FINAL FILM & EVALUATION

Evaluation Script

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

My media product, Havenheath, uses a number of conventions seen in real media thriller productions. One of these well known conventions is the use of dark colours to build a tensing atmosphere. As in Silent Hill, the mist shrouds the town creating mystery, and there is next to no light when Rose is searching for her child in an ally way. These methods build tension for the viewer as they don't know what to expect, or when. Similarly, my production, or at least the parts involving Hans and Kaira, have been coloured to use a dark atmosphere. I also added a tint of colour, dark blue, which relates to the background colour of the poster created.

Another convention of thriller is the music and duologue supplying the audience with tension and mystery. The music I have included helps to build a tense feeling, and the voice over used by Johan almost narrates Kaira and Hans, or more specifically what they're doing wrong. Along with this, the audience even hears questions being asked in the production itself, allowing them to relate with the characters and get more immersed in the plot.

Though, thrillers also tend to have a known enemy or threat, which is where I chose to develop that convention a bit, by choosing an unknown being. The audience wont know if it's human or not, only that it's dangerous. Also the use of an antagonist and protagonist is a little hazy. Kaira and Hans will most likely be seen as the Protagonists, they push the story forwards and guide the plot. Though Either of them could be seen as an antagonist. Hans, due to constantly trying to stop Kaira from going on, and Kaira due to her general ignorance of any advice or help.

Like other popular media productions, I have also challenged the conventions a bit. As Inception ignores to focus on one or two main characters and has a large cast, you get less insight into the characters background, but it shows who the activists are and who will strive to drive the plot. Kaira and Hans are much like this. The classic female stereotype is also challenged. Though, Kaira does fill the role of the victim in the end, through out the entire production she is bold and confident, and hardly a damsel in distress. Lisa form red eye also fits into the same category. Though she is threatened and an obvious victim, she stays strong through it and is confident in her abilities.

How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

My main product includes dark, mysterious colours and also asks a lot of questions, mainly ones the audience will also be thinking. This gets the audience gripped further into the production, capturing their interest and making them feel like they're part of the mystery with the link to the characters.

My poster also uses the concept of dark and mysterious. All you see in it is the title, surrounded by fog. It leaves a lot up to the audience to assume and guess, giving no specific details. This type of effect is also used in the main production, after watching it the audience's curiosity is satisfied a little, but only a little in terms of mystery. The tag line of the poster also has the word “see” covered by the fog, which is a blatant hint that there is an imminent threat to the characters. The use of the word “them” also gets the audience asking questions, who are they? This line is used a fair bit int eh productions, so the audience can relate the the characters sense of confusion.

My radio trailer, like my production, uses eerie music to build suspense and tension to the viewer. Quotes and sound effects from the production are also used to give the viewer a sense of familiarity when they see the production. The trailer, much like the poster also hides a lot from the audience. Since there are no clips to go along with it, the location will be unknown, as will the source of these sounds. Is the door slamming a good sign or a bad one? Who keeps telling them not to ask questions?

I'd say over all the combination of the ancillary and main production are rather effective. They link together well, all with similar elements. Each of them constantly keep the audience guessing and filled with mystery, never quite giving them the details they want. The cliff hanger at the end does a similar thing. Throughout the production they are finally given a little bit of satisfaction for their curiosity, but its re-fuelled again at the end, with them not knowing what's in the house, whether it's human or not, leaving them wanting more.

What have you learned from your audience feedback?

At the start after showing my audience my pitch I was given positive feedback. I was told my production held mystery, and caught their interest and the plot appealed to them. After doing my first viewing I was complimented on the framing and the questions they asked. It kept them guessing and fuelled their curiosity further.

From my opening, i've been told the titles and the music were really good at creating suspense, and looked professional. The audience was really curious to know what was going on in both sides of the plot, but left like that due to neither having a final conclusion.

They also liked the colour of the scenes as they looked creepy and helped uild suspense and intrigue the audience.

Though some scenes used with Kaira (Hattie) were quite dark, and it was difficult to tell what was going on at times.

Also the audio in some places picked up the wind, or was quieter on some shots, though the use of music helped draw attention away from the wind, and by making it quieter in places, the audio was still audible.

If I were to do a production like this again, I would try to capture scenes so there is an even spread of light, since some scenes are extremely hard to brighten if they're already too dark. I would also ensure to have a wind breaker on the microphone at all times to try and get a better focus on the dialogue.

How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

For my initial research the main source of technology used was the internet, mainly for looking up clips of thrillers, looks for posters and browsing radio trailers. These were all used to help me identify conventions that I could use, and helped me develop my final idea.

I also watched some DVDs for inspiration, this included Red eye and Silent hill. As well as that, I also used the computer to compile and create pie charts of my target audience research, which can be seen earlier on in the blog.

Whilst planning, I used Celtx, a professional script editing software, this allowed me to lay out my script at industry standards, and made it easier for me to switch between scenes when I came to edit the next draft. To publish my documents online I also used Sribd, an online community where you can upload, share and embed word documents for easy viewing and access.

During the production I used the school cameras, microphones and tripods. Though for a lot of scenes I borrowed a friends canon camera, due to it having better quality and was more versatile. As not only did I get to use the tripod it came with, but I was given permission to try using the steady cam, which was interesting to get to use. Using that also meant I could follow actors without previous issues i've had before of the footage being extremely unstable, and thus rendering it unusable.

During editing I used Sony Vegas pro 8, this software was used not only for my production but to create the poster and radio trailer as well. The radio trailer was an assortment of mp3 layers, and the poster was created by using layers for the fog and text, and also a lens flare in the background to give them spot light effect behind the H. For the production, the main effects I used, in order were, brightness and contrast, colour balance, black and white and colour correction (secondary). With the use of these effects combined, I got a few lovely edited shots, and in the end decided on keeping the scenes with Kaira and Hans with a dark blue/purple tint, due to this giving the scenes not only a dark atmospheric feel, but also mysterious as well. A similar colour was also used originally in the background of the poster, so it could be seen as the 'colour' for the production.

At the end I also had originally planned to show a darkened glimpse of the creature, there were a few technical issues with this though. My hardware couldn't handle rendering an animation, and took several hours to just render a still image of the creation. After having an attempt to see if I could include that, after rendering the section, the mask and precise framing selection didn't work out as well as hoped, due to some added motion blurring after it had been rendered, so instead I cut off early and used another scream we recorded to show the imminent danger.

For my evaluation, again I used Sony for editing, and the school camera and microphone to record. I also had a bit of a browse online to get ideas of what other students had previously done for their evaluations before, and to see the variety of quality in each one.  

Pre-Production - Risk Assessment

Risk Assesment

Production - Music

I have found some tracks wthat would be suitable non diagetic music for my production. Also i have found a few appropriate tracks for music for the radio trailer. Try to upload small bits of it later.

Radio Trailer

Poster Final

Here is a copy of my finished poster

Production Feedback

After rendering a couple of scenes from my production, i presented them to the class. They only saw the bar side of the story, though i still got use from their feedback.
The feedback included some ways to improve, such as brightening some of the clips. And also positive feedback, like a compliment on the framing, and they liked the mystery in the dialogue - asking themselves questions as to what's actually going on.
There was also a comment on Toby's accent, asking a bit more about his character, the majority agreed they liked the accent as it was different and gave them some amusement.

Anicillary Task - Radio Analysis

To analyse a thriller radio trailer i listened to the dark knight rises.
Though it was short, there were some key factors that stood out to me.
As the trailer started there was suspenseful music playing, quiet at the start, accompanied by sound effects. The effect that stood out to me were bat wings flying. This is easily relate able to batman, as it was how Bruce originally decided to create the Batman. From here familiar music from the Dark Knight begins playing, letting listeners know if they didn't realise already, that this is the trailer to the last of the Batman trilogy by Nolan.
dialogue is used, such as clips of dialogue from the dark knight and batman begins, with familiar actor voices. These include Ra's, Bruce and Alfred. The music picks up, building more suspense. Sound effects grow in use such as the sounds of the bat mobile engine and other unknown sounds.With the use of these the music begins to change, straying from the familiarity of the dark knight turning into a new original piece. With the new music and new sound effects we haven't already associated to certain characters, this lets us know the new villain is making an appearance ready to face off against Batman. The lack of his dialogue though can hint to he's smart and keeps to the shadows. He isn't as obvious and wild as Joker. 

Pre-Production - Location

For my production i need 3 main locations. These include a bar, a secluded street, and a run down house.
The bar i am asking to use is the Bell in Stilton, it's a lovely old fashioned place, and would be easy to transport all teh actors and additional help there.
The house to be used is a little tricky to find, as i need a place with minimal furniture, and preferably made out of wood.
EDIT -  8th Feb
Danika said i can use her great grandmas house. It's old fashioned, practically empty and seems perfect for what i need.
EDIT - 11th Feb
Found out today that I can't use the house, Sadie (Danika's cousin) said they had already filled it with furniture to use for storage. After a minor panic, thought about mroe locations and decided to contact the church, the old Rev was nice and would let me, but since he's not in charge any more will have to contact Doug, found his details in the scan.
EDIT - 13th Feb
Not allowed to film at the church either, apparently I'm not 'representing the Christian Church how [they] see fit.' It's not like i'm raising religious debates. Now is the time to panic... Currently in Beverley until Thursday, unable to do much about visitng locations around peterborough.
EDIT - 15th Feb
Mum has a friend at work whose mum is a caretaker at a victorian school in Milton Keynes. She's also getting confirmation about the Bell later today. Her friend, Craig, said he could get the keys and i could use the school to film on teh weekend. It'd take a 2 hour drive but hey, it's the best place i've got so far!
... Losing hope with the project very quickly, contacted Craig to confirm everything and his mum refused to let me use the school. Final chance before i run out of time, i'll be trying to use a barn and the cortyard or back rooms at the Bell. May go to Wansford and get some shorts there, lovely place for streets and has a nice cobbled bridge. Would use the Haycock hotel there, but according to a friend they don't like renting out time on the cheap.
EDIT - 23rd feb
Tried using the bell for the house but didn't have the right scenery feel for me. Going to refilm those bits at my Dads old victorian house with Hattie and Chris and edit the last half next week ready for our first viewing of our projects.

Poster - First teaser

Here is an image of a small teaser poster for my production. I simply showed the name of the film, Havenheath, with the tag line on a dark background filled with fog, and a lens flare behind the H. The fog is mostly covering the word 'see', using a play on words there seeing as that word becomes hard to read due to the fog - almost hiding the warning. This is one of a series of teaser posters with the suitable chosen tag lines. "Don't let them hear you" "Don't let them see you" "Don't talk about them" "You don't know anything"
The lens flare behind the H was created to look almost like a spot light, to symbolise there may be someone in the distance. The fog is a typical convention to use, and holds mystery in its use.

Diary - Filming

Completed half of the production, filmed all the bar scenes with Toby, Glyn, Nick and Gemma. Planning on re-filming the scenes with Kaira and Hans and recasting them as Chris Maundrell and Hattie Drapper. I was having trouble with suitable locations so ended up using an apparently haunted room at the bell. The shots were nice but I didn't really get the right feel for the scene, so will be trying to drive the actors to my Dads house. He lives in a large refurbished victorian house, I barely talk to him and he live about an hour or two away, but the locations (From what i remember) would be perfect for my production.

Similar Products - Silent Hill

After watchign silent hill i reviewed some aspects of it that make it an interesting film to watch, especially to the audience i'm targeting for my own production.

I focused on the opening, the first entrance to Silent Hill and the ending.
The production logos had a dark feel to them, the background soo taking over leaving the screen dark. We hear a voice over, which then fades to a house - obviously isolated. There are a series of long shtos and wide shots seeing a woman - the main character - running into a wood at night. This in itself is a very generic horror and thriller convention, as the audience knows it won't end well for the character. She has a slight low angle shot on her, expressing how brave she is, or possibly determined as the continues to supply the only dialogue given to us thus far, calling her daughters name.

Once the scne soon changes, after the thriller episode, it fades to a light mid day scene, the type of colours and setting used you'd expect to see in a romance or feel good film. This expresses the happy family mood. The diaglogue here gives you a lot of hints as to what will happen. Previously the child had said "Silent Hill." And the mother proclaimed to the father, "She said it again." This introduces the name of the film straight away, and it already seems a bad taboo to hear.

The third scene is when we actually see the first appearance of Silent Hill. There's a mid close up of the woman, Rose, in the car, where we can see snow - or what we think is snow - outside. A wide shot shows the car is isolacted, no one around, and one of the doors open. After realising the door is open and her daughter is missing, there are a series of close ups showing the emotion she has, and wide shots as she enters town. It's desolate, with fog surrounding it, so you're only able to make out the edges of a few buildings. Another low angle, mid shot shows her as she progresses into the town, again showing how brave she is.
A dark narrow stairway leads her down into the darkness, with a diagetic noise of a siren signalling. I assume it's diagetic, as she reacts once it starts and looks around her before continuing.
After being plunged into utter darkness she takes out a lighter, creating ambient lighting, showing us where she is, but still holding the mystery adn suspence of what could be around her.

The end scene holds a lot of emotion, as throughout the entire sequence we see the mothe and child together. We see close ups of both, showing the serious face the mother has, and a rather grave face on teh child. As we see shots between their situation and the fathers there is significant differences in colour and lighting. All the way until the end, the mother and child are stuck in a greay, foggy world a big contrast to the bright, sunny house to which the father is in. even when they arrive home, the colour doesn't change, and they never see the father in the seat we were shown previously. This suggests to the audience that they never made it out of the horror of silent Hill, unable to return to their normal happy life.



From this i have found some similarities between the film and my project. both involvea contrast in dangers, and an abandoned setting. In turn, each also involve some sort of monster that goes after the protagonist. After seeing this, i may see the effects of the lighting especially.

Ancillary task - Radio class

For our choice of ancillary tasks we could have gone with a poster, radio trailer or a magazine article. For the sake fo trying something different i chose to give the radio trailer a try. In calss we listened to a few trailers and were then told to think about what we would include in our own.  I drafted out what i first thought mind would sound like.
It consisted of sound effects, such as a carridge, wind noises, creaking and banging. There was some use of non-diagetic music, shifting between soft then loud and heavy depending on the tension of the diologue and sound effects used. The diologue would include small inserts from the production, including a lot of Johans dialogue "Stupid outsiders. They'll hear you." etc.
As i designed as more of a teaser trailer i didn't include a release date, and had one of the characters, Kaira, include the production name at the start, as having a voice over stating a release date would - in my eyes- ruin any tension or theme that the trailer holds.

Ancillary task - Poster in class

While in class and first thinking about what to include in my poster my first thoughts were as follows.
To have a variety of different posters, such as done with Harry Potter, one focusing on each of the different main characters. This way i could subtly put across more about their character, without really telling the audience anything at all.
In class i focused on designing the poster for Kaira. She'd be in the foreground, to the very left of the poster, looking over her shoulder with a curious expression. It was very important that she didn't look scared, as her character isn't a typical female victim. The background would be very dark, with a possible blue tint. It'd be located in a desolate street, old houses can be seen, and a street light lighting one point behind her. This would be the only source of light, other than the moon light which would be used to illuminate Kaira so she wasn't jsut a dark figure. On the ground in the light of the street light the audience would see a sillohette of a figure, but their identity would remain a mystery.

Ancillary task - decision

I've decided to do a movie poster and radio trailer for my ancillary tasks. The posters seem fun to make, and the radio trailer looked a lot easier than writing an article.
I've already had a lot of plans for my posters, and got a basic plan for the radio trailer.

Pre-Production - Monster

I drew a quick picture of what i initially imagined the monster to look like. Made with a variation of splinteds and wood chippings, the creature formed out of the broken furniture around the room. Though for my final i may have to change it's appearance so it's easier to create.

Diary - Tripods

No base plates for the tripods, sirs going to send a few to my house over half term so they should get here before filming. If not I've got some stands at home that manage to hold my camera in place, they should do for a make shift tripod if worst comes to worst.

Pre-Production - Production Schedule

Production Schedule - Sawtry Media 5067

Pre-Production - Shot List

Shot List - Media pre production

Research - Target Audience

I sent around a survey and put the results into some pie charts.

Pre-Production - Location

For the scenes including Johan, Vulrich and M.M at a bar, i decided to use the Stilton Bell Inn. The staff there are lovely, and had no issues with me using the second bar to film on a weekend. It's an old styled inn/pub, though there are electrical appliences and lights around which inevitably made there way into my shots. Though using a bar as a location would of been hard to find a convinient place that didn't have any such equiptment around, so this issue isn't that serious to me.

The bars are wooden and have a lovely stack of beverages behind it. I loved using this location, but due to the size of the second bar and the amount of furniture behind the camera, there wasn't much room to use many long shots, and it was hard to use handheld and get the ideal shots for the small fight, due to hiding unconvential furniture, behind the scenes workers and the tripods. Though my shots are not ideal for what i originally planned, the stoic shots used here will hopefully greatly contrast the different shots and angles used for the house scenes - where the bulk of the thriller convention will be held.                                                                                                      

Pre-Production - Actors and Casting

After watching the 6th form drama enrichment group, i looked out for suitable actors to play the characters in my production. Sadly, i needed a larger male cast, and almost all of the boys who did enrichment also took media. (We'd been told we can't use media students. Even though they would be well suited to play the parts. Though the exam specification says nothing about this, so I'll stick with using the actors i feel are best for the job.)
The girl who stood out most to me was Jess. She was confident, clear and i think she could easily pull off Kaira's bold personality.
There were a few guys who stood out to me, these being Harry and Jordan. Harry could easily suit the role of the paranoid barman, Johan, or the Mysterious side character.
Jordan could suit the role of either Hans or Vulrich in my eyes.
Jessica Leggett -  Kaira
Toby Hall - Johan
Jordan Forshaw - Hans
Harry Alexander - M.M
Glyn Smith - Vulrich

EDIT
Kaira, Hans and M.M were instead played by Hattie Drapper, Chriss Maundrell and Nick Davey.

Diary - Kit

I've handed in the booking sheet to take out 2 cameras and tripods over the half term. With this i'll be able to record the pub scenes a lot easier, as a lot of it will be deviations between Toby and Glyn's conversation. By using 2 cameras i'll be able to film with no continuation errors of trying to match the camera angles perfectly, and be able to get a greater variety of shots in a shorter amount of time.
The two cameras will also be useful, as Gemma will be helping me filming, When Jessica and Jordan are in the house we cna do a continuous roll, with one of us following Jessica, and the other focusing on Jordan as the pair split up inside the house.

Diary - Actors and Props

Yesterday i printed out 6 copies of my script and gave them to my actors.Jessica Leggett, Toby Hall, Glyn Smith, Jordan Forshaw and Harry Alexander. I will be finalising the filming date with the two sets i need so Jessica and Jordan and availabl;e on teh same day and the other three guys are available at the same time.
I've also found a few props i will need to buy. I wanted to buy sugar glass, for the bottle smashing part in the pub, though each bottle was quite expensive and may not make it in time. (Or in one piece) Due to this i have decided i will give Toby a fake dagger to use as a weapon, and have Harry throw a plastic shot glass at Toby instead of a sugar glass one.

Script draft 2

          EXT. STREET. NIGHT
          FOG fills the screen, allowing the audience to see a distant
          figure walking away from the camera. The camera passes
          through the fog gradually getting closer to the unknown
          figure. Once the fog clears we see it's a young woman
          dressed in red with long dark hair. Her face is never seen,
          but footsteps become apparant. They get faster and louder as
          the sound approaches her. A hand grabs her shoulder, at this
          the girl turns around showing an unamused look on her face.
          We see a man panting from the run.
                              HANS
                    Kaira! Where are you going?
          KAIRA shrugs off his hand and turns slightly to look at him.
                              KAIRA
                    I'm looking for a house. I read in
                    an article a while back about an
                    occurrence that happened in this
                    village...
          KAIRA continues down the road, with HANS keeping close lead
          on her, trying to get her attention again.
                              HANS
                    And why are you going there? It
                    could be dangerous!
                              KAIRA
                    That doesn't bother me. There's
                    just something about that story
                    that caught my interest. I feel
                    like i have no choice but to
                    investiagte it more.
                              HANS
                    We shouldn't even be here, come
                    back to the carriage so we can get
                    back on course.
          KAIRA continues ignoring HANS and his suspicions.
          INT. BAR. NIGHT.
          VULRICH and M.M are in a humbly lit, empty tavern. M.M is
          off to the side sitting on his own with a shot of whiskey.
          VULRICH sits at the bar by JOHAN, who is cleaning the side
          down with a rag.
                              VULRICH
                    Excuse me sir, but can ya tell me a
                    bit about what's goin' on around
                    'ere?
          JOHAN ignores him and continues cleaning.
                              VULRICH
                    Aye, Sir? Our carriage went missin'
                    and we've been 'earin strange
                    things, could ya shed some light on
                    this?
          JOHAN looks away from VULRICH and mumbles something
          inaudible under his breath.
                              VULRICH
                    Ay?
                              JOHAN
                    There's nothing going on around
                    here, everythin's fine. Nothings
                    wrong.
                              VULRICH
                    We been told people 'av been
                    diassappearin'. Out carriage 'as
                    also. What's 'appening' 'ere?
                              JOHAN
                    Nothings happening.
          EXT. STREET. NIGHT.
          KAIRA is closing in on a run down house, nearing the door.
                              JOHAN
                         (V.O CONT'D)
                    Everything's fine, nothings wrong.
          INT. BAR. NIGHT.
                              JOHAN
                         (CONT'D)
                    Now stop talking about it.
                              VULRICH
                    Apparently there's some sort a
                    creature doin' this? Do ya know
                    anythin' 'bout it?
                              JOHAN
                    Don't talk about 'them'!
          EXT. STREET. NIGHT.
          KAIRA reaches her hand out to open the door, HANS at a safe
          distance away.
                              JOHAN
                         (V.O CONT'D)
                    Stop mentioning it, nothings wrong!
                              VULRICH
                         (V.O)
                    'Them'?
          INT. BAR. NIGHT.
                              VULRICH
                    Who are 'they'?
                              JOHAN
                    Stop talking about 'them', you're
                    not allowed to talk about 'them'
                    don't ask any questions, you're
                    ruining business!
                              VULRICH
                    But...
          EXT. STREET. NIGHT.
          KAIRA pushes open the door, seeing nothing but a bare room
          and darkness.
                              VULRICH
                         (V.O CONT'D)
                    Who are 'they'?
          INT. BAR. NIGHT.
          JOHAN takes a near empty bottle near him and smaches it on
          the counter, creating a weapon from it. He points it in
          VULRICH'S direction, threatening him.
                              JOHAN
                    I told you, don't ask questions
                    about 'them', you can't know about
                    'them'.
          INT. HOUSE. NIGHT
          KAIRA enters the house, spotting odd marks on the floor and
          a blood stain.
                              KAIRA
                    What's this? Hans, come look at
                    this.
                              JOHAN
                         (V.O CONT'D)
                    They'll hear you.
          HANS sighs and slowly enters the house, kneeling down and
          inspecting what KAIRA found. KAIRA idly wonders around,
          noticing a set of stairs and wonders over to them.
                              HANS
                    Kaira, don't go up there alone!
          KAIRA shrugs and turns her back to the stairs, HANS focuses
          on the blood once again. Once he's focused KAIRA once again
          faces the stairs and makes her way up them. Hans stays
          focused on the blood and marks, untill a a high pitches
          scream and a thud comes from upstairs.
                              JOHAN
                         (V.O CONT'D)
                    They'll come.
                              HANS
                    Kaira.... Kaira?!
          HANS rushes up the stairs to see KAIRA laughing. She looks
          as innocent as possible as HANS' face begins to retort with
          rage.
                              KAIRA
                    Good evening.
                              HANS
                    You annoying little girl!
                              JOHAN
                         (V.O CONT'D)
                    Stupid outsiders.
          As KAIRA opens her mouth to respond there's a crash, like a
          door slamming, and a small squeal leaves her mouth instead.
          She shuts her mouth instantly as a scraping noise begins
          downstairs.
          The scraping continues until a loud thud plunges teh two
          into silence once again.
                              JOHAN
                         (V.O CONT'D)
                    Everything was fine until you
                    showed up!
          INT. BAR. NIGHT.
          JOHAN swings the bottle aimlessly at VULRICH, who backs off
          avoiding it easily. VULRICH smacks the bottle away from
          JOHANS hand. JOHAN doesn't falter and he climbs over the bar
          to get a better reach at VULRICH. VULRICH grabs him as he
          climbs down, JOHAN struggling to break free before finaly
          regaining his freedom, looking for a new make shift weapon.
          M.M throws his shot glass at JOHANs body, but he's ignored -
          JOHAN stays focused on VULRICH, the main threat. As he nears
          VULRICH, M.M comes up and takes him down, tying him up with
          rope from his bag as he does.
          INT. HOUSE. NIGHT.
          KAIRA and HANS are crouched on the floor silent and waiting.
                              KAIRA
                         (Whispers)
                    What do you think that was?
                              HANS
                         (Whispers)
                    How am i supposed to know? I told
                    you not to come up here!
                              KAIRA
                         (Whispers)
                    I was curious, and it's not my
                    fault! This place has been
                    abandoned for months!
          The wind picks up once again and some odd splinters and
          scraps of wood begin to shake a little.
          INT. BAR. NIGHT.
          JOHAN is tied up with VULRICH questioning him. M.M is back
          by the bar with another shot, listening in on the
          conversation.
                              JOHAN
                    No! Stupid outsiders, you're
                    ruining everything, everything was
                    fine before you showed up, you're
                    ruining business,stop asking
                    questions,you can't ask questions!
                              VULRICH
                    Just tell us what's going on
                    already!
                              JOHAN
                    They can hear you, they'll know,
                    they'll come here. Stop asking
                    questions. They'll leave me alone
                    if i don't talk about them. I don't
                    want them to come. You're all the
                    same, you stupid outsiders!
          M.M seems to have a thought as he takes a sip from his shot.
                              M.M
                    Where did Kaira and Hans go?
          VULRICH looks up, now pondering the same thing, looking
          slightly worried. JOHAN continues to rock back and forth,
          muttering to himself, he looks petrified, as if he knows
          something.
          INT. HOUSE. NIGHT.
          The pair are still crouched upstairs, unmoving.
                              KAIRA
                         (whispers)
                    Lets just make a run for the door.
                              HANS
                         (whispers)
                    No, I am not going down there! If
                    your so brave, why don't you go?
                              KAIRA
                         (whispers)
                    Fine!
          With a huff, KAIRA stands up and proceeds slowly to the
          stairs. She takes a breath before peering down. There’s a
          reclining circle carved into the floor. The wind is still
          picking up, and a strange noise can be heard very faintly
          bellow it. KAIRA slowly makes her way down the stairs, then
          avoiding treading on the spiral, makes her way for the door.
          She struggles to open the door, as some unseen force is
          keeping it closed. She tries to force it, but it won’t
          budge. A soft crash resonates from upstairs, as a strange
          screeching noise begins and the wind picks up dramatically.
          Over KAIRAS shoulder a horrific creature can be seen.
          EXT. STREET. NIGHT.
          The scene cuts away from KAIRA and her distress and focuses
          on the foggy street slowly zooming away from the commotion
          of Havenheath.
                              JOHAN
                         (V.O)
                    Stupid outsiders, you have no clue
                    what's going on. You don't know
                    anything. Don't ask questions. They
                    were gone until you came back, you
                    don't know what you've done. You've
                    ruined everything. You all talk
                    about 'them', you're all the same.
                    All of you!

Script Draft 1

         
          EXT. STREET. NIGHT
          KAIRA is walking down a dim, foggy street alone. Footsteps
          become clear as they get closer to her. She ignores them
          completely and keeps heading forward, then her shoulder is
          grabbed to reveal HANS catching his breath.
                              HANS
                    Kaira! Where are you going?
          KAIRA shrugs off his hand and glances over her shoulder at
          him.
                              KAIRA
                    To the carpenter's house. A man
                    told me that the last attack,
                    happened a few months ago.
          KAIRA continues down the road, with HANS keeping close lead
          on her, trying to get her attention again.
                              HANS
                    And why are you going there? It's
                    dangerous!
                              KAIRA
                    Yeh, I don't care. This type of
                    thing interests me.
          They approach an old abandoned house. It's in bad shape, but
          the door still seems to be in tact. Kaira proceeds to the
          door whiles HANS hangs back near the small gate at the end
          of the pathway.
                              HANS
                    Kaira, come back to the carriage
                    with everyone else where it's safe
                    ... don't go in there!
          KAIRA pushes the door open and peers about inside the house.
                              KAIRA
                    Don't be a wuss.
          Without hesitating, she walks into the darkness, HANS edges
          closer to the door but doesn't stand an arms length close to
          it.
          INT. BAR. NIGHT.
          VULRICH and M.M are in a humbly lit tavern. VULRICH is
          sitting at the bar, closest to the bar tender, JOHAN, while
          M.M is on the other side with a shot of whiskey. JOHAN has a
          bottle near him and is cleaning the side down with a rag.
                              VULRICH
                    Excuse me sir, but can ye tell me a
                    bit about what's goin' on arund
                    'ere?
          OHAN looks away from VULRICH and mumbles something inaudible
          under his breath.
                              VULRICH
                    ay?
                              JOHAN
                    There's nothing going on ound here,
                    everything' fine. Nothings wrong.
                              VULRICH
                    But people 'av been dissapearin'.
                    What's 'appenin' 'ere?
                              JOHAN
                    Nothings happening, everything's
                    fine, nothing's wrong, now stop
                    talking about it.
                              VULARICH
                    Apparently there's some sort a
                    monster doin' this? Do ya know
                    anythin' 'bout it?
                              JOHAN
                    Don't talk about 'them'! Stop
                    mentioning it, nothings wrong!
                              VULRICH
                    'Them'? Who are 'they'?
                              JOHAN
                    Stop talking about 'them' you're
                    not allowed to talk about'them'
                    don't ask any questions, you're
                    ruining business!
                              VULRICH
                    But, who are 'they'?
          JOHAN takes the bottle near him and smashes it on the
          counter, creating a weapon from it. He points it in
          VULRICH'S direction, threatening him.
                              JOHAN
                    I told you, don't ask questions
                    about 'them', you can't know about
                    'them', they'll hear you! They'll
                    come, stop talking about them,
                    stupid outsiders, you're ruining
                    business, everything was fine until
                    you showed up!
          JOHAN swings the bottle aimlessly at VULRICH and catches his
          cheek. VULRICH returns a punch, causing the bottle to be
          dropped,  and pulls JOHAN over the bar. JOHAN tries to
          struggle out of his grasp and breaks free, looking to
          reclaim his lost weapon. M.M throws his shot glass at JOHAN,
          who pays no attention to the action and focuses his
          attention on the main threat. As he nears VULRICH with his
          reclaimed bottle, M.M comes up behind him and knocks him
          down, tying him up with rope from his bag as he does.
          INT. HOUSE. NIGHT.
          KAIRA looks around the bare room, seeing splinters covering
          the walls. She ignores them for the most part but notices
          some scratches on the floor with some dried blood by them.
                              KAIRA
                    Hand, Hans! Come look at this ...
                    it looks like he was forcefully
                    dragged out of here...
          Hans sighs and takes a look around outside and what he can
          see from the door inside before retrieving an arrow from his
          bag and digging it in front of the door.
                              HANS
                    Let me see.
          While he kneels down to inspect the marks, KAIRA wonders
          towards the stairs curiously peering up them.
                              HANS
                    Hmm, nothing seems to be odd about
                    his blood .. Kaira, don't you go up
                    there alone! We have to stick
                    together!
          KAIRA shrugs and heads up the stairs despite HANS comment.
          Theres barely anything upstairs either, all the furniture
          has been destroyed. HANS finished looking at the scratches
          and blood before hearing a thud from upstairs. It's
          accompanied with a high pitched scream. He jolts up at this
          point.
                              HANS
                    Kaira... Kaira?!
          Hans rushed up to see Kaira laughing. She looks as innocent
          as possible as his face begins to retort in rage.
                              KAIRA
                    Good day.
                              HANS
                    You annoying little girl!
          The wind begins to pick up, and the pair hear a creaking
          from downstairs. The pair pick up on this and freeze
          momentarily.
                              KAIRA
                    It's probably just the wind, the
                    door is rather old. It'll probably
                    get blown about a bit.
                              HANS
                    I put an arrow in front of it to
                    serve as a doorstop, it shouldn't
                    be creaking this much.
          As Kaira opens her mouth to respond there’s a crash, like a
          door slamming, and a small squeal leaves her mouth instead.
          She shuts her mouth instantly as a scraping noise begins
          downstairs. The scraping continues until a loud thud plunges
          the two into silence once again.
                              KAIRA
                         (whispers)
                    What do you think that was?
                              HANS
                         (whispers)
                    How am i supposed to know? I told
                    you not to come up here!
                              KAIRA
                         (whispers)
                    I was curious, and it's not my
                    fault! This place has been
                    abandoned for months!
          The wind picks up once again and the splinters on the wall
          begin to shake a little.
          INT. BAR. NIGHT.
          JOHAN is tied up with VULRICH questioning him. M.M is back
          by the bar with another shot, listening in on the
          conversation.
                              JOHAN
                    No! Stupid outsiders, you're
                    ruining everything, everything was
                    fine before you showed up, you're
                    ruining business, none of the other
                    customers are like this, stop
                    asking quiestions,you can't ask
                    questions!
                              VULRICH
                    Just tell us what's going on
                    already!
                              JOHAN
                    They can hear you, they'll know,
                    they'll come here. Stop asking
                    questions. They'll leave me alone
                    if i don't talk about them. I don't
                    want them to come. You're all the
                    same, you stupid outsiders!
          M.M seems to have a thought as he leaves the bar, realising
          none of the customers reacted to their earlier brawl. He
          tips one over in their chair, they fall with it not moving.
          Vulrich watches as this happens while Johan continues
          rocking slightly under the pressure.
                              M.M
                    What's up with this?
                              JOHAN
                    None of the other customers are
                    like you, their all good, they
                    don't ask questions. Their not bad
                    for business, not like you
                    outsiders. Supid outsiders!
          M.M leans in closer to the body and cuts off the supposed
          man's head to find it's stuffed.
                              M.M
                    There's something really messed up
                    about this village...
          INT. HOUSE. NIGHT.
          KAIRA and HANS are crouched down upstairs by an old blocked
          off window.
                              KAIRA
                         (whispers)
                    Lets just make a run for the door.
                              HANS
                         (whispers)
                    No, I am not going down there! If
                    your so brave, why don't you go?
                              KAIRA
                         (whispers)
                    Fine!
          With a huff, KAIRA stands up and proceeds slowly to the
          stairs. She takes a breath before peering down. There’s a
          reclining circle carved into the floor with the arrow stuck
          in the centre of it. The wind is still picking up, and a
          strange noise can be heard very faintly bellow it. KAIRA
          slowly makes her way down the stairs, then avoiding treading
          on the spiral, makes her way for the door. She struggles to
          open the door, as some unseen force is keeping it closed.
          She tries to force it, but it won’t budge. A soft crash
          resonates from upstairs, as a strange screeching noise
          begins and the wind picks up dramatically. KAIRA turns
          slowly to seen an ungodly sight.
          EXT. STREET. NIGHT.
          The scene cuts away from KAIRA and her distress and focuses
          on the foggy street slowly zooming away from the commotion
          of Havenheath.
                              JOHAN
                         (V.O)
                    Stupid outsiders, you have no clue
                    what's going on. You don't know
                    anything. Don't ask questions. They
                    were gone until you came back, you
                    don't know what you've done. You've
                    ruined everything. You all talk
                    about 'them', you're all the same.
                    All of you!