Thriller Treatment

Title

'Catch'

Logline

'A young girl aged Sixteen meets suppose ably a teenage boy of eighteen on a social media website. They arrange to meet up on the following weekend as the girl’s parents are away. When the two unite at a local train station, the girl soon realizes that the expected becomes the unexpected.'

Synopsis

The film opens with a young girl with her arms crossed lying on her desk whilst in class and glancing up at the clock. She is tapping her hands on the desk and shaking her knee irritably on the floor. Then there is a (close-up) shot of the clock, which reaches 4:00, and she quickly gathers all her belongings on the desk and shoves them in her bag. 

-In between there could be a slow-motion shot of the girl walking out of the school gates but we could have her speaking over of what she wishes to do when she gets home or possibly her emotions/feelings of excitement of getting home speaking to the boy which could set up the plot? The notification sound can go off and on the screen could come up some of the pleasing messages the boy has sent her...

The next scene will follow on with the teenage girl rushing through the front door to her home. She rapidly takes off her school shoes, throws her bag on the floor and pulls her jacket off her and hangs it up on the staircase. We could have her mum shouting "Are you home" and "How was your day" and she screams down "Yeah good" not really knowing what her mum is asking, she just wants to go upstairs as quickly as possible. The girl goes into her bedroom and logs straight onto her computer and goes straight onto social messenger (Skype/Facebook) realizing the boy isn't online yet she then decides she is uncomfortable in her school clothes she goes into her closet and changes into a jumper/vest and leggings. Then she hears a loud sound on her computer, and it was a notification from the boy asking her how her day was. So again she rushes back to the computer screen and starts typing away and on the screen will come up their messages. (So whoever is watching knows what they are taking about) There could be a zoom shot or a shot from behind the girl or her typing and then he asks her if she wants to meet up and then there is a close-up of her face where she is thinking of what to reply. So she shrugs her shoulders and agrees to meet up on the following weekend at a local train station. 

The next scene can start on the day of the day she meets the boy. She gets up and brushes her teeth, applies her makeup and gets changed. Possible try to make a silhouette of her getting changed by the window, so we have the light from the window and then we darken the body of the girl so it makes a sort of silhouette so nothing is revealed. This would also look quite spooky if the weather is raining? Next it can follow up from her getting on the train and the date comes up on the screen so we know it’s the day they meet (Maybe) (Not sure on the weather as it depends on the day) The girl can plug her music in and close her eyes, then next we can do a close-up shot of the girl opening her eyes and taking out her headphones then she is looking up at the tube map above her on the train. She realises she has a few more stops to go and checks the watch on her wrist. She has 5 minutes till 1:30, which is the time they wished to meet, currently making it 1:25. She gets off the tube walks to the exit of the tube. Currently there the tube isn’t busy so she takes a relaxed walk outside of the station. She looks around and cant seem to see anyone in the photo and description the boy had sent. So she walks outside and sees if she can find the boy. She walks back into the station and takes a seat (if there is one) or waits by the entrance. A few minutes later she appears up from staring at her phone for a while, trying to pick a song to fulfil her mood. A man around the age of 23 walks in and stares at her and then stares back to his phone, giving the girl a slight worry she puts her head back down. The man dressed in dark clothing walks out of the station and then walks back into the station, walking towards the young girl. As soon as she looks up he is standing in front of her. He asks her if her name is ‘Sarah Leslie’ and she confirms with a confused look upon her face, she asks if he was the supposed 18 year old she had been speaking too. He agrees awkwardly saying that he didn’t want to be honest with his age because he knew she wouldn’t agree to meeting, then confessing his real age as 25. She doesn’t seem too concerned and agrees to go for a drink with him.

Next they go to a bar/restaurant located about 10 minutes away from the station. They sit down, the girl still feels awkward and unsure. The guy constantly seems to be staring at her in interest, making her feel uncomfortable and starts a conversation. They both order drinks and thinks start to flow. They start talking about school, family and friends, as you do when you first meet someone. He constantly keeps complimenting her on her appearance/looks. After a while he walks her back to the train station and asks her if they can hopefully meet again. She gives him a reassuring answer that they can meet again and heads back onto the train and he gets into his car and drives home. She lives about 20 minutes away but it is easier for her to get the train home. So she gets off the train and starts walking home, she plugs her headphones into her phone and puts on a song. She decides she is hungry and walks into the nearest café she can find and buys herself a sandwich, she pays for it and waits at the end of the counter. She is standing staring outside the window and realises she notices a silhouette of a man sitting a black medium sized car staring at her. She grabs the sandwich, which is being shoved in front of her face and walks back outside. She unplugs her headphones from her ears and as she looks back at the car again it starts to move away and drives off quickly. Ignoring the fact a random man was staring at her outside she starts to unfold her sandwich which is baking hot still from the brown packaging and excitingly she bites into it.  She is nearly home and walks through the shortcut home. The girl fears a little that someone is behind her and takes one of the headphones out of her ears, she turns around and no one is there she is just paranoid. So she carries on through the park only leaving one of her ears pounding with music and she hears a swing swinging from behind her. Although remembering that no one was there she turns around a guy standing by the swing is just swinging the swing. She pulls the other headphone out of her ear and runs for he life. She hastily runs round the block, exiting the park and running straight across the street home. She rushes the key out of her pocket and uncontrollable try’s to shove the key in the lock. Finally she gets it in and locks her door, she runs upstairs to her bedroom, whilst on the way checking the window which gives a full front view of the outside exterior of the front of her house. Nobody is there and she runs to her bedroom.

Next she decides to check her computer and the guy she met sends her a message asking if she got home okay and confesses to how she feared she was followed by a weird guy in a hoodie. He reply's in concern and asks if she is okay and she admits to being fine and just a little frightened. He asks if she wants him to come round and accompany her but she is adamant she is fine. 

The next day she gets up for school...following her normal routine for a early Monday morning. She has a good day at school and at the end of her day at school, she is waiting to get picked up from school and the boy she was talking to is standing outside her school gates. She gets a shiver up her arm and is actually a bit scared. His tall frame turns around gives her look as if she knew he was coming. There is actually something different about this time though and he is acting slightly different. He asks to go out after school but she is adamant she has to go home, he offers her a ride home and she declines.

Once she gets home she checks her computer and the boy asks her how her day was, the girl was slightly confused and replied saying how she was just having this conversation with him. He then replys in confusion and realises his mentally disturbed brother must have been reading the chat and had been stalking both of them. His brother was actually the one that turned up outside school....