Description

1. Audio Story
Task 2: Initial Responses

2. Initial Responses and Idea Generation
Log your initial thoughts regarding the set brief in this document
What stories could you use? How do you feel about the different potential
formats? What are the positives about this project? What could be some difficult
aspects? Etc
Use the format on this document to guide this response – some are set as a
question on one slide, but you should look to add further slides as necessary

3. Which stories have you researched and looked
as potential starting points?
• The house next door had been occupied by an elderly gentleman who feared
being robbed in his bed by intruders every night. As the York Minster bells tolled
midnight, he repeatedly pounded his walking stick against the wall adjacent to his
bed, ostensibly to scare off any would-be thieves
• The knocking was said to continue after he died. The adjoining bedroom to
Sterne's at number 35 is now known as the Seance Room, and it used to be a
bedroom.
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4. Which research into existing products has been the
most useful? Includes examples and explanations
• The house next door had been occupied by an elderly gentleman who feared being robbed in his bed by intruders every
night. As the York Minster bells tolled midnight, he repeatedly pounded his walking stick against the wall adjacent to his
bed, ostensibly to scare off any would-be thieves
• The knocking was said to continue after he died. The adjoining bedroom to Sterne's at number 35 is now known as the
Seance Room, and it used to be a bedroom.
• I settled with using this story almost straight away as my favourite type of
ghost stories are the ones where scary things happen after someone has
past as I find them mysterious. It is also nice and simple to make into a
story.

5. Which production format [drama, narration,
etc] do you feel fits your idea best and why?
• I think drama fits my idea best as it has someone talking about what is
going on with a friend and he's running around hiding from someone. And
then at the end you can hear someone running away before the audio
stops.

6. Which story have you settled on and why?
• Someone is with a friend running through the forest tying to hide from
someone/something that is not explained in the audio. They hide for a
while before you can hear then running away before the audio stops.

7. If you had to sell your story quickly, what is the
title and the logline?
• Title: Hide and seek in the Forest.
• Logline: 2 Boys are running through through the forest trying to hide. And if
your wondering what they are hiding from well they are hiding from
someone…or is it something.

8. What ideas have you had for sound effects,
narration and storytelling?
• Well I decided I want to film in the forest because of all the natural sound
effects in there anyway e.g. birds, tree branches etc however some of them
I will do intentionally e.g. I'm going to run where all the leaves were so you
will be able to hear the crunch of the leaves on my shoes. The same thing
with the mud so you can hear the squelching.

9. Initial feelings…how do you feel about the
project currently?
• So far I feel confident. I feel that I have a strong idea about what I want to
do and planned when I am going to film. I just need to book equipment and
get going.

10. What other research do you think you need to
do?
• I could maybe do some research on using audio recorders as it will be my
first time and I want to be prepared. I might also listen to some other ghost
stories to get some more ideas to use in mine.