Brainstorming ideas fort short film

Type of genre: Horror and comedy



Horror

Possible story lines: There is one character - Male. Location is an abandon school. He has been sent on a job to fix a circuit for the lights within the school. The abandon school is being refurbished to be used again. The guy walks into the school on the job and everything is dark. He attempts to find the circuit. The circuit is in the middle section of the school and he has to go through a number of doors and corridors. He realises that strange things keep happening around with whilst he walks through the corridors with his flashlight. He point the flashlight down the corridor, points it another way and when he points it back a creature is sitting there looking at him dead in the eye. He turns away and looks back, it is gone.



Drama

Possible story lines: There is two characters - Both male. The characters have been brothers for life but not by blood. Location is a variety of places at random. They are filming each other and are influenced to make each other laugh. The audience will get to know both of the characters through the eye of one. The camera will be eye level so it looks like the character is talking to the audience. The audience watches their life go on day by day and all the funny times they had. All of sudden the screen cuts to black. One of the characters is in a hospital bed and looks very sick.




Pros for horror: The location is accessible due to currently working in a school. The equipment would be very minimal. Their is not much speaking in the film so finding the perfect role would not be necessary. Resources will be easy to access due to being in a school.

Cons for horror: Making the creature look as UN-human as possible could be a difficult task. Costume making will take some time. The public might find the film not as scary as they thought it would be.


Pros for drama: There is only two actors in the film. Only two camera angles are needed throughout the whole film. An idea that is not common. Unique. The resources will be easy to obtain, followed by equipment.

Cons for drama: Would suit a specific type of audience. Finding the right actors to make it seem as real as possible could be hard. Producing a quality script would be a difficult task as well.



The idea i have decided on would be in the horror genre. In my opinion, i think it would work due to darkness being one of the biggest factor. The aim of a horror is to scare you, if you was walking around an abandoned school in pitch black with nothing but a flashlight, you would be scared.

I have not yet named this film yet, possible names would be The School run due to its double meaning. The character is running within the school and the day to day school run.