Story Ideas

Idea 1

The Crisis - Suppose that a group of friends go on holiday to a city/town and there is a zombie outbreak

The Story Goal - My lead's story goal is to escape the city/town before the military take action against the outbreak.

The Story Idea - A group of friends go on holiday to a town/city while they are there a zombie virus spreads and the place is quarantined by the military, the group find out the truth behind it, and also that the military are going to bomb the place in 24 hours to stop the outbreak so they have to escape.

The Protagonist - Male, Between 18 and 28, Military man like appearance (combat fatigues, buzz cut hair), speaks using slang, cold hearted personality, has a problem with authority, russian origin with a russian name like Dmitri.

The Oppositional character - Some high up military person who doesn't want anyone to get out.

The Confident - The protagonists only surviving relative his sister.

Idea 2

Crisis:
Suppose a patient in a mental hospital is getting abused by a possessed patient that only he can see. It's trying to take over him, which means he cannot get better.

Story Goal:
The goal of the story is to figure out what it is thats controlling the man and for the workers to convince the man that it is all psychological. The main character wants to gain peace and stop him being possessed Overall, he just wants to be 'normal'. If the goal is not reached then the patient will end up being killed by the people who cannot deem him safe anymore. The main character can relate to the audience as we can see that he cannot help what he does and that he wouldn't be in this state if he wasn't in the hospital to begin with.

Story Idea:
The film is to be set in the a mental hospital and feature the life of the people who live within. It is based around the main character in the film, who is possessed by a devil and cannot control what he is doing. However, as he is in the hospital, the workers and fellow patients simply think this is just his mental state.


Audience Feedback on Idea 2:

When presenting to the class, we received feedback from the audience about altering the goal of the story and what will happen should the man not succeed in removing the devil. The feedback included using some background information and introducing why the man is in the hospital, making him more relatable to the audience. Also, it includes changing the plot as to what happens if he does not succeed, from him being killed to over taken by the devil. It could also include multiple possessions among the patients in the hospital.