Hidden: Script

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Characters: Brad, Joel (nervous, quiet, short and slow), Kevin

Location: Blean Woods, Canterbury

Time: 9:45-3:30

SCENE 1:

FADE IN

EXT. WOODS

Establishing shot of Farm Road

Boys enter shot chatting. There conversation is unclear.

Camera cuts to medium shot from the front, camera tilts up as they get closer to a low angle, they walk over the camera.

Handheld and Over the shoulder shot of Brad.

Long shot from inside the woods looking at the boys walking towards the style from the field.

Cinematic shot of the woods (SOUND ENHANCED)

Medium shot of boys legs climbing over the style.

Brad jumps into a frame from the styles into a CU, pull focus on him. When Brad jumps off of style, as he is in mid-air cut to crane shot, style in center, tilted, filming others climb over.

As the boys are walking through the woods the camera is to their Left side dollying/following them.

Brad: Alright guys almost there.

Kevin: It’s not even a long walk, Brad...

Brad: Shut up (Sarcastic)

Joel: Guys, wait up!

Joel runs into frame.

CUTS TO BLACK (Sounds of walking heard)

Cinematic shot dark figure in BG hardly noticeable.

CU shot of the floor. Brad enters.

Medium shot of the group.

Brad: Mr Harley said that we have to be there by 11 and its 11:15 now, so... we’d better come up with an excuse.

Kevin: How about we tell him we got lost?

Joel: He won’t believe us, he never does.

SCENE 2:

The boys head further into the woods, Brad leading the way (Can see the figure in background of shot looking at them.)

Jump cut to Cinematics and BG noise.

Can hear boys walking in the distance. In some shots, include the man in the shadows barely visible.

Camera cuts to behind a log (frame in complete darkness) camera moves up from behind it revealing the boys walking into the conservation camp (The log has a large axe in it, focus on axe, rack to boys)

Jump cut to a CU on Brad he walks away from Joel and Kevin who are looking around the camp.

OTS of Brad focus pulls on to background (Focus on Axe)

CU of Kevin then Joel then Brad

Arc shot of Brad from the front to back dark figure is seen running from them.

CU on character when they’re speaking.

Brad: I guess this is one of Mr Harley’s sick jokes...

Joel: I hope so.

Kevin: Right I’ll get him.

Joel: I’m really not sure guys, this is kinda creepy.

Brad : Oh come on Joel, ya whimp.

Shot of figure in background. Kevin turns around

Kevin : Is that him over there.

Figure runs away. The boys follow him shouting out their teachers name, attach camera to actors, creative angle above head looking down. The chase goes on with many shots of the boys in panic.

Kevin : Where’s he gone.

Brad : I’m not sure, he just disappeared.

Joel : Guys, I don’t think that was him.

Brad : You know what Kev, I think Joel is right.

Another shot of the figure.

Kevin : There he is again.

The Boys cautiously approach where the figure was previously seen, slowly tip-toeing along. Joel, being the slowest, is at the back when he hears a snap behind them only he turns around but sees nothing, turning back he notices that brad is gone.

Suddenly he turns around and Brad has disappeared.

Joel : Hey Kevin... where’s Brad gone?

Kevin : He was just behind me.

Joel : Well he isn’t there now so where’d he go?

They hear a sound from the trees above and see Brad hanging from a branch, OTS from Brad looking down onto the others. They run off screaming.

As boys are running, Steadicam on Kevin then Joel for reaction

ACTORS HOLDING STEADICAM, camera facing actor

SCENE 3:

Extreme Long Shot (short) of boys running toward camera. Cut to CU of both boys simultaneously.

(still running)

Joel: I can’t run anymore!

Kevin:  OK, I think we’re far enough away from whatever the hell that was.

Shot of boys running to hide behind tree.

Joel: Was that really Brad?

Kevin: I hope not, should we go back and check?

Joel: I don’t know. What if that thing comes back

Kevin: I doubt it will, besides Brad could still be ok.

Joel: You sure?

Kevin: Yes, now c’mon!

Shot of Kevin’s head poking out from behind the tree. He then walks out and makes a hand movement to tell Joel to follow. Shot of figures hand in on 3rd of the shot with boys in the other two walking. The hand then clenches.

Cut to shot of boys walking towards Brad’s body, with his foot dangling out of focus in foreground, the camera is focused on boys at first then racks to the foot.

Medium shot of the boys slowly walking towards the body. Camera moving towards the body (POV style). Shot from the side with both boys and the body in shot. Cuts to close up of Kevin.

Kevin:(hesitantly) Brad… you alright.

Cuts to shot of brad, camera moves closer.

SCENE 4:

They walk over to Brad’s corpse and are completely speechless. They say nothing, Joel stands and Kevin bends down to examine Brad’s lifeless body. He turns around and there is a P.O.V shot. Joel is standing looking worried, and the figure is standing behind him. CU on the figures hand, he pulls out the axe. Cut back to shot of Joel. He is about to get hacked, but Kevin pushes him out the way. Unfortunately the axe slices into Kevin’s Jugular artery causing him to bleed heavily.

Joel screams absolute nonsense and starts to run for the hills. He is nearly out of the woods and can see the light. He turns around to see if the man is there. And when he turns back he smashes face first into a low branch, knocking him unconscious, he comes around to find the man standing over him CUT TO BLACK.

Hear Joel’s line before cutting to shot of boys watching video

Joel : (Wow, that is so cool), I love how it ends with that image.

Brad : Look we already have hundreds of views!

A man, walks up behind them.

Joel : Great work man that was brilliant (gives high five).

Figure : Thanks, anytime.

Brad : Where did Kevin go anyway?

Slowly move camera sideways to face the doorway and see Brad’s leg with blood on the floor, figure on left (or right depending where doorway is) we can see his leg and hand

Cuts to black.

THE END