Run if you canPlanning my film sequence

Run if you can

• 4 orphan teenagers (two boys and two girls) are locked up (for a psychological experiment) in a big house, that has stairs that never end and that lead in all directions. They soon find out, that they are not alone in the house, but that a mysterious killer (who somehow got into the house) is calling them on their mobile phones and giving them clues as to whereabouts he is

• The killer kills them all except for one girl, who saves herself in the end

Further Explanation

• The killer kills these teenagers, because he wanted to do the experiment, but his colleague got the job, so now he wants to ruin ‘his’ experiment

Characters• The four teenagers:

– Priscilia (main girl, that survives)• Smart, pretty, innocent

– Andrew (main boy, dies last)• Helps Priscilia draw the plan• Finds the exit, gets killed after that

– Claire (other teenager)• Loud, mean, fat

– Brian (Clair’s boyfriend)• violent, stupid, mean

Act 1

• 4 Teenagers from orphanage are locked up (for a psychological experiment) in a big house, that has stairs that never end and that lead in all directions

• They soon find out, that they are not alone in the house

Act 1

• They hear noises and a strange man is calling them on their mobile phones and is threatening them that if they don't find the exit of the building in 3 days the first one will die

Act 2

• they don‘t manage this

• Brian needs to go to the toilet, the others want to accompany him, but he thinks that this is stupid, doesn‘t listen to them and leaves alone

• They find him later stabbed in the bathroom, where a message is written with his blood on the mirror „I warned you…“

Act 2

• Priscilia and Andrew are starting to draw a secret plan of the house, to start to orientate themselves– Claire doesn‘t want to get involved, thinks,

that they‘re going to die anyway and that it is impossible to get out and she just keeps smoking

• They get a new limit from the killer another 2 days to find the exit

Act 2

• They drew a good plan till now, but can‘t really continue, because they still haven‘t been in the whole house and because they‘re scared that they might meet the killer, who is still calling them

• On the second day at night, they decided to always have one person to stay awake (Claire‘s on duty) the killer comes and tries to kill Claire, but she runs as fast as she can

Act 2

• But she‘s too slow, because of her body stature and the killer also stabbes her

• He leaves a in her blood written message on the wall „How fast can YOU run?“

• Priscilia and Andrew are totally scared, but they also realise, that they‘ re falling in love with each other

• They kiss, at they get another call, they have 1 more day

Act 2

• They decide that it is best to really use the day and to search alone in two different directions, where the exit could be

• It‘s getting late Andrew finds the exit, but can‘t go, because he couldn‘t leave Priscilia he calls her and she tells him to leave, but he refueses, he tries to explain the exit (that leads to stairs, that lead to an huge field in the middle of nowhere)

Act 2

• And he tells her that the walls have pictures with other stairs on them and that when you‘re far away, you can‘t see this

• They want to meet in the middle and then leave together, but as they are nearly there (still talking on the phone to one another ) the batterie of Andrew phone rans off and seconds later he gets stabbed in the back, his last words are „at least tell her I love her and I forbid her to cry“

Act 2

• Priscilia is more scared than ever

• She gets a call and hopes that its Andrew, but it‘s the killer, who says that she‘s now all alone and she has one more hour

• She continues walking and sees Andrew dead body and on the wall written with Andrew‘s blood „He loved you and he doesn‘t want you to cry“

Act 3

• She pulls herself together, because she realises, that she has to be quiet now, because she‘s near the exit and otherwise the killer will hear her, tears are streaming down her face

• She gets to the wall with the stairs painted on it, opens the door and feels a cold hand on her neck, she runs as fast as she can down the stairs, across the field into the next house she sees, they call the police

Act 3

• The killer gets caught, the police finds out, that he wanted to lead this experiment, but hi colleague got the job and he wanted to ruin the experiment for him

• The girl buries Andrew‘s dead body and gets adopted by the really nice familiy, who lives in the house, where she ran to

Unique Selling Point

• I choose my idea, because the most horrific thing about is, that they can’t escape the killer and because he is playing a game with the teenagers and they don’t know where the exit is

• The film is mainly for teenagers, because they can identify with the main characters

RUN IF YOU CANopening sequence

• Where: Hurtwood (especially Stairs to the nurse), Car Park Stairs? For running sequences, Ewhurst, Church?

• Own Company:

• Supportive Company:

• Actors: 2 girls, 2 boys, the killer,

Shot Ideas for the opening sequence

• Girl opening her eyes (remembering it)• The teenagers taking of their blindfold• Shot of them getting a call by the killer (Killer

saying “3 days…”)• Shot of the killer with its mask and the phone in

its hand• Shot of his knife/ gun• The teens making a plan• Brian not listening, walking to the toilet (feeling

followed)

• Lots of close ups to dark corridors and Brian’s face looking in the different directions, deciding where to run

• Shot out of his view (running down the stairs towards the toilet), loud footsteps, running noises, out of breath

• Him opening the door with his last power, falling on the floor (dead)

• Next shot: Priscilia, Andrew and Claire, looking totally shocked, staring at the mirror (where with Brian’s blood is written: “Run if you can”

• Shot of the people who are doing the experiment