Narrative/Plot Sequence (Draft 1)

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 NARRATIVE D1

·                   SET UP:

o   Need to introduce some concept of how the zombies have come about – virus/rising from graves – VIRUS more likely as they can be more human like in aesthetic

o   Alternatively, could take a different approach in which the zombies are actually conscious and deceptive – Birdbox type inspiration – easier in terms of aesthetic because my zombies can now just look like humans

o   Establishing shot – opens with a wide, low angle shot of a desolate playground (greyish filters over the shot creating apocalyptic feel) – then the lead character steps over the camera walking into the space.

§  In the background – a script of a news report plays (read by someone maybe me idk) detailing the outbreak of a brain eating virus spreading rapidly from the centre of London and reaching more suburban areas of the country.

§  Intercut with earlier scenes from inside the protagonist’s house with the camera tracking away from the tv to reveal her turned parents sitting dead eyed in front of the screen and then whip panning across to the open door and her charging out.

§  Protagonist walks backwards then zombies into frame create tension cant see what she sees first.

·                         MIDDLE:

o   DONT EVER SHOW WHAT IS CREATING THE ZOMBIES – LESS IS MORE

o   Snap back to the present moment with the girl moving into the woods where she comes across some walkers.

§  OSS of her staring at them which slowly pans down to her feet as she steps onto a massive branch that snaps drawing attention towards her.

§  She is attacked but manages to escape without being caught, shoving the two walkers down a hill and escaping down the path.

o   She comes across a group of 4 other survivors who are trying to build some kind of a camp. One spots her and forces her to prove that she is not turned.

§  The shots from here are composed to create an effect of ‘us vs them’ with the four campmates and the protagonist – this is until the camera focuses onto one of the other members of the camp who has wandered right into a small hoard of walkers (will need to be shot in a way that makes it seem like there are more than there actually are) and is engulfed into the group.

o   Another of the group cries out her name but the protagonist drags her away and the group charge through the woods and reach a gate down the other end.

o   They struggle to cut a chain open on the gate but three of them manage to break through – another of the campmates, though, has tripped further behind and we see the walkers stop, surrounding and engulfing him.

·                        ENDING:

o   Protagonist(s) need to be saved – needs to be a sacrifice from another of the leading characters


This draft of a narrative would ultimately change as I began to write my screenplay as the ideas would flow out onto the page and the plot that I had constructed was much more feasible and captured the environment i was trying to culture better than this initial draft




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