Canoodles wanders in the wood along to Radiohead’s ‘No Surprises’
A dirty grey sweater
Sunlight piercing leaves
roll MAIN CREDITS over these images
Rocky outcroppings underfoot
Some blood-spatter on his sweater
His rough hands
A knife in one
‘siiilence, siiilence,’ sings Thom Yorke
Nature, vegetation
Canoodles slowly walks to the edge of a cliff…
Our camera is hovering mid-air, off the edge, staring back at him…
He is wearing the Cat Mask, stained with blood-streaks
He raises his hands behind his head and begins to remove the mask but we only catch a flash of his face before we cut to
MAIN TITLE
‘CANOODLES’
CUT TO cabin with a short-wave radio set up, a microphone, a receiver, some speakers.
The Camp Radio DJ is one of the senior staff at Camp Coyodel although we get the impression that his heart is no longer into it. His announcements will be a running joke throughout the film.
Camp Radio DJ: Well, good news everybody, the ice caps are melting but at a much faster rate than we expected, a glacier the size of New York State just calved off the Polar ice shelf. On a more local note, I think I’ve got haemorrhoids! Believe it or not, today our campers finally arrive, those little balls of piss and vinegar will land at our doors around noon today. This is the day we’ve all been prepping for these past two weeks more less, let’s show our campers that ol’ Camp Coyodel spirit!
CUT TO parking lot with yellow school-buses. Parents are saying goodbye to their children and dropping them off to get sorted into their cabins and age groups.
We are now introduced to our PRIMARY CHARACTERS as they are standing in front of the yellow school-bus with a sign plastered on one side that spells out CANOODLES. Various counsellors holding clipboards are calling out names in the background.