Film Production: (First Script)

Chloe and I met after school and wrote the rough draft of the script. There are general camera movements and angles that we have and scene movement from the actors. This will probably change when we actually start filming to see where we are on time.

The dialogue between Jaxon and Jayden is meant to show that Jaxon is a curious person and his sister, Jayden, looks out for her little brother. She is skeptical about things she cannot see and things that cannot be proven.

ACT 1

SCOUTED LOCATION: 4250 SWIFT ROAD RUN OFF RIVER

(WIDE SHOT) PAT, JAYDEN, AND JAXSON ARE PLAYING AND WORKING ON A TREEHOUSE LOOKING OVER A RIVENE.

(CLOSE-UP) WHILE JAXSON IS PLAYING HE HEARS “LAUGHTER”, AND FOLLOWS THE SOUND. HE CONITNUES TOWARDS A ISOLATED SECTION OF THE RIVENE, FOLLOWING THE NEW SOUND OF RUSTLING BUSHES. AS JAXSON GETS CLOSER TO THE MOVEMENT…

JAMIE (MUFFLED)

HEY GUYS, LUNCH'S READY!

(WIDE SHOT) PAT MAKES HIS WAY TO THE HOUSE. JAYDEN BEGINS TO MAKE HER WAY INTO THE HOUSE BUT STOPS AND TURNS TO SEE JAXSON NEAR THE WATER...

(MID-SHOT)                           JAYDEN

JAXSON! DINNER IS READY…WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

JAXSON

I THOUGHT I HEARD SOMETHING

JAYDEN

YOU KNOW MOM AND DAD DON’T LIKE IT WHEN WE GO DOWN HERE…ITS DINNERTIME

JAXSON

OKAY

(CLOSE-UP) JAXSON LEAVES BUT JAYDEN STAYS BEHIND. SHE LOOKS IN THE DIRECTION JAXSON WAS LOOKING SECONDS BEFORE AND CALMLY WALKS AWAY, TOWARDS THEIR HOUSE.

ACT 2

SCOUTED LOCATION: MS. WEST’S CLASSROOM AT SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

(WIDE-SHOT) MS. WEST’S FIRST GRADE CLASS, INLCUDING JAXSON, ARE CLOMPLETING A EXAM IN COMPLETE SILENCE.

(CLOSE-UP)JAXSON HERES THE SAME “LAUGTHER” AND LOOKS AROUND TO SEE THE SOURCE OF THE SOUND AND SEES A QUICK WISP WALKING OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM. JAXSON QUICKLY ASKS TO USE THE BATHROOM…(TWO-SHOT)

(CLOSE-UP) JAXSON VENTURES OUT INTO THE HALL. HE NEXT HEARS THE HALL DOOR CLOSE AND QUICKLY MOVES TOWARDS THE DOOR. THE MOMENT JAXSON BEGINS TO GRIP THE HANDLE...

“THE SCHOOL BELL RINGS”

JAXSON BRISKLY MAKES HIS WAY BACK TO HIS CLASS.

ACT 3

SCOUTED LOCATION: MACINTOSH FOREST

(MID-SHOT) JAXSON IS PLAYING BY HIMSELF IN HIS HOUSE AND HEARS THE “LAUGHTER”, NOW DETERMINED JAXSON CHECKS ON THE WHEREABOUTS OF THE REST OF HIS FAMILY, AND SNEAKS OUT INTO THE GARAGE AND GRABS HIS BIKE. HE LOOKS BACK ONE MORE TIME TOWARDS HIS FAMILY AND STARTS BIKING AWAY OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND DOWN THE SIDEWALK.

(WIDE-SHOT) JAXSON MAKES IT TO A FOREST AND DROPS HIS BIKE NEAR A ENTRANCE, SLOWLY WALKING IN TOWARDS THE FOREST.

(CLOSE-UP) JAXSON HEARS RSUTLING AND FOLLOWS THE RUSTLING DEEPER AND DEEPER INTO THE FOREST TILL HE SEES THE SOURCE OF THE “LAUGHTER” AND…

(CLOSE-UP)                           JAXSON

“SMILES”

I FOUND YOU

JAXSON REACHES HIS HAND OUT PAST CAMERA VIEW…

CUTS TO BLACK

JAXSON

“SCREAMS”