1) The document provides a treatment sheet for a horror film opening sequence called "Savage" involving a girl named Sophie encountering a mysterious figure in the woods. 2) The opening sequence outline describes Sophie walking home through the woods while on the phone, hearing noises, and having a brief encounter with her friend before he is suddenly killed by the masked killer. 3) Technical details include the sequence being set in the present day and filming locations in a forest and burn valley to capture the isolated feel.

1. ‘Savage’ –
A horror opening sequence
TREATMENT SHEET
2013 by Alex Hester
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2. Story outline………………………………………….3
Overview……………………………………………….3
Outline…………………………………………………..3,4,5,6
Technical Information……………………………6
Props…………………………………………………….6
Costumes……………………………………………….7
Locations……………………………………………….8
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3. Overview of story A young girl named Sophie has a brief encounter with
a figure in the woods who claims the life of her best
friend and throughout the story meets Sophie with
another fatality of someone close to her just around
the corner. When Sophie believes that the man is after
her family she starts to look into who he is and why
he is after her.
Outline of opening sequence –
BEGGINING
1. Opening long shot of the girl next to a road
walking home
2. A close up of the girls shoes as she walks down
the path whilst on the phone to her mother
3. The phone conversation continues whilst a
medium shot shows her walking but concerned,
the woodland can be seen clearly behind.
4. After hearing that her mother is sick and she
needs to be home quick she jumps over a fence,
the camera focuses on a keep out sign, which she
failed to notice.
5. A long shot from somewhere in vegetation shows
that someone is watching her and when the
conversation ends, you hear deep breathing from
somewhere.
6. Sophie begins to look through her bag and
pockets for a torch however she cannot find one,
suspenseful music begins to kick in, she stops
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4. when a twig snaps behind her and she quickly
turns around.
7. The music gets more powerful, Medium sot
shows her upper body as she leans forward again
and we see her looking confused and slightly
worried – there are little noises from the bushes.
8. Shot quickly switches to a long shot of her
looking over the camera towards where the
noise came from, during the jump cut from the
previous shot, she quickly turns again but sees
nothing, then the music ends abruptly.
MIDDLE
1. Medium shot of girl as she begins to walk more
quickly, we can see the path behind her.
2. Shot stays the same as she starts to run, the
music picks up again.
3. Music reaches it’s climax and suddenly we see an
unknown figure grab the girl, she screams.
4. The shot changes to an over-the-shoulder shot of
a young boy moving away from the girl (camera
is behind the girl). The boy is laughing and he
taunts her in a friendly way.
5. The shot changes to a close-up of her, she pushes
him away playfully.
6. They talk briefly, close-up of the boys face.
7. Talking continues, close up of the girls face.
End
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5. 1. The two walk together. The shot is of them
walking towards the camera, the boy is talking.
2. Close up of the girl
1. a serious question. smiling.
3. Close up of the boy
asking the girl if he may ask her Theystop
walking, close up of the girl as she gives him
permission to ask her anything.
4. Close up of the boy speaking.
5. As he speaks, extreme close up of the girls facial
expression.
6. Medium shot of the boy speaking however mid
sentence he becomes motionless as we hear a
slashing sound, silence is dominant as he falls
lifeless to the cold ground, behind him is a savage
man wearing a mask and wielding a large knife
who was previously hidden by the boy.
7. Close up of the girl as she is horrified and is
backing away.
8. Low angle shot of the killer in a dominant
manner.
9. Long shot of the girl and the killer, she runs for
her life, towards the camera, fast paced music
begins and it sounds slightly disorientated.
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She is running and we only see her from the
side because of the camera shot.
11.
Long shot shows her run into a wall that was
hard to see in the darkness.
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Medium shot as she presses against it for a
second, realizing she must find a new way to run
again.
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6. 13.
Wide shot as she jumps the fence again, we
can see the boy’s lifeless corpse in the distance
however the killer is nowhere to be seen.
14.
Camera shot is from the view of the car as
the girl runs into the road, we hear instant brake
screeching, screaming and a car horn but just
before the car hits her, the screen goes black.
Technical information:
Set- to present date
Location – burn valley, forest, in the pictures
Rating – 16
Sequence running time – approximately 2 minutes
Props
needed:
Knife
Mask
Phone
Bag
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7. Costumes:
The actress for Sophie will wear casual clothes as the day
is supposed to be no different to any other day for her.
The savage will wear torn dirty clothing and a mask to
show that he hasn’t been acting civilized for a long time
and to show his animalistic features.
Inspired by Jason Voorhees one of the most inspirational
Slasher killers in the horror genre.
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8. Locations:
We chose to film around and in the burn valley due
to its amount of vegetation and general feel.
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