Storyline

Character A is walking home from a party late at night- he is tired tired and therefore decides to take the short root home through the woods. While walking through the woods Character A trips over something and ends up unconscious. When he awakens he discovers he is no longer in the woods however he is in a strange dark and scary room, about to be murdered.

(First Two minutes)

Rest of the storyline:

Character A narrowly escapes from the murder however wants to find out why he was targeted. Upon research he discovers it was (_______), the largest serial killer in Britain who was believed to have died years ago. Character A launches his own plot to stop this serial killer however with more research into him he discovers it is more complicated than he first thought- the serial killer is his father.

As the complication increases Character A is stuck in a dilemma- does he kill him, or get to know him?

First Two Minutes

Character A is walking home from a party late at night- he is tired tired and therefore decides to take the short root home through the woods. While walking through the woods Character A trips over something and ends up unconscious. When he awakens he discovers he is no longer in the woods however he is in a strange dark and scary room, about to be murdered.

Initial idea

Initial Idea

Two friends stumble across a teenage boy in the forest while on a camping trip. The boy however is no ordinary person- he has spent his life growing up inside the forest with nothing in his possession. The two friends take it upon themselves to investigate into who it is and what has happened. On investigation they discover he has been raised by supernatural creatures, their new mission is to find out about the creatures and their links with the boy.

Distributor Research

Founded in 2001, Brain Damage Films has been one of the largest and most respected independent horror film distributors worldwide. Based in America they have distributed hundreds of horror and shock films, which range from reality/shock classics such as Traces of Death to newer high quality independent features.

 

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Questionnaire

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 First 2 minutes
Character A is walking home and decides to cut through the woods late at night thinking it will be a lot quicker than walking the road way character A is alone and decides to put their music on with headphones. All is going so well for the first few moments until character A realises there is somebody else in the woods with character A. so character A starts to speed up their pace of walking and eventually turns into running but so does the character B, character A is almost out safe until character A stumbles and falls over a root from a tree and knocks themselves out momentarily and wakes up in a dark scary room tied to table with character B looming down on them with an object that appears to be knife. Character A tries to escape and soon becomes aware they’re tied down and starts crying for help but knows nobody is coming and is completely alone.

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