Slender–
Script
KEY
RED- STAGE DIRECTIONS
WHITE- DIALOUGE
BLUE- ACTION NOT DONE BY CHARACTERS
Scene 1
(Film opens with main title fading in and out with a wipe transition from left to right with the noise of someone climbing over a fence and dropping onto the floor.
Character 1
turning on the handheld torch he is
carrying
Character 2
“is it clear?”
Character 1
shines the torch back at character who is behind the fence; character 1 turns back round with the torch
“Yeah… Yeah it’s clear”
Character 2
throws the bag of equipment over the fence and begins to climb over, followed by Character 3. The camera looks over the 3 characters walking into the middle of the woods for 5 secs before cutting to the next scene.
(cut to shot of main characters 2 and 3 setting up the cameras to detect movement in the woods. Character 1 is setting up lights and other sound equipment)
Character 1
“SO tell me again, why are we here?”
Character 2
Picks up a load of photographs from the bag of equipment and hands them to character 1
Character 1
“What’s this?”
Character 2
Points to figure in one of the photos
“You see that thing there? The guy in the suit?”
Character 1
“heh, yeah vaguely... so what’s he got to do with it?”
Character 2
“Well... it... is the reason why we're here, it’s like an urban legend or something he takes people in the forest... kills them or something, I’m trying to prove to him”
points at character 3
“that he’s not real... and now, you’re gonna prove it with me.”
Character 1
“Personally... I think you lot are chasing shadows...”
Character 3
“I don't think we are!”
Character 1
“And you really think that? See, Alex just summed it up! URBAN MYTH”
Character 3
“ look, just make yourself useful, and set up some more cameras around the forest.”
Character 1
“and these are for...”
Character 3
“ Electrical equipment goes mental when slender gets closer to them; static builds up on the camera screens and stuff...”
Character 1
“slender?”
Character 3
“ yeah...”
Character 1
“right... slender...”
SCENE 2
CHARACTER 2 ON CHARACTER 3’S SHOLDERS HIGH ANGLE SHOT FROM THE
CAMERA THEY ARE SETTING UP’S POINT OFF VIEW
CHARACTER
1
WALKS OVER
INTO SHOT
“IS THAT THE
LAST ONE
CHARACTER 3
SETS
CHARACTER 2 DOWN ON THE GROUND “YEAH HAVE YOU SET UP THE LIGHTS?"
CHARACTER 2
WALKS OUT OFF SHOT TOWARDS CAMP
CHARACTER 1
“YEP IT’S ALL SET UP AND READY"
CHARACTER 2
“DID YOU FINSH GETTING THE CAMP ALL SET UP”
CHARACTER 3
CHUCKLES
“WE’VE NOT EVEN BEEN HERE AN HOUR”
CHARACTER 1
“WELL IM SORRY, I DIDN’T KNOW THAT I WOULD BE SPENDING MY NIGHT SLENDER HUNTING”
CHARACTER 3
“WE ARE NOT THE ONES DOING THE HUNTING”
SUDDEN SEROUSNESS IN TONE, LOOKS UNEASILY BEHIND HIS SHOLDER
“WE SHOULD GO CHECK ON ALEX”
STARTS WALKING IN THE DIRECTION THAT CHRACTER 2 DID
CHARACTER 1
LOOKS UNSURELY TOWARDS THE HIDDEN CAMERA THEN FOLLOWS CHARACTER 3
GOES TO REAL
TIME
“I’M NOT JUST GOING TO SIT AROUND HERE ITS MAKING ME MORE SLEEPY, IM GOING TO EXPLORE”
CHARACTER 2
“MAYBE WE SHOULD STAY TOGETHER”
CHARACTER 3
“YEAH GOING OFF ON YOUR OWN ISNT THE BEST OF IDEAS”
CHARACTER 1
“I WILL BE FINE, I NEED TO GO AND CHECK ON THE CAMERAS ANYWAY”
PICKS UP TORCH AND WALKS OF INTO THE FOREST
SCENE 3
TRACKING SHOT FROM BEHIND CHARACTER ONE
CHARACTER 1
WALKING THROUGH THE FOREST TRACKING SHOT FROM BEHIND CHARACTER ONE
CHARACTER 1
CHARACTER 1
SQUINTS HIS EYES AS HE NOTICES NOTE ONE
CAMERA SLIGHT DISTURBANCE
GOES UP TO NOTE AND TAKES IT FROM THE TREE
READS IT
STARTS TO WALK BACK TO THE CAMP TO SHOW THE OTHERS
AS HE NEARS THE CAMP HIS TORCH STARTS TO FLICKER
GETS TO THE CAMP EVERYTHING IS AS IT WAS BEFORE BUT NO PEOPLE AND NO ELECTRONICS WORK
NO ONE IS THERE
"HELLO? ... GUYS? ... ALEX? .... NEIL?..."
STUMBLES INTO THE TENT TO FIND NOTHING BUT SOME MATCHES AND THE PHOTOS- SLENDERMAN IS NO LONGER IN THEM
(PANIC SETS IN)
SNAPPING TWIG SOUND
"ANYONE THERE?!"
SILENCE
CLIMBS BACK OUT OF THE TENTS SHINES TORCH AROUND
GOES BACK TO THE CAMERA ON TRIPOD, REWINDS IT TO JUST SEE STATIC
ANOTHER TWIG SNAPPS FROM IN THE FOREST
"ALEX?!?!"
SPRINTS INTO THE FOREST
CHARACTER 1
RUNNING THROUGH FOREST SHOUTING THERE NAMES AND CALLING FOR THEM,
LEANS ON A TREE TO CATCH HIS BREATH
CAMERA SLIGHT DISTURBANCE AS HE FINDS CAMERA ON THE FLOOR STATIC SCREEN LOOKS UP AND THE NOTE 2 IS ON THE TREE
HE KEEPS ON RUNNING SHOUTING THERE NAMES AGAIN
CHARACTER 1
RUNNING THROUGH FOREST TORCH STARTS FLICKERING
HEAVY BREATHING
TORCH GOES OUT
HEAR MATCHES FALLING AND SPILLING ON THE FLOOR
ON HIS HANDS AND KNEES GRAPPLING FOR A MATCH
FINDS ONE STANDS UP
LIGHTS IT
SLENDERMAN RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM
TURNS AROUND AND RUNS AWAY
SCENE 4
CHARACTER 1
RUNNING THROUGH FOREST TORCH FLICKS BACK ON
SHOUTING THERE NAMES
TERRIFIED
FALLS INTO STREAM
CLAMBERS OUT NOT REALLY CARING
SCENE 5
CHARACTER 1
RUNNING PANICKED
HITS THE FENCE SCRAMBLES UP AND OVER IT
STOPS TO BREATH ON THE OTHER SIDE LOOKS BACK INTO WOODS
SLENDERMAN TURNS BACK INTO THE FOREST
BREATH A SIGH OF RELEIF
TURNS AROUND
SLENDERMAN RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM
STATIC
END
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