Story Process

Story Idea 1: The Ball Setting: Old creepy house. Ominous light pours through the windows. Duration: 45 seconds to 1 minuet

Synopsis: The story opens with an outdoor view of the house. We [the audience] enter the house and hear the laughter of a child. Bright light from the moon splashes over the walls. The silhouette of a child can be seen. It seems he is playing with a ball. [Camera zooms in closer] The child is still hidden in shadows, but we can see him playing. He is rolling a ball across the floor and chasing it. [The camera follows] The audience begins to see that the old house is actually rather gruesome [There are bloody hand prints on the walls, blood smears across the floor, perhaps a human arm can be seen from inside another room. This house is a place of nightmares.] Finally, the little child rolls the ball towards the light of the window. But the light reveals not a ball, but a large eyeball! The child steps forward and is finally revealed to be a zombie [seen in the concept picture]. He reaches down, picks up his eyes, and pops it back into his head [the “ball” was his own missing eye]. He looks at the audience and starts to smile [a bloody creepy smile]. Screen goes dark. Credits begin to roll.

Story Idea 2: Under the Bed Setting: Little Monster’s Bedroom Duration: 30 to 45 seconds

Synopsis: The story opens with us [the audience] inside a bedroom. A little monster [the one pictured] waddles into the room and yawns. He climbs into bed and turns off the light. He curls up to sleep, but just at that moment he hears a weird noise from beneath his bed. Obviously scared, he works up the courage to turn his light back on and look under his bed. Much to his surprise he comes face to face with a human child. They share a moment of silence. Both of them then scream loudly, the child retreats under the bed and the monster runs out of the room. Screen goes dark. Just before the credits roll, we [the audience] hear two different voice yell “MOM! THERE IS A MONSTER UNDER MY BED!” Credits roll.

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