Narrative Pitch- Director- Treatment/Script

Narrative Preproduction Materials- Director- Treatment/ Script

       This Narrative video project will have a horror/scary genre to it. The title is "An Unexpected Visitor” with the tagline “When traditions take an unexpected turn…” The concept will include 2-3 friends going to a Christmas tree farm together (the Christmas tree farm we will be going to is Hensler Nursery in Hamlet, IN). As a few friends stay behind for hot chocolate, the first/main character we introduce is going to go off on her own to look for a tree. Throughout the time she is looking we will shoot scenes of a ‘creepy Santa’ in the distance of our Character 1 that will be watching her and eventually start chasing after her. After a wild chase, she will catch up with her friends, try to play it cool, and ask her friends to leave. No one will ever know what happened but the viewers and Character 1.
      We chose this tree farm specifically just because it has many other exhibits other than the Christmas tree farm. It also includes a Meet Santa area, reindeer, they have a hot chocolate stand, etc., so we can get shots of other things Christmas like, not just a tree farm.

 Script: 

Ext. Early afternoon in early December, friends decide to go look for a Christmas tree at a tree farm. The friends walk out of the car and towards the hot chocolate area. 

Character 1: While you guys wait in line, I’m gonna get a head start on looking for a tree. Not feeling any hot chocolate today. 

(Friends say okay quietly and nod as Character 1 walks out to the farm. Jolly Christmas music in the background will slowly turn into fast paced, scary music as Character 1 feels like someone is watching her. With many quick turn arounds and jumping behind tree to tree to see if anyone is watching her, she figures she is fine and continues happily. Then, after a few more sounds of branches breaking behind her from being stepped on, she takes a quick look back, she spots a Creepy Santa behind a tree staring at her. They lock eyes and Creepy Santa hides quickly behind a tree. Character 1 panics and starts to run away. She stumbles a few times as she feels Creepy Santa is getting closer and closer as he chases her. Finally, without paying attention, she finds herself arriving back at the hot chocolate line with her friends.  Creepy Santa is no where to be seen.)

 Friend 1: What’s wrong? Why are you so out of breath? 

Friend 2: What happened? 

Character 1: *out of breath and panic like* Didn't you just see that!?

(Friend 1 & 2 look confused)

Character 1 (con't): Ugh, nothing. We should go to another tree farm; this place is dull. 

 (Group leaves the farm. In a distant we the viewers catch a glimpse of Creepy Santa watching them leave in the distance.) 

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