The document provides a story treatment for a horror film in three acts. In Act I, a girl finds a mysterious blank DVD while clearing out her grandmother's garage. She watches it alone and sees disturbing footage of a woman in the woods and an ominous building. She then begins seeing a strange figure. In Act II, she wakes up trapped in a strange location and has a mental breakdown before encountering the white-dressed figure from the DVD. In Act III, the figure chases her through the woods before capturing her, leaving her fate ambiguous. The film ends by implying the disturbing events will continue for others.

1. PlanningConnor Wiffen

2. Story Development

3. Story Idea I

4. Story Development
Act I
• A girl is helping clear out the garage for her Nan and looking for any items of interest that could
have possibly been collected over time. After finding some old photos amongst other items in the
garage she notices a blank DVD case which she opens to check if there is a disk in there and puts
it aside to watch later.
• Time passes as she continues to take things out of the garage but is visibly curious about what is
on the DVD, something keeps drawing her back to it. An unforeseen force comes over her and
she decides to run upstairs to watch it. (Shouting for her Nan who doesn’t seem to be there). She
puts the DVD into a DVD Player and it suddenly plays, there’s no sound and it seems to be of a
woman (Who looks other worldly yet familiar to her for some reason) walking through some woods
as moonlight passes through the trees along with cuts to an ominous building.
• The footage suddenly cuts out and she realises that she seems to have completely lost track of
the time as it’s now dark outside, she’s confused but shrugs it off as just becoming distracted by it
(However the footage was in no way long enough for that to be the case). In a slight daze she
turns around and sees what appears to be a long white dress before it vanishes around the corner
of the door as she rushes over to see what it was she catches a glimpse of a figure in the mirror.
• Thinking she’s just tired she goes to the bathroom to wash her face and then gets into bed but as
she closes her eyes the room suddenly changes into a strange dark older location which she
doesn’t recognise.

5. Story Development
Act II
• She gets up and begins to look around, trying the doors etc. but can’t really see anything apart from what
seems to be light coming through a window that won’t open either. She proceeds to run around looking
for a way out until she notices that she isn’t getting anywhere, it’s as if she is trapped in an infinite loop
with no foreseeable way of escaping.
• Panic engulfs her and she breaks down, screaming, crying and punching the wall – she doesn’t know
what is going and it is starting to tear her apart. Maybe she’s just asleep? Maybe this is just a nightmare?
She cant tell but it feels real. Suddenly there’s a crashing sound which snaps her completely out of the
mental break and after composing herself a little she notices a picture frame on the floor, it’s cracked
(She thinks It must have fallen during the breakdown surely?) but she can just about see the picture
inside – it’s of an old building (She’s seen it before… but where?) – the building from the DVD flashes
into her mind as she comes to the realisation that they are the same.
• At this moment something starkly white appears in the room, only seen in her provisional vision at first
she slowly turns her head to look (It’s the same white dress as the girl was wearing in the DVD footage)
and takes a step back – the figure is visible now, It’s the girl in the footage and the one she saw in the
mirror.
• Panic and Fear engulf her again as the figure begins to slowly move its arm up as if reaching for her, she
takes another set back (She’s trapped in this never ending room, there’s no way out from what she can
tell) and turns around towards the light with her back to the figure and head in her hands – The room
goes silent and everything appears to freeze. The figure’s arm suspended in the air. All she can hear is
her own heartbeat, the seconds feel like forever until the figures hand suddenly moves into a disjointed
position that resembles clicking fingers. In the silence the figure clicks her finger but the sound is more
like bones snapping and the location changes again.

6. Story Development
Act III
• She notices she’s outside and slowly takes her hands away from her face to see that she’s now in some
sort of woods. She looks around but can’t see anything, not even the figure so just runs in any direction
(She realises that It’s better to do so than staying still) – after running through the woods for a little while
the figure walks out from behind a tree, causing her to fall back onto the ground.
• The figure slowly walks towards her as she backs away into a tree but the figure kneels down in front of
her and the scene cuts before any explicit conclusion is shown to keep her fate kind of ambiguous.
• The sequence ends with separate shots of empty locations from previously in the film, I.e the garage
(now eerie, no one in sight), the room from earlier (now completely absent) and the woods with no sign of
her anywhere – however there is a blood soaked arm visible from behind a tree.
• The film ends with a sudden cut to the same footage of the old building seen on the DVD and it is
revealed to be being watched by someone else in front of a TV. Leaving the audience with more
questions than answers yet implying that the process goes on and on.

7. Story Development
Synopsis
A girl is helping clear out the garage for her Nan and looking for any items of interest that could have possibly been
collected over time. After finding a blank DVD amongst some old photos she decides to watch it which is the catalyst for
the events of the film, the DVD shows her seemingly random clips of an otherworldly woman walking through a wood
and shots of an old building without any context before long she starts to see a strange figure in the corner of her eye
but shakes it off as being nothing until the moment when she’s trying to go to sleep and is suddenly somewhere else.
She begins to look around to no avail until she notices that she isn’t getting anywhere, it’s as if she is trapped in an
infinite loop with no foreseeable way of escaping. Before long the figure appears in front of her and stretches out a hand
to which she backs away from causing the figure to snap its fingers and transport her to another location, this time an
eerie wood. She starts to run in a random direction, not knowing where she’ll end up but she’s too scared and confused
to care at this point. after running through the woods for a little while the figure walks out from behind a tree, causing
her to fall back onto the ground. The figure slowly walks towards her as she backs away into a tree but the figure kneels
down in front of her sequence ends with separate shots of empty locations seen previously with no sign of her
anywhere – however there is a blood soaked arm visible from behind a tree. The film ends with the same footage of the
old building seen on the DVD and it is revealed to be being watched by someone else in front of a TV.

8. Story Idea II

9. Story Development
Act I
• A girl is helping clear out the garage for her Nan and looking for any items of interest that could
have possibly been collected over time. After finding some old photos amongst other items in the
garage she notices a blank DVD case which she opens to check if there is a disk in there and puts
it aside to watch later.
• Time passes as she continues to take things out of the garage but is visibly curious about what is
on the DVD, something keeps drawing her back to it. An unforeseen force comes over her and
she decides to run upstairs to watch it. (Shouting for her Nan who doesn’t seem to be there). She
puts the DVD into a Laptop and it suddenly plays, there’s no sound and it seems to be of a woman
(Who looks other worldly yet familiar to her for some reason) walking through some woods as
moonlight passes through the trees along with cuts to an ominous building.
• The footage suddenly cuts out and she realises that she seems to have completely lost track of
the time as it’s now dark outside, she’s confused but shrugs it off as just becoming distracted by it
(However the footage was in no way long enough for that to be the case). In a slight daze she
turns around and sees what appears to be a long white dress before it vanishes around the corner
of the door as she rushes over to see what it was she catches a glimpse of a figure in the mirror.
• Thinking she’s just tired she goes to the bathroom to wash her face and then gets into bed but as
she closes her eyes the room suddenly changes into a strange dark older location which she
doesn’t recognise.

10. Story Development
Act II
• She gets up and begins to look around, trying the doors etc. but can’t really see anything apart from what
seems to be light coming through a window that won’t open either. She proceeds to run around looking
for a way out until she notices that she isn’t getting anywhere, it’s as if she is trapped in an infinite loop
with no foreseeable way of escaping.
• Panic engulfs her and she breaks down, screaming, crying and punching the wall – she doesn’t know
what is going and it is starting to tear her apart. Maybe she’s just asleep? Maybe this is just a nightmare?
She cant tell but it feels real. Suddenly there’s a crashing sound which snaps her completely out of the
mental break and after composing herself a little she notices a picture frame on the floor, it’s cracked
(She thinks It must have fallen during the breakdown surely?) but she can just about see the picture
inside – it’s of an old building (She’s seen it before… but where?) – the building from the DVD flashes
into her mind as she comes to the realisation that they are the same.
• At this moment something starkly white appears in the room, only seen in her provisional vision at first
she slowly turns her head to look (It’s the same white dress as the girl was wearing in the DVD footage)
and takes a step back – the figure is visible now, It’s the girl in the footage and the one she saw in the
mirror.
• Panic and Fear engulf her again as the figure begins to slowly move its arm up as if reaching for her, she
takes another set back (She’s trapped in this never ending room, there’s no way out from what she can
tell) and turns around towards the light with her back to the figure and head in her hands – The room
goes silent and everything appears to freeze. The figure’s arm suspended in the air. All she can hear is
her own heartbeat, the seconds feel like forever until the figures hand suddenly moves into a disjointed
position that resembles clicking fingers. In the silence the figure clicks her finger but the sound is more
like bones snapping and the location changes again.

11. Story Development
Act III
• She notices she’s outside and slowly takes her hands away from her face to see that she’s now in some
sort of woods. She looks around but can’t see anything, not even the figure so just runs in any direction
(She realises that It’s better to do so than staying still) – after running through the woods for a little while
the figure walks out from behind a tree, causing her to fall back onto the ground.
• The figure slowly walks towards her as she backs away into a tree but the figure kneels down in front of
her and the scene cuts before any explicit conclusion is shown to keep her fate kind of ambiguous.
• The sequence ends with separate shots of empty locations from previously in the film, I.e the garage
(now eerie, no one in sight), the room from earlier (now completely absent) and the woods with no sign of
her anywhere – however there is a blood soaked arm visible from behind a tree.
• The film ends with a sudden cut to the same footage of the old building seen on the DVD and it is
revealed to be spreading itself around online (Youtube) and as the view counter goes up, the screen
goes black .

12. Story Development
Synopsis
A girl is helping clear out the garage for her Nan and looking for any items of interest that could have possibly been
collected over time. After finding a blank DVD amongst some old photos she decides to watch it which is the catalyst for
the events of the film, the DVD shows her seemingly random clips of an otherworldly woman walking through a wood
and shots of an old building without any context before long she starts to see a strange figure in the corner of her eye
but shakes it off as being nothing until the moment when she’s trying to go to sleep and is suddenly somewhere else.
She begins to look around to no avail until she notices that she isn’t getting anywhere, it’s as if she is trapped in an
infinite loop with no foreseeable way of escaping. Before long the figure appears in front of her and stretches out a hand
to which she backs away from causing the figure to snap its fingers and transport her to another location, this time an
eerie wood. She starts to run in a random direction, not knowing where she’ll end up but she’s too scared and confused
to care at this point. after running through the woods for a little while the figure walks out from behind a tree, causing
her to fall back onto the ground. The figure slowly walks towards her as she backs away into a tree but the figure kneels
down in front of her sequence ends with separate shots of empty locations seen previously with no sign of her
anywhere – however there is a blood soaked arm visible from behind a tree. The film ends with the same footage of the
old building seen on the DVD and it is revealed to be uploading itself to the internet as the view count goes up.

13. Story Idea III

14. Story Development
Act I
• A girl is helping clear out the garage for her Nan and looking for any items of interest that could have possibly
been collected over time. After finding some old photos amongst other items in the garage she notices a blank
DVD case which she opens to check if there is a disk in there and puts it aside to watch later.
• Time passes as she continues to take things out of the garage but is visibly curious about what is on the DVD,
something keeps drawing her back to it. An unforeseen force comes over her and she decides to run upstairs to
watch it. (Shouting for her Nan who doesn’t seem to be there). She puts the DVD into a DVD Player and it
suddenly plays, there’s no sound and it seems to be of a woman (Who looks other worldly yet familiar to her for
some reason) walking through some woods as moonlight passes through the trees along with cuts to an ominous
building.
• The footage suddenly cuts out and she realises that she seems to have completely lost track of the time as it’s
now dark outside, she’s confused but shrugs it off as just becoming distracted by it (However the footage was in
no way long enough for that to be the case). In a slight daze she turns around. Thinking she’s just tired she goes
to the bathroom to wash her face and then gets into bed but as she closes her eyes the room suddenly changes
into a strange dark older location which she doesn’t recognise.

15. Story Development
Act II
• She gets up and begins to look around, trying the doors etc. but can’t really see anything apart from what
seems to be light coming through a window that won’t open either. She proceeds to run around looking
for a way out until she notices that she isn’t getting anywhere, it’s as if she is trapped in an infinite loop
with no foreseeable way of escaping.
• Panic engulfs her and she breaks down, screaming, crying and punching the wall – she doesn’t know
what is going and it is starting to tear her apart. Maybe she’s just asleep? Maybe this is just a nightmare?
She cant tell but it feels real. Suddenly there’s a crashing sound which snaps her completely out of the
mental break and after composing herself a little she notices a picture frame on the floor, it’s cracked
(She thinks It must have fallen during the breakdown surely?) but she can just about see the picture
inside – it’s of an old building (She’s seen it before… but where?) – the building from the DVD flashes
into her mind as she comes to the realisation that they are the same.
• At this moment something starkly white appears in the room, only seen in her provisional vision at first
she slowly turns her head to look (It’s the same white dress as the girl was wearing in the DVD footage)
and takes a step back – the figure is visible now, It’s the girl in the footage (scars and weird eyes).
• Panic and Fear engulf her again as the figure begins to slowly move its arm up as if reaching for her, she
takes another set back (She’s trapped in this never ending room, there’s no way out from what she can
tell) and turns around towards the light with her back to the figure and head in her hands – The room
goes silent and everything appears to freeze. The figure’s arm suspended in the air. All she can hear is
her own heartbeat, the seconds feel like forever until the figures hand suddenly moves into a disjointed
position that resembles clicking fingers. In the silence the figure clicks her finger but the sound is more
like bones snapping and the location changes again.

16. Story Development
Act III
• She notices she’s outside and slowly takes her hands away from her face to see that she’s now in some
sort of woods. She looks around but can’t see anything, not even the figure so just runs in any direction
(She realises that It’s better to do so than staying still) – after running through the woods for a little while
the figure walks out from behind a tree, causing her to fall back onto the ground.
• The figure slowly walks towards her as she backs away into a tree but the figure kneels down in front of
her and the scene cuts before any explicit conclusion is shown to keep her fate kind of ambiguous.
• The sequence ends with separate shots of empty locations from previously in the film, I.e the garage
(now eerie, no one in sight), the room from earlier (now completely absent) and the woods with no sign of
her anywhere.
• The film ends with the figure walking through the woods and the camera pans up to the spirit’s eyes
which are now the same as hers.

17. Story Development
Synopsis
A girl is helping clear out the garage for her Nan and looking for any items of interest that could have possibly been
collected over time. After finding a blank DVD amongst some old photos she decides to watch it which is the catalyst for
the events of the film, the DVD shows her seemingly random clips of an otherworldly woman walking through a wood
and shots of an old building without any context before long she starts to see a strange figure in the corner of her eye
but shakes it off as being nothing until the moment when she’s trying to go to sleep and is suddenly somewhere else.
She begins to look around to no avail until she notices that she isn’t getting anywhere, it’s as if she is trapped in an
infinite loop with no foreseeable way of escaping. Before long the figure appears in front of her and stretches out a hand
to which she backs away from causing the figure to snap its fingers and transport her to another location, this time an
eerie wood. She starts to run in a random direction, not knowing where she’ll end up but she’s too scared and confused
to care at this point. after running through the woods for a little while the figure walks out from behind a tree, causing
her to fall back onto the ground. The figure slowly walks towards her as she backs away into a tree but the figure kneels
down in front of her sequence ends with separate shots of empty locations seen previously with no sign of her
anywhere. The film ends with the figure walking through the woods and the camera pans up to the spirit’s eyes which
are now the same as hers.

18. • Notes: How will I film (having to film late), Sound recording, having things ready
before filming begins
• Background Research: Add own and other past work that has influenced me
• Main research: Talk about what shots/conventions I will implement and what won’t
work