This document provides a treatment for a teaser trailer for the horror film "Dying Leaves". It begins with a news report on the anniversary of the "Lime Park Killing" of 2002. The trailer will then show the killer in a dimly-lit room viewing clippings about the killing. It will introduce three friends who go to the park after daring each other. They hear sounds and separate, with one friend finding another dead with the killer's symbol. The surviving friend is then chased by the killer but fights back and kills them. The trailer aims to include horror film conventions like the "final girl" survivor and build tension with sounds and dark cinematography to target a 15+ audience.

1. Treatment – Cross Media Promotion Package (Teaser Trailer)
Film Title: Dying Leaves
Genre: Horror Sub-Genre Psychological, Massacre
(Hayward)
Final Plot Synopsis (you may want to submit a separate scene by scene breakdown)
It begins with a News Reporter is reporting based on the Tent Year anniversary of
Lime Park killing of 2002. In the dark room, only lighted by a dim light a male is
viewing paper reports and images relating to Killer, is hiding in a dark, dimly lighted
room where he is surrounded by newspapers and clippings about global warming
Beth, Taylor, Jake phone each other as a dare to go to the park. They arrive, Jake
and Beth head on down, confidently, to the Monkey steps. Taylor running behind
nervously, not sure about if she wants to do though with this.Jake is taking the micky
out of the of the news story about the “Lime Park Killer”Whist Jake is mucking
around the killer is looking at this, with a close up of his eyes and you can hear his
breathing and it is done for the killers point of view. Jake, Beth and Taylor hear a
twig break in the distance, this makes them freak out and run in different directions..
Jake and Taylor meet up on the field wondering where Beth is, in the distance we
hear an ear shattering scream, from Beth. They run to where they hear this scream,
and find Beth dead on the floor with the killer’s significant symbol which is a leaf with
a finger mark which is placed on the body of Beth. Jake says to Taylor “Go home, I’ll
sort this out”. As Taylor is running she hears a scream, she hears the killer, he’s
running after her. He gaps her and tries to kill her. They fight. Taylor grabs the knife
and stabs the killer. The after the shock she sits there cries over the dead body.
Influences
● Scream films with the final girl survivor, in our it will be Taylor, her name is
unisex and we will be also using the news report which has also been used in
Scream. We are using this because it is the perfect way to set the main plot of
the trailer.

2. Structure/Scenes to include
News report based on the anniversary of the “Lime Park Killing 2002”The killer will be
an a dimly lighted room, in which we will only see his/ her back, in which there will be
newspaper articles on Global Warming, Rubbish, Fly Tipping and other environmental
issues.The introduction of the three friends, Beth, Jake & Taylor, In which we see one of
the protagonist say dare their friends to go to “Lime Park” as a dare. They hear a twig
breaks and muffling of leaves. Then there are different shots of Beth, Taylor and Jake
running. Shots of the protagonists stumbling and looking behind them (deconstruction)
this finishes with a black screen in which we hear Taylor cry. This is then leads to the
tagline being with “If you go down to the woods today” which will be whispered and then
“You’d better not go alone” will be screamed in a low and loud voice (which is demand
like) then we are introduced to the date of the title. It goes silent then we see a
schizophrenic Taylor who is holding a knife and then tries to stab the audience.
Generic Conventions
Final Girl (Taylor) unisex name indicates that she will be the final girl.
Scream Queen (Beth) this is a stereotypical girly name.
Phone call as seen in Scream films, adds tension and foreshadows of what will happen
It is done in a dark night, it is situated in the woods.
The serial killer, which is stereotypical in a teen slashed film.
Characters/Stereotypes
Taylor, final girl
Beth, Scream Queen
Jake, is a stereotypical masculine ie: mucking around, therefore gets killed.
Killer, is unknown and you only see the back of their figure.
News Reporter; looks formal, has a BBC style of talk. (well pronounced )
Settings/Locations
Alexander park, which is a desolate and there is a dark passage in which the students
will explore.
Props/Costumes
Teenager will be wearing ordinary college clothes
The killer will be wearing a black cloak which will make them seem more suspicious
and it adds tension. Killers prop (TBC)

3. Cinematography/Lighting
Lighting, dark
The killer point of view (over the shoulder shot)/long shots
There will be hand held camera to show running.
Closes up of Beth's injury body/ dead close up of feet (running) Weapon,
Mid shot’s of conversation/ Shot reverse shot of conversation
Use of Sound
Twig Breaking/ leaves rustling (creates atmosphere, adds tension because it is a
stereotypical of the entrance of the killer)
Eerie background music at the beginning, to build tension.
Dynamic music, which will increase with volume and speed to keep up with the shots)
Editing and Effects
Change the original colour tint to a darker colour such as possible red to represent the
massacre theme of the film or a dark green the woods and an eeriness .
Title screens/Typography
http://www.dafont.com/nyctophobia.font (maybe)
Target Audience/Uses and Gratifications/Points of Identification
The target audience will be for the 15 and above audience, because we will be able to
show the characters being attacked and it can be a lot more vivid in the killing scenes.
This then means that there will be not much graphic violence. But there will be a large
amount of blood and there will be images of the protagonist stumbling and having blood
on them. But there will obviously be a knowingness of death since there is a dearth
hence the screaming