Synopsis of Short film

The film will start with an establishing, low angle shot looking up at a house in a dark, overcast day, thunder in the background. An interior shot will show that the man is alone in his kitchen, a silhouette can be seen in the background outside, a point of view shot looking into the kitchen will represent some sort of trespasser. Cut back to the man in his house, he feels someone watching him outside but can't see anything and thinks his mind is playing tricks on him.

The man is sleeping in his bed at night, in his house. He is woken up by a noise in the house so he gets up to go and check what the noise is. Tension is built while he slowly goes to check around the house with a torch to find out what the noise was. He is attracted to more noise behind a door at the end of a corridor and slowly goes to investigate, creating more tension. He suddenly opens to door to find that it's his dog "Snugsy" who was just messing around. He is giving his dog a loving hug, thinking all is safe, when a loud crash is heard upstairs. There is another long build up to the man cautiously returning to his room, there is no lighting in the house apart from the torchlight which furthers the horror aspect because there is limited vision. He slowly enters his bed room and walks into the middle of the room. He is looking around when the intruder in the house ominously steps in from of the camera when the film cuts out.

The pictures from the video game Alan Wake are good representations of the type of shots I will use; the torch will be the only form of light in the shots which will leave the rest of the shot in darkness. The picture of The Strangers is also relevant because it shows how the main character is being watched from behind at the beginning.