Charlie, a nerdy college student, is bullied by Tony and his gang who take and toss around Charlie's glasses. When Charlie retrieves them from under furniture, he finds a scrap of paper with a magic spell. Upon reading it, Charlie passes out and wakes to strange occurrences - he is called by a witch and chased by a ghostly little girl. As Charlie searches for answers, signs point to "Help Me!" written in blood, with the witch emerging behind him.
Charlie's Magic Spell: A Film Treatment About a Bullied Boy Who Unleashes Dark Forces
1. Film Treatment
Brief Summary of the film:-
A boy named Charlie, who is actually a looser at his
college, will be getting bullied by a fat, popular boy of his
college, named Tony. Tony and his gang members will
take off Charlie’s eye glasses and will start tossing from
one to another but not giving it back to Charlie. Charlie,
who acts a bit abnormal, will shout at them to give back
his glasses. Seeing him shouting, Tony will throw
Charlie’s glasses and they will go underneath the
sofa/Podium. While taking his glasses out, Charlie will
find a scruffy paper with magic spell written on it. As
soon as Charlie will recite the spell, he will feel
something has gone wrong with him, he will feel a bit
unconscious and will eventually fall on the sofa/floor.
In the next scene, Charlie will wake up with a strange
voice calling his name, which will be of a witch though.
He will chase that witch as she moves towards and
disappears near the elevator. Charlie will encounter a
little girl also, who will be singing nursery rhyme “Twinkle
Twinkle Little Star”. The horror scenes will continue in
2. washroom and corridor. In the end, by chasing that little
girl, Charlie will come to a point where “Help Me!” would
be written.
List of Characters, their names and roles :-
Charlie: The Protagonist
Tony: The fat boy who is the leader of his gang, and who
bullies Charlie.
Witch in White Clothes: The one who scares Charlie.
Ghost of a little girl: The one who scares Charlie.
Describing the Film to the Audience:-
Act:1
Charlie, a nerdy boy will be reading a book when Tony
and his gang members will enter the frame. As it is their
college, so each of them will be wearing school uniform.
They will take off his glasses and will teases him and will
make him run here and there in order to get his glasses
back. Charlie will eventually become infuriated and will
say some harsh words to Tony after which, Tony will
3. throw Charlie’s eye glasses and they will go under the
sofa/podium. Charlie will lift the sofa/podium to find his
eye glasses that when he will find a little scruffy paper
stuck with bubblegum underneath the sofa/podium. He
will unfold the little piece of paper and will read the
magic spell written on it, that will be. :
“I wish I wish
With all my heart,
That em selling my soul
To the land of dark”
As soon as he will finish reading it, he will feel something
has entered his body. He will experience a headache and
will fall on the sofa/chair and faint.
Act 2:
Charlie will wake up by a voice calling “Charlie!
Charlieeeeee!”. He will see a witch in white clothes,
holding a candle, standing in front of him. He will realize
that there is no one at college except him. He will scream
and hide his face as the witch come closer to him.
Suddenly the voice will vanish. He will open his eyes and
will realize that the witch has gone. He will run towards
4. the stairs and will try to go down and upstairs but he will
be stopped by an invisible wall. Then again he will see
the same witch standing near to the college’s elevator.
He will try to approach her but she will go in the elevator.
As he will be walking toward her, lights will start turning
on and of, and will remain like this till the end. The
elevator’s door will be half closed when Charlie will run
and press the lift’s button but to his utter surprise, the
witch, who just entered the lift, will not be there. He will
be standing there confuse that when a little girl, holding
a toy in her hand, will pass by him from behind, singing
nursery’s rhyme “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” in a tragic
tone. By the time he turns his face, that girl would have
been disappeared. He will go to washroom to wash his
face. He will rinse his face with his face facing the wash
basin. When done washing, he will lift up his face and will
see in the mirror that the witch is standing behind him.
He will pick the soap bar and will turn around to throw it
to the witch, but then again, the witch has been
disappeared. Charlie, terrified, will run out of the
washroom. He will feel the same little girl passing from
behind and singing the nursery rhyme. Charlie will chase
her step by step. Finally, that little girl will stop near a
5. wall where ‘Help Me!’ would be written with blood.
Charlie will stand there, confused and terrified as the
white clothes’ witch will emerge from behind.
The End.