Script [2nd Draft]

[Black screen, music, fades into house party. A crowd of young people dancing]

[Chelsey dancing with a drink in her hand] {close up}

[Chelsey puts her drink down on the table and goes to talk to her friend]

Chelsey: Hey! Where've you been, I haven't seen you in ages?!

[Voices in background. See man walk past the table and look at Chelsey] {over the shoulder}

[Chelsey goes back to get her drink] {close up}

[Chelsey dancing with drink in hand] {wide shot}

[Chelsey drinks her drink] {close up}

[People dancing gradually start to blur] {wide shot}

[Chelsey looks back at drink, noticing something is wrong with it] {close up}

[Chelsey tries to stumble out of room] {wide shot}

[Chelsey falls to the floor, people laugh] {high angle shot}

Boy 1: [Laughs] Look at her, she's hammered!

Girl 1: Typical Chelsey!

Boy 2: I'll get her home...

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[Chelsey still passed out in new room] {wide shot}

[Chelsey wakes up, confused] {mid shot}

[Chelsey looks around] {close up}

[Chelsey gets up, walking around room] {wide angle}

Chelsey: Help! [Pause] Is there anyone there?! [Pause] Someone?!

[Door slams open, man standing in doorway] {wide angle}

[Shot of knife in man's hand] {close up}

[Man steps into room, door slams shut] {mid shot}

[Chelsey steps back, terrorfied. Cowering in the corner] {mid shot}

[From other side of the door, hand slams on window and Chelsey screams (or banging against door)] {mid shot}

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Script - 1st draft

[Black screen, music, fades into house party (costume?). Crowd of young people dancing]

[Chelsey dancing with a drink in her hand] {close up}

[Chelsey puts her drink down on the table and goes to talk to her friend]

Chelsey: Hey, I haven't seen you in ages!

[Voices in background. See man walk past the table and look at Chelsey] {over the shoulder}

[Chelsey goes back to get her drink] {close up}

[Chelsey dancing with drink in hand] {wide shot}

[Chelsey drinks her drink] {close up}

[People dancing gradually start to blur] {wide shot}

[Chelsey looks back at drink, noticing something is in it] {close up}

[Chelsey tries to stumble out of room] {wide shot}

[Chelsey falls to the floor, people laugh] {high angle shot}

Boy 1: Ha, she's so drunk

Girl 1: Typical Chelsey!

Boy 2: I'll get her home....



[Chelsey still passed out in new room] {wide shot}

[Chelsey wakes up, confused] {mid shot}

[Chelsey looks around] {close up}

[Chelsey gets up, walking around room] {wide angle}

Chelsey: Help! Is anyone out there!

[Door slams open, man standing in doorway] {wide angle}

[Shot of knife in man's hand] {close up}

[Man steps into room, door slams shut] {mid shot}

[Chelsey steps back, terrefied] {mid shot}

[Chelsey cowers in the corner] {mid shot}

[From other side of the door, hand slams on window and Chelsey screams (or banging against door)] {mid shot}

Storyboard

Similar films

The film 'Taken' is similar to our idea for the film sequence.

Taken was made in 2008, and directed by Pierre Morel, is about a young girl who goes on holiday with her friend, and gets abducted by a man. Her father, who is an former spy, sets out to find his daughter.
The similarities between this film and our film is about the young girl being abducted, and also a slight similarity between the names, Taken and Trapped, both one word, snappy titles.

150 Plot Summary

The sequence starts off with a group of 'young people' in a party/club, having a good time. The main character, Chelsey, is working off the sadness from a recent break-up by drowning her sorrows. However, things soon take a turn for the worst when one of her drinks is spiked, and she led away by a mysterious captor. She soon wakes up to find herself locked in a cellar, at the mercy of her captor.

Prop list

Costumes - Clubbing, mask(?)
Weapon
Fake blood
Drink glasses

Locations:
House (Party)
Cellar