws an audience in and keeps the audience watching. I intend to use the stylistics which are common to horror films to give the audience what they want since a film cannot be its chosen genre unless it conforms to the conventions and stylistics that a typical audience expects from it.
My intended audience for this film to conform to people who are looking to be scared buy a horror film and want the film to send chills down their necks this is why a audience in the age group of 18 and over would most likely want to see a horror film. I plan for my film sequence to be of the horror genre so it will conform to the conventions of the horror genre, I will use mise en scene to convey the grim darkness of the scene, I will use dark damp patches of light to deliver the darkness of this sequence and to enstill fear into the audience. My sequence will use dark colours to further unsettle the audience and to conform to the conventions of the horror genre. I intend on having the 2 main characters being on opposite ends of intelligence to try and capture more people into the narrative of this sequence. I aim to make a sequence which draws an audience in and keeps the audience watching. I intend to use the stylistics which are common to horror films to give the audience what they want since a film cannot be its chosen genre unless it conforms to the conventions and stylistics that a typical audience expects from it.
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