Friday, 19 February 2016

Synopsis


The opening of the film starts with a lone girl standing in a open field, staring at the woodland. She's confused to why she is there, and why she is wearing a outfit of black. She then slowly turns and walks towards the forest, and begins to stroll though quite calmly. Unknown to the girls knowledge, she is not alone in the woods, as three other girls emerge. The new three girls are witches, and the fourth girl is their new recruit. The three witches start chanting and breaking twigs as the lone girl continuities to make her way though the woods, she passes signs that the witches are about. The signs are little wooden crosses hanging from trees. One of the witches then hears the lone girl after she accidentally steps on a few twigs. the witches then go back to chanting and crackling until the lone girl gets closer. When the lone girl finds herself in front of the witches, they all top and start smirking at her. Suddenly the lone girl screams and the screen goes black. this leaves the audience wondering what is going to happen next. Will the girl run away or will she join the witches?

Final script

Scene opens by panning around a field at a long shot, showing the forest in the distance, the camera then does a jump to the forest and pans around an empty forest. All is quiet, peaceful and eerie. The camera then jumps back to the field.A person can be seen stood in the middle, staring at the forest. Jump shot to a close up of the person with a confused expression, looking around frantically. They are dressed entirely in black, and look down at their clothes. The shot changes to an extreme close up of the person's hand picking at their clothes, as if they are confused as to why they are dressed like that. The shot then changes to a mid-shot from behind the girl as she starts to walk towards the forest. 

Once in the forest, the pace of the cuts between clips begins to speed up. We also hear the heavy panting of the girl over the top of the clip to add dramatic effect. At first, it starts at a steady pace. It begins with showing  the girl looking around the forest, then switching to a shot of three figures dressed in black walking through the forest - their hair is covering their faces, they almost look like shadows within the forest, They are walking behind each other in a line, the camera uses different shots of their faces, feet, hands, lips and eyes. As they walk the sound of crunching leaves can be heard, and they get louder and louder. As it switches back to the girl, it is a close up of her feet as she walks, snapping twigs along the way. It again quickly cuts away to a clip  of the three figures, who quickly stop in their tracks and look sharply to their left, before turning that way and continuing to walk. Behind them in their trail in the background there are stickmen hanging from different trees, the camera then does a close up of one of the stickmen.

The three girls then stop in a clearing. In the middle stands a lone cauldron.  The three girls surround it and hold hand showing no emotion on their faces again. They each have their heads bowed and looking at the floor. After a few seconds the girls start silently screaming and chanting as the introduction pot the eerie music starts , the next jump shot is of a match being striked and thrown to the ground under the cauldron whilst the other two girls are ripping a doll up and rags and throwing them into the cauldron. Whilst the action is going on jump shots will be used to show close ups of the girls faces, they are smirking or crackling.

This is when the shot cuts begin to speed up. The shots include different angles of the lone girl walking towards all the action and clips such as burning matches, china dolls and rags being ripped apart and water dripping from a leaf on a tree (this will connote sadness and danger). These shots will also include the names of the actors and crew involved carved into the trees or written on burnt paper on the floor. When the jump shots finish, it will cut to a close up of the first girl as her expression turns from confusion to fear and she starts to scream.The other girls spin around and see her, after a few moments they all start laughing, it's a dark, evil laugh. The sound of the heartbeat stops and the screen cuts to black. There will then be a static sound over the black screen. The title of the movie will then fade into the black screen.