First Draft

07/02/2020

Well the first draft of the script is done and what can I say. Well I like it it came together better that I would have imagined for the first draft. It does feel overly long something to address in the next draft. Also there is something nagging at me so indulge me a little while I explain.

Recently on a previous project the entire class generated another horror movie that was less than stellar, in fact I am embarrassed to be associated with it, the story is garbage, the set looked bad and the shooting style was oddly chosen. Through all that however and all the criticisms given to us by our tutor Matt one thing he said stayed with me.

“There is no threat at all, the first minute and a bit nothing is happening.” This has been bugging me while I wrote this script I wanted their to be a threat a sense of fear and danger that was present. Looking back I even agree that most horror movies do have their slow moments where there is not a threat which is important because it gives the character something to lose. They lose their peace and happiness. At the same time all of these horror movies start with a mood setter, a death to show what we are in for. The most famous I can think of is “Scream” . Drew Barrymore this pretty famous actress at the time who was all over the promotion of the movie and the adverts gets killed off straight away.

However my initial draft opens slowly without that shock or mood setter…. I need to help with this one.