Screenplay

1. Draft Number 1
Screenplay – The Recording
Title Sequence appears (The Recording)
Black Screen
Fade In
External - Woods – Evening-Night/Day Time
Fade in to Josh walking in the woods
Josh walks along through the woods to set up camp, he is
wearing a back pack and has a bag in each hand. He was wearing
a blue large coat with a hat on, blue skinny jeans and
trainers.
Black Screen Flash
Josh is setting up camp on some flat ground whilst waiting for
his friends. He gets the tent out and starts putting the poles
in so he can put it up. The wind picks up the weather becomes
dark.
Black Screen Flash
Dom and Charlie walk up the path with more equipment, both
wearing jeans and hoodies whilst carrying camping equipment
such as chairs, sleeping bags and torches.
Josh
Hey lads, you took your time
Dom and Charlie
Shut up!
Black Screen Flash
Josh, Dom and Charlie sit around the camp joking around and
enjoying themselves. They eat snacks and tell jokes whilst it
gets dark.
Dom

2. Draft Number 1
Shall we go and look around?
Josh and Charlie
…yeh…why not?
Black Screen Flash
Josh, Dom and Charlie get up and look around the woods with a
recording camera and a torch, they find blood smeared on a
tree about an hour after Josh goes missing after finding a
hedge to go for a wee.
Black Screen Flash
Dom and Charlie
Josh? Josh, where are you?
Dom and Charlie hear a scream in the woods and see something
sprint past on all fours. They both turn and run away, the
entire time the camera has been filming in Charlie’s hand.
Black Screen Flash
Dom and Charlie are both killed off camera as it switches to a
POV of the recording camera as it drops to the floor after
scuffling and fighting. The camera lands near Charlie’s hand
covered in blood then goes static.
Static
Black fade out

3. Draft Number 2
Screenplay – The Recording
Black Screen
Fade In
Internal – House – Evening Time Day/Night
Unnamed character doing up walking boots (close up shot of
boots only)
Director’s title appears in the bottom left
Black Screen
Fade In
Unnamed character zipping up jacket (close up shot of coat
only)
Music company title appears in bottom left
Black Screen
Fade In
Dom places the camping gear in the back/boot of the car e.g.
sleeping bag, camping chairs and tent. Dom is wearing black
jeans, black Nike trainers and a blue and orange waterproof
coat.
Production company title appears bottom left
Black Screen
Fade In
The boot closes
Fade In
Dom and Charlie walk up a path into the woods carrying big
back packs and camping chairs. They place the equipment down
and start to set up camp.
Black Screen
Fade In

4. As camp is set up, Josh walks up the same path the other
characters did to join Dom and Charlie. All three characters
sit around the tent chatting and relaxing, something false
through the trees in the background, all three characters turn
around to look.
Black Screen
Fade In
Dom: What was that ?
Charlie: Not a clue !
Josh: You lot are hilarious, it was the wind !
Dom and Charlie stand up to get a better look, whilst Josh
remains sitting in the chair on his phone.
Black Screen
Fade In
Dom and Charlie walk off down the path to go and see what the
noise was.
Josh: Lads I am going to stay here I am knackered ! I will see
when you get back ?
Dom: Sure mate, see you in a bit
Black Screen
Fade In
(Roughly ½ hours pass)
Dom and Charlie walk back up the path they left from and see
the campsite ruined and torn apart.
Charlie: What the hell has happened ?
Dom: Josh mate what is going on ?
The two characters hear a snap of twigs.
Black Screen
Fade In
The two characters inspect the campsite moving things around
looking for any ideas of what happened.

5. Dom: Josh what the hell is going on, this isn’t funny
Charlie: why is Josh’s stuff still here he can’t of gone far ?
Dom: He is probably hiding somewhere, he must be close !
Josh’s legs swing down from a tree behind the two characters.
Black Screen