A student named Nathan likes to read under a tree in the forest near his school. He notices blood dripping from the tree but is not concerned. One day, a ghost appears from the tree and begins following Nathan. As he runs away scared, the ghost chases after him. Nathan trips and looks up in horror at the smiling ghost before she kills him, with his scream echoing through the forest.

1. “Behind The Tree”
A horror film opening sequence
Treatment sheet
By Felix Fan

2. Contents Page
Cast List
Plot Overview
Outline and Reasons
Technical Information

3. Characters and Costumes
Cast List---
Nathan----A man who is a student in a school, he likes reading.
Ghost----A dead woman who lives in a forest.
Plot Overview---
Nathan is an excellent student in the school, and one of his habits is to does some
reading under a tree in a forest near to school. Oddly, there is always some blood
dropping down from the tree. That makes him really surprised and scared. But he
didn’t care much about this phenomenon. But suddenly, when he kept reading a book
under this tree, a ghost appeared from this tree and started following him. Finally,
Nathan tripped, smile appeared on the face of the ghost, the ghost killed Nathan, but it
is not the end of kill…
Outline and Reasons---
Beginning- A boy is reading a book under a tree, the first shot is a establishing shot
for him, then the shot turn to the book which the boy is reading, then there is some
blood fall down on his book.
Middle- A ghost appear suddenly behind the tree, he was surprised and felt so scared,
then he run away in that forest, then a close up for the book, it was fell down, and the
shot kept follow him.
End- The ghost kept followed him, she was at anywhere. A hand held camera can
follow him when he kept run, suddenly, he tripped, he saw come in front of him, a
eyeline match shows he is looking at the ghost with very scared expression in his
eyes, and followed a extreme close up for his face. Finally, scream of the boy
reverberate in the forest.
Technical Information---
Location: Hartlepool, England
Sequence length: Approximately one and a half minute
Props:
 A book
 Fake blood
 Shabby clothes
 Hairpiece
Characters and Costumes---
The ghost: wear shabby clothes with long hair, white face and red lip.
Nathan: wear normal clothes.