Film Pitch

We will open our trailer with a green screen as this is a common feature which we found appearing in trailers. To open the trailer we are thinking of having an old woman dressed in a black cloak telling some form of a ghost story and using old photos, hinting to the audience that this seems like a true story. We will then have a long shot of the woods so that the audience can see the setting of the film. We will then cut back to the old woman in a close up to show her finishing the story. We will then fade this to a black screen where the production titles will be shown making this trailer look professional and clean.

We will then introduce our main protagonist and her friends through a video diary as they tell us the plans which they have for the weekend. This will then fade to black to show the change in location where they are at their destination, setting up their tents and a few characters collecting wood for the fire. The camera will move into the woods where the antagonist wont be able to be seen clearly but will be there when cutting closer to him.

A fade to black will then be used to show a change in time where all the characters are sat around the fire, continuing the video diary as an update. The antagonist will be shown behind them where the camera will then fizzle out as though it has broken, where the screams can be heard. A black screen will be used again where the words "The scariest film of 2016" will be shown.

2 of the characters will head into the woods to see what happened where they will come across a dead body under leaves. The camera will then follow them as they run back to the tent and cut to them packing it up. A cut will be made to show the house where they will talk about what happened to the camera.

They will then all be asleep downstairs where the protagonist gets dragged off the sofa by the antagonist/spirit. The lighting will be from a lamp so that we can still see what is going on but remains quite dark. This causes the other characters to wake up shocked because the protagonist is somewhere else. There will then be a cut to a different scene where the protagonist is locked in a cupboard. The protagonist will then look up where her eyes will just be white (this will be done using white contacts) and she stops screaming. The camera will then cut to the other characters as they all run downstairs, through a high angle shot. A low angle shot will be used to show the now antagonist standing at the top of the stairs. A chase scene will be used to show them all running back into the woods where one of the characters drop the camera.

Another black screen will be used to show the words "from the directors of The Lost Locket" showing that it is our production again. One of the characters will be shown hiding behind a tree thinking that she is safe but the antagonist is on the other side where he will grab her mouth. The title of the film will then be shown with the added clip where the antagonist picks up the camera and shows the face. Another quick black screen will be shown with the release date and slogan written across it.