Idea 2

Story for the film –

This idea would begin with 4 teenagers in a car traveling to a large house in the middle of nowhere, that they are staying at for the night (one of the teen’s new house). The beginning of the film would show the teens filming there ‘road trip’ on a hand held camera just as the sun is setting. As the teenagers pull up to the house they unexpectedly hit something/someone who suddenly appeared in the middle of the road. They are all very shocked/ scared and get out of the car together to see what/who it was, there will be no one there. The night will carry on as normal and the teens will enter the house and set up beds and put music on. The teens will be having a fun time until a little girl appears, looking at them through the house windows from outside. She makes her way in the house without the teens knowing and begins to take them one by one. The film will show the teens trying to save each other until there is only one left. The last teen will become possessed by the girl. Towards the end of the film there will be a flash back to the beginning where the car hit something/ someone in the road, to show that it was the little girl, getting her own back. This idea also ends on a cliff hanger as this is conventional to a film trailer.

Idea for the trailer –

To begin this trailer I would give the actors a hand held camera to film the action on the inside the car while I film the traveling of the outside of the car. At this point there would be a sense of equilibrium for both the viewers and the actors until the viewers are shown a girl (antagonist) stood at the side of the road watching the car drive by at various different points on the road. The talent would only experience disequilibrium when the car hits something/ someone who suddenly appears in the road and I would show the shock of this by the hand held cameras jolting and making the sound/ dialogue louder and dramatic. Again I would make the actors not see the antagonist running towards the house however the viewers will be able to see this creating suspense. I would use various camera shots to show the actors entering the house. Once in the house I would use a stedi cam to film as this will portray calmness. Once disequilibrium is reached again when the girl is seen looking through the window I will switch to quick cuts and hand held/ unsteady camera as I think this will add to the panicked effect. When the real action (scary part) of the film starts I will use many quick edits and different camera shots. I will film some action from the antagonist’s point of view to show she is in control and powerful and I will also film some as a viewer looking in so that the audience feel involved in the film. These quick action edits will finish on a longer shot showing the antagonist and the remaining teen, creating suspense for the viewer making them want to see the full film.

Overview –

-          Teens drive to one of their new houses

-          Audience are shown they are being watched

-          Teens hit something in the road, nothing is there

-          The audience are shown the girl they hit running towards the house

-          Teens enter the house to set up their beds, put music on etc

-          Viewers are shown they are being watched by the girl from outside

-          Teens realise they are being watched and panic (quick edits)

-          The teens are taken by the girl one by one, leaving one reaming who becomes possessed.