Plan for horror movieBy Laura Gregory

Premise for my film•PREMISE of opening scene – Two girls find a music box that unleashes a supernatural serial killer.

Storyline of the complete film -

• THE BACK STORY – NEW ORLEANS, 1806.A black slave gives his masters young daughter a present for her birthday – it’s a music box he made for her. The slave has the daughter on his lap and they are laughing, for a girl so young she hasn’t been brainwashed to be prejudice against him. However, her bitter older sister sees this and makes up a lie, falsely accusing him of molesting her younger sister, obviously this wasn’t the case and obviously no one believes him. All the villagers drag him to a corn field and put him on a scarecrow post to rot away – almost like a crucifixion. To humiliate him even more they stick a pumpkin on his head and hook a scythe to his through his hand. In his last breath, he vows that whoever opens the music box from that day forward he would come back to kill them.• Summary of film: PRESENT DAY – ENGLAND A detective has been assigned the case to try and find the killer who is responsible of killing 37 people in the space of 30 years. As she gets closer and closer to the truth, its coincidental that the music box appears in her daughters bedroom…Can she save her daughter from the same fate?

THE HARVEST

The Opening Scene – England, 1987.• Two girls, sisters, find a music box in the attic of their new house. They

are putting the rest of their stuff they don’t need yet in the attic when they stubble across the music box. The next shot of them is them running in the field with the music box and a couple of magazines in hand, in the background is a scarecrow…with a pumpkin for its head. They sit under an apple tree and listen to the music, whilst reading magazines. When the music finishes, the scarecrow in the field that has been in the background the whole time, has vanished, with the post its pinned onto, empty. The scarecrows POV shot us then used to show him walking up behind the girls, a scythe hooked into its straw hand. The two girls look up to see a scarecrow with a pumpkin for its head, ready to kill his next victims. As the girls are just about to scream, the scythe swoops across the screen. Cut to black and the film title appears…’The Harvest’.

Location ideas• Field -

• Interior of the attic -

• (Possible) Exterior of the house -

Actors•Drama class

•Young Arcadians

•Tall person!

Characters• Chrissy – 16, strong character, a leader and protective of her sister• Leah – 12, daydreamer always wants to explore, free and easy character•Wesley Barko aka.(Working Name) The Harvester – Was a humble and generous man, now a demented and twisted supernatural killer, seeking revenge and is no longer the man he was.

Costumes•Chrissy and Leah – Think Stanger Things attire! 1980’s clothing, hippie patterns and styles, 80’s glasses, headbands and accessories, maybe not so much on Leah.•Pumpkin head – Long back trench coat, dark purple waistcoat, pumpkin on head, long brown boots, straw body.

Props•Magazines, music box, attic boxes, scythe, scarecrow post

Title•The film will be called ‘The Harvest’•Design ideas:

Production logos• My main production company: Sony Pictures• My original production company: CodeSpirit productions

Music and sound ideas• Diegetic sounds will most probably be used throughout the opening.• However, non – diegetic sounds could be used i.e. sound effects of the

scythe swishing, footsteps etc.• Music box song ideas – black slavery song, hymn, nursery rhyme etc.