Direction Unit: Progress

The theme that I drew for the "Park Story" was "Death" and the prop was "Torch". My initial idea for this was to film it during the evening or night time, making effective use of the torch prop. I next thought was in what sort of scenario would someone be using a torch in the woods at night relating to death. My first idea was that a girl goes missing so her boyfriend goes out in search of her with torch in hand only to find her dead by a cliff, however this idea has not been look too much upon as my second idea is one which I prefer.

My second idea was a paranormal photographer investigating the park for a ghost of some sort during the evening or night time. As he walks through this park looking for clues he hears footsteps, sees figures in the bushes, etc. Along the way he notices a pale looking girl and tries to communicate with her, however this becomes unsuccessful and the photographer moves on. Not much later the same girl appears again before the photographer, he again tries to communicate with the girl but again this is unsuccessful, noticing that this is "paranormal" he decides to take a few pictures of the unusual girl. After taking a couple of pictures the photographer looks away to tighten the focus but when he looks away the girl is gone. Fear starts to come across the photographer so he pulls out the torch in order to find the girl who turns out to be right behind him. The photographers flight or flight instincts come into play as he flees the girl. He runs through the darkened trees he cannot seem to flee the girl. A hand then appears from the ground and grabs the photographers heel and tripping him up, the photographer struggles but the girl won't let go, he pleas for his life begging the girl to let him go. As he looks into the girls eyes the grip on his ankle loosens and he is able to walk away, as the photographer flees he looks back to see the girl in the same place where he last looked which is unusual considering the girl has vanished every time he's looked away. As he turns to head out of the park with the torch in his hand, he collapses shaking uncontrollably frothing from the mouth until he is still. Footsteps are heard as the girl approaches his body she picks up the torch, she points it towards her face looking straight into the camera, she switches of the torch and the scene ends.

The Girl in this short scene is representing death, the message of the scene is that death is always round the corner and that you cannot run away from death it will always be able to find you. This is still in the drafting stage and can still be edited.