Planning: Treatment

The group are walking towards a treeline with camping equipment on their back. ‘A Slaughterhouse Production’ appears at the bottom of the screen. Adrian is seen talking to his mum on the phone. When there is a close up of him, text will appear on the screen with the actor's name – ‘Ashley Paddick’. The camera will then switch to Zac who is directly next to Adrian. The text of ‘Thomas Mckenna’ will then appear. After their conversation, the camera pans towards the sky. Here ‘A film by Charlie North, Julia Bickle and Leah Mitchell’ will become visible.

Whilst the group are walking through the woods other titles come into shot: ‘Costume design by Charlie North, Julia Bickle and Leah Mitchell’, ‘Edited by Charlie North, Julia Bickle and Leah Mitchell’ and ‘Written by Charlie North, Julia Bickle and Leah Mitchell’.

When the teenagers arrive at the campsite, the camera is focused on Adrian and Zac relaxing in their tent. A jumpscare follows in which the audience gets their first close up view of Alona. The actresses name appears on screen, ‘Neave Coleman’. This is followed by a lot of laughing from Alona which results in Stephanie throwing a slight tantrum. When the camera gets pointed at Stephanie, the actresses name becomes visible, ‘Rachel Keevil’. Eventually Damon gets his first close up on the camera in response to Stephanie’s rant. The actors name appears – ‘Jack Westwood’. The scene fades to black.

Everyone is seated around the campfire. Alona suggests that they do a séance. After some discussion the group finally agree. The scene fades to black and ‘Produced by Charlie North, Julia Bickle and Leah Mitchell’ appears on screen.

The teenagers are holding hands and are huddled together, ready to start the séance. Alona directs the séance. When things aren’t looking hopeful, Stephanie intervenes and begins dismissing the idea of the séance when all of a sudden a twig snaps. This results in the group getting slowly closer to the location of the sound. Here Damon sees something in the woods which triggers a phrase to repeat over and over again in his mind. With this driving him mad, other members of the group begin to get angry as they are frightened and thing that Damon is messing around. All of a sudden Damon loses his temper and begins strangling Zac. There is a sudden black screen. ‘Slaughterhouse Productions present’ fades onto the screen.

Damon is slowly recovering from being knocked out. He is on the ground, attempting to get to his feet. When he finally stands up and regains vision again he is faced with the dead bodies of his friends. He looks down to see blood and scratches all over his body. The scene fades to black and the title, ‘The Woken Woods’ appears.