The document summarizes a horror/thriller film plot involving four teenage girls who go to a sleepover at their friend Alicia's new house. They begin to hear strange noises coming from the attic. When they investigate, they find a brutally injured young girl drawing on the walls in nursery rhymes. One of the girls is killed after being dragged away. Later, they sneak back into the attic and discover the nursery rhymes are clues to releasing a demon. They recite an incantation, releasing the demon and killing the possessed young girl. Years later, the girls fear the demon may still be in the house when they find out a Halloween party is being held there.

1. Hidden
Rating: 15

2. Plot
Curious, the girls follow
and find out that the
singing is in fact a
nursery rhyme coming
from the attic. Alicia
investigates and soon
realises that a little girl
(aged 12ish) is in the
corner, drawing on the
wall. Alicia, assuming
that the girl needs
helps, goes to her, but
is then horrified to see
that the little girl is
brutally harmed and
could only have been
through self-harm.
In a hurry the
girls try and
escape, but Alicia
is dragged and
killed by the girl
because she was
too slow.
Alicia has
moved into a
new house
and the girls,
(Lily. Georgia
and Reema)
go round for a
sleepover.
They begin to
compliment
the house but
Alicia senses
there is
something
wrong and in
that moment a
faint child
singing is
heard.

3. Plot Continued…
When investigators
arrive the group of girls
are told to stay away
from the attic; this is
not good enough as
they can’t explain to
them that a little girl
exists without the police
thinking they’re mad, so
it is up to them to solve
this. At night they all
sneak back into the
attic and find that the
words written on the
wall were nursery
rhymes.
Lily researched into this
and found that the only
way for a demon to be
released ifs by being
able to find the clues and
make an incantation so
that it could be released.
Lily writes the rhyme out
backwards and then the
little girl appears. As she
runs up towards them,
Lily chants that
incantation and the
demon of the little girl is
released.
The little girl does not
survive as the demon has
possessed her for too long.
The girls are made to
continue on with their lives
despite the fact that that
their best friend has died
and the house has been
boarded up. A couple years
after and a poster is found
that a Halloween party will
be held at the house and
the girls begin to become
scared that the demon is
still in the house. This
means there will be a
sequel.

4. Exhibition
• The target audience that is the primary focus is teenage girls age 15 to late 20’s. Because
the rating is 15, it will involve supernatural spirits, an all girl group and chase scenes. This
type of thrill and drama would most likely attract girls who are seeking this kind of emotion
and because Halloween is near they would be psychologically more attracted to a
thriller/supernatural movie.
• The girls are cinemagoers and this can be correlated with boys who are too cinemagoers.
The boys however have a different, more staggered age group. From the age of 17 to 18
latest this is because that there are mostly girls in the film and the type of thrill supernatural
behavior will need more promotion to get across to the boys however due the occasion of
Halloween again, there maybe some hope that this thriller would be chosen against the
typical slasher horror.
Scary Movie
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5. Promotions
• The trailer release will be put on the online web on the official site where the
history, images, budget information etc. will be displayed. With this the teaser
trailer will be shown. There will be posters held rarely in the cinemas and the film
will then rely on word of mouth.
• The teaser trailer will be cut dramatically more and shown on the TV, but on
channels such as MTV, E4, Musical Channels, ITV Channels etc.
• Red carpet events will include young stars, that are mainly female for example
the ‘Hills’ cast on MTV and the girls from 90210 as they are the favored by PR
and so more awareness is made.
Associated Channel
to target audience
Associated Websites
to target audience

6. Genre Conventions
Thriller- The elements of thriller that is used in the teaser trailer are for example:
The attic; this dark and vacant place builds tension to the screen and this emotion is jumpy and
adds a more eerie feeling towards the audience which relates to the thriller genre.
The convention in costumes can be in the thriller genre for example the white nightie dress that
the little girl will wear, it has been used in ‘The Others’, ‘The grudge’ and some Victorian era
films. The girl will be ghost. And her ’innocent image’ will be contrasted with her demon like
behavior. This will make the audience shocked and more terrified of the character.
Supernatural- The fact that demons and vulnerable characters are involved in the sequence, it
will give a super natural genre affect. Other films that have the same type of conventions to
ours in this sub genre is ‘sixth sense’.
Horror- The teaser trailer will give a hint of horror conventions as there will be murder involved
(blood and gore). When Alicia is dragged round the stairs for example will have a horror affect
because other films used this technique e.g. ‘Nightmare on elm street’, where chase and
tension is built to a horrific ending in the dreams of the characters in the film.

7. Storyboard
Long shot – new
house
mid-
shot of
living
room
mid-shot
going up
the stairs
Medium shot – coming

8. Zoom from long shot to
close up
Cut in close up of hand
Tracking shot of running
down corridor Long shot – being

9. mid-shot to close up -
crawling
Audio
‘where is it’
Close up to
extreme close
up– girl
screaming

10. mid-shot to close up -
crawling
Audio
‘where is it’
Close up to
extreme close
up– girl
screaming