1. Title
The devil of the lake
Genre/Sub-genre
The general genre is horror, the sub-genre we
have chosen is supernatural/paranormal.
Log line
When two bestfriends are playing by the lake and
strange things begin to happen, they soon realize
that they have come to the wrong place.
Synopsis
Two bestfriends decide to go and innocently play
football on some gravel and grass next to a lake,
they have previously been told about a myth of
the “Devil of the lake” and became intrigued, they
feel rebellious and want to prove people there is
nothing to be scared about and this is why they
have chosen to come to play here. As they get
there they witness strange things beginning to
happen such as their mobile phones losing signal
and branches from nearby trees suddenly
breaking and falling to the ground. One of them
sees the water of the lake looking disturbed as it
ripples so the two boys go to investigate – during
this they feel as if someone is constantly behind
them, watching them. After that, slowly, they both
become poor victims of the devil of the lake.
Locations
Characters
Resources Needed
Football
Camera
Tripod
Mobile
phones
Justification for
ideas
Bentley
Priory (with
a lake, forest
and an inside
Two
boys (AJ
+ Kuran)
setting)
We decided to choose the plot of our film due to
our location, we are working around a lake
therefore we decided to be imaginative with it and
base a mysterious plot around that. There are a lot
of myths and stories about creatures being in lakes
therefore we wanted to bring it to life by adding a
supernatural element. We also wanted to make our
film relatable therefore we made it modern and
have two bestfriends playing football, having their
mobile phones and being typical teenagers. We
based our film on the results of our questionnaire
by setting it in the UK, directing it towards the
female gaze, making it supernatural and including
lots of dark confined spaces with shadows.