Short Film Script

“ Eventide “

Written By

James Taasin

1   INT. HOUSE – DAY

FADE IN:

A teenage BOY wakes up at home, and gets ready to go out and take pictures.

2   EXT. HOUSE – DAY

The BOY is seen walking out of his house CARRYING PHOTOGRAPHY EQUIPMENT.

3   EXT. FOREST PATH – DAY

A piece of paper hangs nailed to a tree.

It is a picture of a young man.

The BOY doesn’t notice it and continues to walk down forest path.

4   EXT. FOREST – DAY

The BOY walks further into the forest, looking at around at the surroundings while doing so.

He stops in front of an old abandoned church.

The BOY pulls his camera up and takes a few pictures.

He stops to look through the photos he had taken and notices a MYSTERIOUS FIGURE in the background of one of the pictures.

He then starts taking pictures of his surroundings very rapidly. The mysterious figure cannot be seen in the photos he had taken.

The BOY pulls his camera up to take one last photo.

[POV Shot – As if looking through the camera lens]

-   WIDE SHOT of abandoned church.

CAMERA SHUTTER CLOSES, AND OPENS.

The MYSTERIOUS FIGURE is seen standing by a tree in the camera shot.

The BOY runs away in fear.

5   EXT. FOREST PATH – DAY

The boy runs down the forest path.

6   EXT. ROAD: PAVEMENT – DAY

The BOY is seen running down the side of the pavement.

He stops in front of his house and walks in after opening the door.

7   INT. BOY’s BEDROOM – DAY

The BOY sits down in front of his computer.

He Turns it on and begins typing.

The computer screen is shown as he searches for rumours on the about the forest he had visited. Blog posts are shown telling rumours of ghost sightings.

[POV Shot – As if we are looking at the BOY from the computer screen]

The BOY stares at the screen looking intrigued.

8   EXT. FOREST PATH – DUSK

The BOY stands in front of the forest paths staring, nervously.

He walks down the path.

9   EXT. FOREST – DUSK

The BOY is seen standing in the same place where he encountered the MYSTERIOUS FIGURE.

He pulls his camera up to take a picture.

[POV Shot – As if looking through the camera lens]

The MASKED BEING (MYSTERIOUS FIGURE) is seen standing by a tree in the distance.

CAMERA SHUTTER CLOSES, AND OPENS.

The MASKED BEING appears directly in front of the BOY.

The BOY runs in fear and hides behind a tree.

The MASKED BEING can be seen behind the tree in the distance.

The BOY turns to see no one behind him. He faces forwards once again with a nervous look on his face.

Suddenly, the BOY is grabbed from behind and drops his camera.

The camera flashes and takes a picture.

The camera is seen on the ground. Displaying a picture of the MASKED BEING.

FADES OUT.