TARGET AUDIENCE

PRIMARYB/C1/C2 DEMOGRAPHIC18-25 YEAR OLD STRUGGLERS/EXPLORERSSECONDARY30-40 YEAR OLD STRUGGLERSB/C1 DEMOGRAPHIC

Storyline

Young girl found wandering the streets. Unable to find any trace/missing person reports on her. Gets adopted by a family and is then abused by her adopted father and a group of his friends, who end up killing her brutally. Her death is covered up and she is buried on the moors. On the first anniversary of her death, she returns from the grave to seek her revenge.

Possible Titles

• Girl X• Unidentified• Lost

Themes

• Abuse• Life and Death• Innocence

USP

The USP of the film is that the people who are haunted and killed are not innocent, as they are in the majority of horror films.

Research required

• Extensive research is required into the typical conventions

• What content qualifies as an 18 certificate

Characters

• Girl X – main protagonist• Adopted Mother• Adopted Father• Friends of adopted father

Costumes and props

• Main protagonist costume will be basic, maybe a nightdress when she returns

• Dark hair, dark makeup, maybe blood? (Inspiration taken from The Ring)Other characters will be in 21st Century costume in order to demonstrate the era of the film

Locations

• Small, black cottage – creepy• Stambridge Mills• Doggetts Chase

Time of day

• The film will be shot predominantly at night• The lighting will be dark when the girl is first

discovered but will be high density when she is adopted

• However, the light will then become low density when she begins to be abused and she will return during the night.