The document outlines the plot and key elements of the film trailer "The Cult" being created by Yasmin and Rhiannon. It will be a supernatural thriller about 1 minute 30 seconds in length. It will explore themes of betrayal, sacrifice, and supernatural evil. The trailer will be filmed together but edited separately to have different creative cuts. The plot involves a girl who wakes up with no memory and discovers her friend is missing, leading her to investigate a mysterious cult that needs her body to host a evil spirit.

1. ‘The Cult’
By Yasmin and Rhiannon

2. Genre & trailer type
• Our genre is a hybrid Supernatural-Thriller
• We aim to make a teaser trailer, about 1
minute 30 seconds, but this could extend.
• We will include themes of: betrayal,
,
and
,

3. Ancillary Tasks
• We are both going to create our own poster
and magazine front cover for our film trailer in
order to use our own ideas for image stills.

4. How trailer will be filmed
• Our film trailers will be filmed/ produced together, but edited
separately.
• This to have our own separate ‘creative cuts’
• We now have a storyboard and want to practise filming
techniques, before we actually film our final productions
Storyboards

5. Characters
innocent girl, protagonist, wanted by Cult
secret antagonist, part of cult, ‘goes missing’
: another secret antagonist, Amy’s friend who
helps her find Katie, sacrifices himself
supernatural group who need Amy’s
bloodline/body to use for evil spirit

6. Plot:
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Girl wakes up outside, no recollection of past few hours –found by friend, Adam
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Next day realises her friend Katie is missing –ring her –hear ‘HELP ME’ decide to look for her
near where Adam found Amy
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Enter house, Katie appears, hers & Adam’s sinister intentions revealed -Cult appears
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Amy wakes up restrained, cliché antagonist explanation of needing Amy’s body as host for
spirit
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Adam’s guilt emerges as he runs in front as Katie is about to put spirit inside, going into
Adam instead. His body contorts –Amy has to kill him
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Cult disappear as spirit is destroyed. Amy cradles Adam’s body and Katie runs outside
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Police arrive, arrest Amy for Adam’s death –blames she had a mental breakdown/
fingerprints are on weapon
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Leaves open for sequel/ revenge