Early Planning

In our media lesson today Alana, Lora and I thought we would begin by deciding our plot line after watching many of the teaser trailers of other successful horror films such as Blaire Witch Project and Paranormal activity.
We decided to go down the hand held camera route and keep with the classic girls in trouble narrative. Alana came up with idea of a clan and the killer played by Lora would have been a rejected clan member out to get revenge. We then decided some of the other girls could want to join the clan and the camera follows them as they try to become part of the clan but instead the killer ends up striking their revenge on them.
After we had tried to get down a rough idea of what the storyline will be we then decided to to a draft of the story board so we could see the way the plot line and shots would fit together and how we would include information and enough of the narrative without giving it all away. We plan to scan this in when I have finished the drawings.
I also came up with the idea of using the Lord's Prayer or certain sections of it to fit in with the clan and maybe chanting girls would sound eire enough to spook people. it would also enhance the religious side of the film which would perhaps be the USP.
We then came up with a few names such as:

• Disturbed
• The clan
• Initiation
• The promise
• and my favourite The Religion

I feel this would really capture the eerie and unsettling mood as well as the USP and the narrative but does not suggest immediate horror but a ominous tone.