Preliminary Task- Initial ideas/pitch

Title: Behind the door

Location: The Howard School

Time: During the day

Characters: Jessica Cooper, Bethany Thomas and Molly Curtis

Camera man: Theo Benjamin

Plot outline: Three girls are going to lesson walking through the empty school when they hear a mysterious sound coming from one of the classrooms, the tension of the music rises as they go towards the sound, the mysterious noises create an enigma when they get to the source it turns out to be something that’s harmless and funny. After all the building up the audience should expect something to be really frightening but this is not established in the preliminary.

Dialogue-

Molly: where youse going??

Beth:  We’re going English; think we’re all in the same class

Jess: okay let’s go now then before we’re late

Molly: oi did you hear that??

Beth: Hear what?

*sound of crunching*

*all turn to the source of the sound and mysterious music comes on*

Jess: (whispering) what is that??

Beth: oooo a ghost

Molly: jess are you scared?

*sound of something scaring along the floor*

Beth: that doesn’t sound right

Molly: I really want to know what it is

*Beth reaches to turn handle*

Jess: no!!

Molly: just open it *pulls the handle with Beth*

Comments/feedback:

• Make the dialogue edgier.
• Use something more symbolic.
• Use some form of music such as violins.
• State exactly what time of the day it is.
• Make shadows/darkness.
• Do an observational shot.
• State when each key micro feature is used.

By Molly Jess Beth and Theo