Research and Planning: Treatment

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• Close upon a photograph of 4 friends.
• Dissolve/Graphic match of 3 friends sat in assembly with one boy missing
• medium close up shot of head teaching announcing is assembly that Josh Thompson is missing
• Back to shot of three friends looking upset
• Cut to quick, fuzzy shot using hand held camera of missing boy tied up 
• Close up of missing poster
• Long shot of missing poster stuck onto a tree
• Close up of the missing poster on the floor, going through different seasons (covered in leaves, wet and rainy, and sunny and dry)
• Medium long shot of man reading newspaper showing that the headline 'Missing Boy Is Dead'
• Long shot of three friends gathered around gravestone, upset
• Fade to black
• Shot of each friend receiving a text message is class using different shots, such as high angle and birds eye view
• Close up of mobile phone showing 'Message received from Josh'
• Shot of friends walking out of classroom discussing the messages they just received
• Establishing shot of house
• Cut to a master shot of the friends in the bedroom, playing video games etc.
• Close up of two friends on game
• Close up of each friend as their phones ring and they realise it's Josh calling, showing their reactions
• Close up of mobile phone so the viewer can see who is calling
• Fuzzy shot using hand held camera of Josh tied up again
• Two shot of friends discussing the phone calls
• (Montage begins)
• Long shot of a car pulling out of a drive as the friends set out to find Josh
• Long shot of friends at Josh's house, and they realise his parents have gone
• Shot of Josh's parents driving away, looking suspicious
• Long shot of a wall in Josh's house with the word 'HELP' written in blood
• Another fuzzy shot on a handheld camera of Josh tied up
• Shot of friends back in car on the way to find Josh
•  Long shot of friends driving into a wood/forest area
• Close up of shoe on the ground, which the friends recognise as Josh's
• Shot of Josh being dragged along the floor face down
• Shot of headteacher on the scene
• Black screen with writing "FROM THE MAKERS OF"
• Slow motion shot (expansion of time) of the three friends running away as the headteacher tries to attack them
• Close up of dead body, Josh?
• High angle long shot of pile of dead bodies on the floor of the woods
• Long, over the shoulder shot of all three friends looking at the pile of bodies
• Title and release date text on black screen
• Fuzzy, close up shot of Josh, dead?