The film Unsealed is a supernatural psychological thriller. The tagline is "The deal with the devil is the worst kind." The film explores themes of revenge and follows Jamie, an outsider girl who is humiliated at a party. She is later possessed by a voodoo man. Jamie's spirit warns her best friend Shantelle of the possession. To stop the voodoo man's spirit, Shantelle kills Jamie, believing it will end the possession but instead kills them both. The film takes inspiration from American Horror Story and applies Todorov's theory of the five stages of the fantastic genre.

1. Unsealed
Movie title:

2. Sub Genre and Tag Line
The subgenre for the film is Supernatural/Psychological and the tag line
is ‘The deal with the devil is the worst kind of deal’.

3. Themes
Revenge: Jamie wants revenge on the people at her school who never
bothered to get to know her or never wanted to be her friend. She
especially wants to get revenge on the most popular girl in her school
Louise. This is because the popular girl was everything that Jamie
wanted to be but no one ever accepted her as anything less than a
‘freak’. So when Louise invited Jamie to her party she jumped at the
chance of going. However Louise’s true intentions weren’t to be nice
and become friends with Jamie. Louise wanted to embarrass Jamie in
front of the whole year, she did this by getting her friends to throw
paint over Jamie when Jamie walked into the party.

4. Inspiration
The main inspiration is American Horror Story, created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk.
The contextual background of their series has been taken into consideration because they
are relatable all over the world. Unsealed was inspired by the storylines in American Horror
Story, they are psychologically challenging and the majority of them have very gruesome
endings. The way suspense is delivered through each episode makes the audience want to
go and watch the next episode and follow onto the next series. Since the show is a great
success I will take a lot of inspirations from it and hopefully create a successful horror
movie that will not only fulfil the codes and conventions but will be enjoyed by the target
audience.

5. Cast
• The Protagonist
Jamie – Her body is posses by voodoo man
• The Antagonist
The Voodoo man
• Other:
Shantelle – Jamie’s best friends
Louise – The pretty popular girl

6. Costume and Props
Costume - The costume that will be used in the film includes modern attire to appeal
to the target audience and also as there will be teenagers in the film who will be
dressed in modern clothing. However the antagonist ‘the voodoo man’ will be dressed
in masculine/ old fashioned clothing. When Jamie (protagonist) wakes up she will be
dressed in a torn up hospital gown. This is to add emphasis of her state of mind, to
alert the audience she is unaware of her surrounds and perplexed.
Make Up – Jamie will have minimal make up before she becomes possessed but after
she will look very tired and drained. The will be shown by her having very pale skin and
dark circles under her eyes. The voodoo man will have red contact lenses to add effect
to his mysterious character.
Props – Sacred knife

7. Synopsis
• Jamie gets invited to a party by the most popular girl in her year, when she turns up her outfit is
sabotaged by paint thrown on her. She is embarrassed in front of he whole year and exits quickly. She
ends up walking home alone in the dark streets.
• Not to her knowledge she is spotted by the voodoo man, he preys on the innocent and weak. He
proceeds to follow her home closely behind.
• Part of Jamie’s route home is walking through a grave yard, this is where the voodoo man grabs her
from behind and drugs her. Jamie blacks out and falls right into the arms of the voodoo man.
• However because Jamie is not a virgin the normal ritual can’t proceed so the voodoo man performs his
punishment ritual on Jamie, this involves swapping all of her internal organs with his.
• Jamie wakes up in the graveyard dressed in dirty hospital gown and begins to feel strange not knowing
that gradually the voodoo mans spirit is taking over her body.
• She preys on the popular girl Louise and kills her in order to satisfy her appetite for human flesh.
• Shantelle who is Jamie’s best friend learns what’s going on because normal Jamie spirit comes to
Shantelle in her sleep, she tells her everything.
• Shantelle wants to put a stop things, she does this by stabbing Jamie in the heart as she thinks this will
get rid of the voodoo mans spirit but it actually just kills Jamie along with the voodoo mans spirit.

8. Target Audience
The target audience will be rated 15, this is because it is appropriate for
the content in the film. Also many films within the horror sub genres
Psychological and Supernatural are rated 15 also. Teenagers will relate
to the storyline because it involves teenagers and also the subject of
not being accept into society.

9. Applying Todorov’s Theory
• The 5 stages:
1. State of Equilibrium – Jamie’s is so excited she has been invited to a party, she finally feels like she is being
accepted into society.
2. Disruption of Equilibrium – Jamie has had enough of the way she has been treated, the embarrassment she
faced at the party was the last straw for her. Jamie makes her way home, however on the way she is drugged
by the voodoo man. However because Jamie is not a virgin the normal ritual can’t proceed. Therefore as a
punishment the voodoo man swaps all of his internal organs with Jamie’s. The voodoo man’s spirit takes over
Jamie’s body. Jamie preys on the popular girl and kills hers.
3. Recognition of Disruption – Jamie’s trapped spirit invades her best friend Shantelle’s dream and tells her
everything that has happened.
4. Attempt to repair the disruption – Shantelle thinks the only way to get rid of the voodoo mans spirits is to
stab Jamie in the heart.
5. Restoring New equilibrium – At Shantelle’s hardest effect to save Jamie, she in fact kills her and the voodoo
mans spirit.