13/12/2016

Inital Film Opening Plan/Idea

The first scene will be of the drive up to the layby on the edge of the woods. There will be use of first person shots looking out of the window of the car. These shots will show the viewer the figures that are standing on the side of the road, just to create suspense. These figures will be frequent just to make it more creepy. The character will see the figures but will not think anything of them. The journey towards the cabin will take up most of the opening, only a short amount of time will be spent at the cabin. When the car pulls up on the side of the road, in the layby, the camera will show the car driving into the layby and the characters will be shown exiting the car. The two characters will then set off towards the cabin.

To simulate the fact they are being followed, I wanted to use handheld camerawork to hint to the viewer that they are being watched, due to the shaky camera and the positioning of the camera. I wanted to place the camera in the woods looking out at the characters. Low angles will be used to simulate this as well.

One of the female characters will be afraid of the whole journey and will be wanting to go back, where as the other characters won't be. The female character will be peer pressured to carry on. Strange noises, braking branches will scare the characters making the situation more dramatic and filled with suspense.

When the characters eventually get to the cabin, the confident female character will start a fire, ready to cook over. Not knowing they have been followed, they all settle down inside of this abandoned cabin. Hand held point of view shots will simulate the stalker approaching the cabin.

The fire bursts up into flames, lighting up the whole area. The stalker is then watching them from inside the caravan that is opposite the cabin. The shot then cuts to black, and is left on a cliff hanger.

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