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Very Rough Notes

Some Very Rough Notes

These are some ideas I noted down throughout the whole process of developing my scripts, trying to come up with ideas that I could work with (and really trying to fix my first script before beginning to plan the second).

Thrillers work with the world/situation as the viewer understands it; horror film upend the viewer's world and present a world/situation that rejects normal conventions.

  1. Morning in the house - Sam and Mark
    - Just married couple moving out of rental apartment to move into first house together
    - Curiosity by Alberto Manuel is sat on the bedside table
    - House listings on the kitchen table
    - Just married cards sat around the house
    - Holiday photos or images of space dotted around (to show exploration)
    - Talk about holiday plan
    - Mark leaves and we have a MCU of Sam walking through house to make viewer feel suspense (seeing something in the background)
  2. Sam leaves to attend home viewing
    - She walks past sign on lamp post that hints to what is about to happen i.e. missing person sign
    - She calls Arthur to tell him she's on her way/ he doesn't answer? Goes to his answer phone
    - Someone in the background appears to be following her but they aren't - put the viewer on edge
  3. Sam knocks on Arthur's door
    - Arthur seems shifty
    - He checks around when closing the door behind Sam
  4. Sam and Arthur walk around the house
    - Arthur needs to make Sam feel uncomfortable, and give suspicious vibes.
    - Hints dotted around the house i.e. a newspaper cutting on the fridge maybe or just a newspaper on the kitchen table. Hints to being watched. 
  5. Sam notices the door
    - Need to show curiosity
    - Arthur's speech fades
    - Something needs to be unusual about the door. Appearance/ Sounds
  6. Sam enters/ explores the door
    - Cliffhanger ending- leave the viewer asking questions?
    - Arthur is her stalker and has a shrine to her behind the door?
    - She says "Mark?!" looking concerned and that's where it ends?
    - Someone taken hostage?
    - One of Arthur's family members are behind the door
    - The nightmare is recreated in real life (too horror)
    - She listens to the door and hears something on the other side. Crying or singing. She opens the door and a person is sat there, blindfolded. They ask "dad? Is that you?" Sam is horrified and doesn't know what to do. She hears footsteps behind her. it's the homeowner.
Lack of sleep

  • at work
  • driving
  • waking up from nightmares
  • affecting relationships with friends
  • slowly becoming reclusive
  • In class
  • getting meds
  • waking up in police station
  • dreams of the past slowly revealing what lead to this
    - What did lead to this?
    - nightmares create what lead to the lack of sleep
    - Death in the family?
    - Home invasion? Afraid to sleep
  • Time passes without person's knowledge
  • They find someone that can help them
  • At the end they're found by medics?
  • Car crash? Can write from experience
  • They decide to get medical help (Meet doctor)

  • Day 1
    - Wakes from a nightmare. It's not that bad he's just tired. He struggles with remembering things.
  • Day 2
    - The nightmare is more real. 

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