Individual idea for a horror film

Ryan Tarran

A group of college kids go and investigate an abandoned mental asylum for their youtube channel in which they produce content, most of the content they release is faked and staged, however, in this asylum it is actually haunted, the 4 actors are self aware but picked off one by one by the supernatural entity that lurks within the abandoned building, the main actor who owns the YouTube channel, the final girl, is not seen killed on screen but dragged away from the camera at the end, thus not proving if she died or not

Synopsis

4 characters Final Girl – Androgynous, self aware and ironic Jock / Athlete – Built male who makes poor

choices and coaxes the group into exploring deeper

Academic – Smart, suggests viable options, indicates that the asylum might actually be haunted and they should leave

The Less progressive female – Pretty, flaunts, stereotypical ‘dumb blonde’ dies first.

Characters

The sub genre for this film would be considered as supernatural and paranormal. This means it would be intertextual to other films like paranormal activity and the conjuring, but with a modern twist.

Sub genre

Abandoned mental asylum – plenty near norwich e.g: little plumstead, the old hospital, marshes near the broads could be used for some scenes

Would be set in present, real time, ‘vlogged’ on a video camera by the owner of the YouTube channel as if it was for an audience to watch later on

Will be filmed during the day, towards the end of the film the sun will be setting

Begins with a car journey, like they normally do, as if a sense of equillibrium.

Setting

Makeup – Fake blood, cuts, bruises Regular clothes, secondary clothes for messy

scenes with blood etc Dark clothing for any figures or silhouettes used to

make eerie scenes Stereotypical horror items, knives, crucifix

Props and costumes