Manuscript

TIED

Script

FADE IN

TENSE MUSIC STARTS QUIETLY

ACTORS WALKING TOWARDS GATE HOLDING HANDS - BOY WALKING THE DOG

MED SHOT

EMILY -  I don’t want to walk the dogs

JOE – Lets take them to the woods!

OPENS GATE

REVERSE SHOT

EMILY (FRUSTRATED) – Fine, come on before we freeze to death

WALK OFF DOWN THE PATH

FADES OUT ZOOM OUT - MUSIC INCREASES

WALK INTO WOODS HOLDING HANDS AND THE DOG

POV SHOT

MAN STANDING WATCHING THEM

SNAP SHOT OF EMILY BEING CHASED – HIGH CONTRAST - POV SHOT

ZOOM OUT  

EMILY & JOE & MAX – Rosie! Come back! Rosie….

CHASE THE DOG AS IT RUNS OFF

EMILY RUNS THROUGH THE WOODS ALONE – SCARED

EMILY – JOE? MAX? JOE! MAX

“DON’T GET CAUGHT” – TEXT ON SCREEN

FLASH OF MAN STOOD WITH AXE COVERED IN BLOOD

FLASHES OF IMAGES BOY BEING KILLED X2

MUSIC INCREASING IN VOLUME

JOE IS LED DEAD BY THE RIVER – EMILY RUNS OVER AND GRABS HIM SHAKING AND HOLDING HIM - CRYING

EMILY – Joe, no! Joe – SCREAM

(SEES SHADOWY FIGURE ON THE BRIDGE, EMILYS RUNS AND IS BEING CHASED)

“IN THE ROPE” – TEXT ON SCREEN

FLASH OF ANOTHER CHASING SCENE – HIGH CONTRAST – POV SHOT

ZOOM OUT

GIRL TIED TO TREE

SCREAMS TO REVEAL THE TWIST

“TIED” – TEXT ON SCREEN

MUSIC ABRUPTLY STOPS

I printed off copies and gave all my actors the script,
They found it really helpful and allowed me to direct the shoot easier.