Scriptwriting Attempt 1

          Over the last two weeks, I have conducted research and analyzed multiple opening sequences for films in the horror comedy genre. After doing this, I have learned about what it takes to make a horror comedy film enjoyable and what the traditional characteristics of the horror genre are. My favorite part of the research was conducting the shot by shot analysis. This form of research gave me the chance to watch films apply horror tropes in action and gave me inspiration to use for my project. One of my favorite analyses I did was "Jennifer's Body" (2009). The wardrobe of the female characters in this film was quite stereotypical, and while I would usually criticize stereotyping in movies, this technique works differently for a horror comedy. By conforming to what society believes, the audience notices the satire in the film and this creates a comedic effect.

Me brainstorming script ideas      

          My partner and I have a broad idea on what we want our script to be about. The protagonist for our film is set to be a young woman, who will be acting in respect to the "dumb blonde" character horror movies love to use. We wanted to keep the main character for our project near our age group so that it would appeal to a younger audience, and would seem more relatable (we are aiming for a PG-13 rating). The idea was to have a “stalker” follow our character throughout the film, and to add some humor to the story we wanted the two characters to have dramatic encounters with each other. The plan is to have someone stalk our character, and then at the end, chase the character through the woods before the final shot leaves the audience on a cliffhanger. Josie and I did not want to include any violence or gore in our project; the reason we chose not to include a murder scene is because this technique did not match the vision we wanted. Also, fake blood is a pain to clean up.

Below is a draft of our script

(dialogue/specifics will be added in with the final script):

• Opening credits, "Blumhouse Productions" presents title of film (still debating on name)
• Introduction to main character, montage of her performing daily activities (stalker is hidden in the background)
• Main character is walking and runs into her stalker, stalker falls and main character asks him if he’s okay
• Reverse shots of the conversation show us she is oblivious to who she’s speaking to, close up of stalker and voiceover telling us his interior monologue
• Characters finish conversations, main character begins to walk home (shown through jump cut and match on action cuts)
• Main character walks unknowingly, turns around and we are faced with a 2 shot of the stalker right in front of the woman (shot ends, sound effect hints that the scene is over)