1. Mind Trap - Treatment
Summary:
Being able to differentiate between what is real and what is not seems like a pretty easy
task. Not for Lucy. Her schizophrenic hallucinations and her permanent state of paranoia
make her constantly confused and terrified. When her best friend Roxanne tries to comfort
her, Lucy rejects her and runs away, not knowing what kind of threat she may be. Little does
she know that when she thought she was running away from the only person that cares and
running straight into her worst fear; isolation.
Character Bios:
Lucy Roberts
19 year old Lucy Roberts has always though herself of sound mind. However, things start to
deteriorate when she begins hallucinating, believing she can see terrible things; writing on
surfaces, people coming to get her in her sleep and – most frighteningly – a young man
following her. Her insane and terrifying delusions make her irrational and paranoid. Unsure
about what is real, she rejects her comforting best friend Roxanne and runs away, uncertain
of what reality is and what is not.
Lucy is 5 foot 6.5in with a fair complexion, green eyes and short, dark brown hair.
Lucas Tawney
20 year old Lucas Tawney is a frightening character; he is the young man Lucy’s mind makes
up and who she believes is following her, wanting to hurt her. Though he holds no power
over Lucy because he is just a hallucination, his demeanor, his menacing smirks and his
villainous voice makes him seem terrifying and intimidating.
Lucas is roughly 6 foot tall with his own unique style, dark clothes and hair and brown eyes.
Roxanne Smith
Roxanne is a classic Mother Hen. She looks after Lucy as if she was her own child, despite
the fact that they are the same age. Her protectiveness and ability to worry over anything is
heightened when Lucy starts to at strangely; she sees things that aren’t really there and
runs out of the house when Roxanne tries to help. However, Roxanne’s kind nature is not
put to any use when Lucy runs out of the house in fear, leaving her confused and worried.
Roxanne is 5 foot 5.5in and has a medium complexion. She has blue/green eyes and
shoulder length light brown hair.

2. Locations:
Interior – Lucy and Roxanne's bedroom
A typical teenage girl's bedroom. The walls are painted neutral green, showing that neither
of the two girls are interested in girlish things. Photos of the two girls and their friends are
littered around the room. Make up, clothes and various knickknacks are littered over every
surface. Paper and pens are strewn over the desk, as if someone was trying to work but
gave up. Clothes hang over the chair in front of the window. Both beds are unmade. A large
mirror hangs over the radiator, which is covered in clothes that neither of the two
occupants bothers to put away.
Exterior – Park
Various sites in Crystal Palace Park will be used:
- The concrete area by the parking for the gym.
- The stairs leading to the bottom area of the park and to the children's play area
- Various sections of the children's play area - the swings and the roundabout.
Both of these sites have many trees and grassy areas, and a path that we will use in the
running shots.
Interior – Lucy and Roxanne's living room
Large comfortable chairs and a large sofa dominate most of the blue-green room. A glass
coffee table sits in the middle, and a cream fireplace is opposite the chair that Roxanne
occupies. The sofa sits in front of a big window that looks out on the quiet suburban street
outside.
Synopsis:
Scene 1
It is mid-afternoon and Lucy is sleeping off a headache. Although in a calm room, she is
sleeping fitfully; she is tossing and turning and mumbling incoherent words. Suddenly, a
shadow of a hand creeps up the duvet towards Lucy's face. Just as the hand is about to grab
her, Lucy wakes up with a gasp, sits bolt upright and bats at the duvet, trying to get the
hand away. She looks around the room quickly, her eyes darting from left to right, a
confused and panicked expression on her face. Her breathing is quick and labored as she
runs a shaking hand through her hair.
Kicking the duvet out of the way, she gets out of bed and goes to the mirror to check if the
hand left any marks on her. She sees nothing as the mirror is covered in words and letters,
written in an unfamiliar messy scrawl. She backs away from the mirror and sits back down
on the bed, the expression on her face a mix of confusion and fear. Just as she runs a hand
through her hair, she notices that her arm is covered in the same words as the ones on the
mirror, and in the same messy handwriting. She looks at the other arm and it too is covered.
Frantically, she tries to rub off the writing, but to no avail. A voice echoes in her head,
calling her name in a taunting, almost sing-song voice. Lucy puts her hands over he ears to
try and block out the voice and shuts her eyes tightly, hoping that doing so will make the
voice go away. The voice continues, but it changes to the concerned voice of Roxanne. Lucy
opens her eyes to see Roxanne looking worriedly at her. She asks if her nap helped her get
rid of the headache, but she receives no reply. She reaches to put a comforting hand on
Lucy’s shoulder, but Lucy grabs her wrist, forces her hand away and runs out of the room

3. and down the stairs. When Roxanne follows her downstairs, Lucy is in the hall, putting on
her coat and boots hurriedly before heading to the door. Roxanne calls after Lucy, but Lucy
leaves without looking back.
Scene 2
Lucy escapes to a nearby park, where she feels that being surrounded by people will help
her feel protected and safe. She walks quickly through a concrete area, rubbing her arms
and look nervously around her. She begins to walk past a young man sitting by a statue, but
he sticks hit foot out, making her trip over his foot and look at him in horror. Whilst smiling
menacingly, he points to something that is behind her. She slowly looks around to see that
the young man is standing behind her. She quickly looks back again to realize that there are
two of them. The first young man stands up from the statue and comes towards her. She
backs away, bumping into the second man, and runs away. The second man observes her
running, knowing that although she can run, she will never able to escape them.
Scene 3
Lucy is still running away, looking back to see if the man is following her. She stops near
the children’s play area, out of breath. She hears children playing, but the park is empty.
The swing and the roundabout are moving, as if there are children on it, but they are
unoccupied. She enters the play area to stop the swing from swinging back and forth,
thinking that that will stop the noise. But it doesn’t. The children’s voices get louder and
the roundabout is still moving, despite it being empty. Terrified, Lucy runs out of the
children’s play area and runs down the path in the opposite direction.
Scene 4
Exhausted, she sits sown on a park bench to gather her scattered thoughts and to catch her
breath. Just as she thinks that the man is gone because he was not in the children’s play
area, he comes up behind her and grabs her shoulder. She stands up abruptly and runs
away yet again.
Scene 5
The voices that have continued throughout Lucy’s encounter with the man get louder, so
loud that she has to stop to cover her ears too block them out. She screams at them to stop
and sinks to the ground, cradling her head in her hands. Suddenly, her phone rings in her
pocket, bringing her back to reality. She answers it. It is Roxanne. She is concerned about
her and asks where she is. Lucy replies that it is a long story. Roxanne then tells her that
there is someone back at the house to see her. Lucy says that she is on her way home. She
gets up and heads home.
Scene 6
Lucy enters the front door looking tired and drawn. She stands in the doorway of the living
room. Roxanne is sitting with the person. To Lucy’s horror, it is the man; the same man that
has been plaguing her mind all day. She stares at him, shocked and confused, and he stares
back.