Treatment Form

Concept

The concept of our opening sequence involves a teenage girl taking a shortcut through a secluded forest to be able to shorten her route. However she gets lost and approaches a man for guidance. As the man reveals himself, he is dressed in a white mask, covered in blood, and shown holding a weapon.

Characterization

Our opening sequence only involves two characters. One is the protagonist, which is the school girl that gets lost in the secluded forest. She is dressed in smart clothes and is holding school bag to signify that she is a student. The other character in our horror extract is the killer. We wanted him to appear menacing, therefore we decided to dress him in a jumpsuit, with a mask to hide his identity, and also covered in fake blood.

Theme

The extract commences normally however it progresses into a horror when we are introduced to the murderer.

Tone

The tone is frightening as we attempted to create a tense atmosphere filled with sheer suspense. We also tried to emphasise on the element of horror and intended to evoke the audience into a fearful state.

Narrative

The protagonist is walking with her friend along the pavement; until she reaches a gate to a forest which is a short cut therefore they part ways. The girl enters the forest however she unfortunately takes the wrong route. This leads her to an unknown location therefore she rings her friend for guidance. As they are on the phone, the schoolgirl sees a man in the distance, and approaches him to ask for directions. As he turns around, she is confronted by a killer in a white mask holding a destructive weapon.