Sinister Woods Pitching

1. Sinister Woods By Andrey Pirogov

2. Main point of the film • The main message of the film is that no matter who you are there is still kindness in your soul.

3. Synopsis • Horror/Drama (Sinister Woods) •  A girl wakes up in the middle of the forest, clueless and lost. She gets up and slowly looks around. She has no idea what she is doing there and how she got there (fast paced editing from different angles with some sudden scary atmospheric SFX or maybe a drone for a build-up later in the movie. She gets up and slowly looks around. The camera points out that she is bleeding from her elbow (for a sudden escalation of suspense). The girl decides that she needs to get out and to do that, she is going to walk in one direction until she gets out. She walks for some time (about 10 minutes) and then finds another person, that person is as clueless as her. As the girl gets closer, she is lost for words as she sees another her. She is wearing the same clothes; however, she has a different hairstyle and isn’t bleeding from the elbow. All of a sudden, the second girl turns around and starts chasing the first girl. She is very confused, however, has got no choice but to run. (There should be an establishing shot where the camera is panned from top to bottom being situated in front and above the characters then the camera zooms in on the second girls face and we notice that she has got some claws and 4 large teeth). She is a vampire. They keep running until the sun starts rising. The vampire goes deeper into the forest and disappears. The girl is very scared, tired, and hungry, she has no idea if she is ever going to make it out of the forest. She decides to go deeper into the forest to look for food, maybe some berries, apples. But the deeper she goes int the forest the darker it gets and light emerald oaks gradually transition into huge, cold and threatening fir trees. Tension starts growing… We hear the sounds associated with the vampire, which were played earlier on in the movie, and before the girl knows it she can see two figures in the mist, however she can not figure out who ot what it is, however she proceeds to get closer to take a look. What she sees is the vampire eating a deer, The vampire gives the girl a quick fascinated look, after which she leaves her food and proceeds to slowly move on all 4 limbs in the direction of the girl. The girl is really scared, however she doesn’t run, she is too exhausted and too hungry. As the vampire starts getting really close the girl passes out, however the vampire catches her and takes her into her base. When the girl wakes up she doesn’t know where she is again (relating to the start of the movie), however she sees the vampire closer than ever. She is scared again. The vampire doesn’t want to eat the girl, but wants to be friends, so he passes her a wreath made of flowers and the girl runs to get it and hugs the vampire, giving her a bracelet of hers in response. The vampire and the girl become friends and the girl comes to visit the vampire in the forest. In the end the girl meets the vampire and her parents and the vampire has a special surprise for the girl. When the parents walk in they discover the dad of the girl sitting on the couch. The father is shocked, however the vampire quickly turns back into the girl, opening the secret of why she looked like the girl. (There is a flashback in the end to where the vampire is shown already having already discovered the girl when she was unconscious, before their first encounter and turning into her. The reason the vampire chased after the girl in the first place is because she had a bleeding elbow and the vampire was very hungry). • The name is made that way for deception of the audience into thinking that this is going to be a scary movie all the way, not revealing the wholesome part too soon.

4. The opening sequence • The opening sequence starts with shots of the forest with different diegetic sound fx. (some interesting unusual angles: e.g., canted angle, trombone shot) • We then see a girl lying down in the forest unconscious (drone shot? high angle?) • Then we see the girl trying to find her way out of the forest (tracking handheld over the shoulder shot + different perspectives from around the trees to create suspense) • The pace of the editing increases up to the point when she finds herself in the same place, she woke up in. • We see an over the shoulder shot of her looking at the vampire. The similarity between the two should be present in the opening title sequence, however it shouldn’t be too obvious, and the face of the vampire should only be revealed later on in the movie.

5. Locations + Props • This could be filmed on Hurtwood grounds, which would give us more time make it more convenient and the location is good as we are in the countryside and surrounded by forests. • As said earlier two similar looking females are required for the roles, however im not sure I know any twins or similar looking people from Hurtwood, which is a problem • 2 the same outfits, bracelet + flower wreath

6. Casting • Two similar looking females (16, not tall, twins if possible)

7. $tyle & Feel • The idea of the vampire turning into whatever they see is taken from X-men’s mystique. • The idea of something as evil as a vampire being sentimental and having power of will is inspired by Demon Slayer • I think the atmosphere should be mystic and dark, however not to the extent where it is too scary similarly to Harry Potter (soundtracks + colour correction play a huge role)