Treatment

1. Treatment2:
Name/workingtitle –The Last performance
Lengthof Film– 5 minutesorunder
Logline/tagline–
Will the showgo on beyondthe grave
KeyCharacters:
T – LightingTech(Male) - A quiet,knowledgeablecharacterbutunwillingtotrustthose aroundhim.
Sam – SoundTech (Male) –Flirty,bold,cleverbutat timesarrogantwhendealingwith
someone/somethingwhichmentallychallengeshim.
Chad – SetTech (Male) – Nice all-roundguy whotakespride &joyin the workhe isdoing,as well as
beingthe brave type inserioussituations.
Caitlin– SetDesigner(Female) –Feisty,yetkindhearted butneverupforsprintingsituations.
Lizzy – Make-upartist(female)–Kindhearted,artisticandfunnyinserioussituations.
Joe – PropsTech (Male) – Neverknowswhatisreallygoingonashe neverpaysattention.
Lenney – Make-updesigner(Male)–An openlyGaycharacter whoisbestfriendswithLizzybut
doesn’tlookatthe larger viewin tactics.
Debbie –Props Designer(Female) –All-roundhandypersontobe aroundas Debbie canhandle
serioussituations.
Daisy – Stage Manager (Female) –Leaderof the groupand the audiencesgeneral insighttothis
horror narrative.
Act 1: The Nightit began:The date is Thursday31st
October(HalloweenNight) acrew of students(T,
Sam,Chad, Caitlin,Lizzy,Joe,Lenney,Debbie,Daisy,seecharacterdescriptions) are doingapre-
showprepfor theirlastshowof the year,The HeadlessHorseman.
We are introducedtoall the crewat thispointand are givenanoverall of whattheydo(textpopsup
showingname andtheirrole duringthisshot)
Everyone intheirindividualdepartmentssplitsuptosortout theirprepfor the nightwhile Daisy
goesaroundcheckingoneveryone astheydo.
While Daisyischeckingoneveryone,she sensessomethingwatchingherinthe background(andin
everyshotDaisyisin a figure inthe backgroundcan be seen).
The firstpeople thatDaisycheckson isT & Sam. Daisy askson how the program for lightingand
soundare goingbutthenthe powersuddenlyturnsoff.Thiscausesthe programmingtobe lost,
whichcausesbothT & Sam to cry out indespair.SamsuggestthatIf the poweristurnedback on via
the generatorthe back up forthe programmingmay have beensaved,Daisytakesthe initiative in
runningdowntothe generator.
Whenat the generatorshe isspookedbyacollectionof noisesfromthe store cupboard,whichgives
herthe promptto hurryup. Whenshe finallyturnsonthe generatora cry of joy can be heardfrom
the box as T & Sam have not lostthe programming.
Daisyshoutsup to the guysin the box and saysshe is goingto checkon Chad and check onthe set.
Daisywalksdownto the stage and looksroundforChad whois inthe wingsputtingupbackstage
lighting.Daisy&Chaddiscusson whatto do forthe setchangesbut are thendisturbsbya scratching

2. soundunderneaththe stage.The bothof themcome to a conclusionthatit’sprobablyratsandthat
they shouldcall the caretakerto come and have a look.
Act 2: The Firstto go: Daisyand Chad wantto confirmthat itsrats so start to headdownunderthe
stage,while turningthe corner,Daisy&Chad are spookedbyCaitlincomingupfrom underthe
stage.
Daisyask if she heardor saw any rats downthere,towhichCaitlinsay’sno,sothe three of them
decide togo underneaththe stage tocheck.Astheydo, footstepscanbe heardabove them, to
whichDaisyknocksthree timesabove themtotell whoeverisuptopto shut upbut insteadof being
quite a knockabove them can be heard(and a figure movesinthe background).
The group comesto a decisionthatnothingisdownhere andreturnto the top of the stage.There
theysee noone on the stage norT & Sam inthe box (the figure now canbe seeninone of the
theatre seats – but still isunseenbythe group).Daisyandthe restof the group decide togo
backstage to the changingroomswhere we are introducedtoLizzy& Lenney(see character
descriptions).However,Chadhearssomethinginthe distance (Sam’svoice callingforhelp),Chad
runs off to helpbutistangledupviaa lightingcable whichisstrungupbythe mysteriousfigure (the
headlesshorseman) fightingforhislife Chadslipsoff the box whichhe wasstandingonandas a
resultdies.Samiskilledoff screenbutlightscreamscanbe heardfromthe store cupboard.
Daisy,Caitlin,LizzyandLenneyoverhearthe screamanddecide togo back to the stage,there they
finda pumpkinwhere Chad& Sam wouldhave been,nobloodandnobody.Daisydoesnotlike this
situationanddecidestofindthe restof the teamand proceedto findhelp.
Act 3: The Nightwhichendedinsilence:LenneysuggestsplittinguptofindJoe & Debbie butDaisy
arguesthisas theyare biggerinnumbers.Theyall findanitemwhichtheycanall fightwithand
decide toheadoverto the prop store,duringthe journeyovertothe prop store theyare chased
downby the killer(headlesshorseman) whoismountedonahorse but Lizzyhas the quickthinking
of goinginto a nearbyalleywhichistoosmall forthe killer.Unfortunately,duringthe sprinttothe
alleywayCaitlinisunable torunas fastas the othersand istrampleddeath.All shockedandscared
the group hearfootstepscomingtheirway,theyall brace themselvesandfindJoe &Debbie running
towardsthem.Theyall disgustwhathas happenedinthe lasthourandcollectivelydecide toheadto
the prop storage containerwhere theywouldlockthemselvesinuntil helpwouldarrive.
Once in the storage container,theytalkaboutwhothe killermaybe andrealisedthatT hadnot been
seenforthat hourperiod,tensionstartstogrow as theyhearT outside screamingforhelp,everyone
decidedhe wasthe killerandrefusedto openthe door.Still continuingtobegforhislife (T),afaint
soundof horse shoescouldbe heardrunningtowardsthe containeranda terrifyingsoundof Tbeing
murderedoff screen.He wasnotthe killer.Soundscircledthe storage containerassome inthe
containerare readyto die and othersreadyto fight.
Scene thencutsto black andsoundsof the containeropening&screams.
Target audience: The typical targetaudience whichIthinkthisfilmcaterstois social classE, mix of
male and female and16+. My reasoningagaindue to the settingandcharacters beingina school
environmentanda typical horror/teenslasherfilm.
Form andstyle:Most of the shotsinthe filmwouldbe mountedoncamerasandmaybe a few home
dollies,astogive the shotssustainability&evenness.However,some of the shotswouldhave aPoV
handheld shotfrom the killerastogive emphasis onthe kill andgenre.