Name of Film: 'Hidden'
Two young people are walking home from a party after a long night out. As they stop outside the girls house, they begin a short conversation. In the background, the audience can see a shadowed figure at the bottom of the street under a lampost. As they talk unaware of the figure's presence, it begins to move closer. The boy and girl say goodnight and the girl goes inside. The boy then turns around to leave but his throat is slashed and he is left outside the girl's house in a pool of blood. When the girl is inside, she places down her bag and coat and goes to the window to shut the blinds. As she glances out of the window, she sees something on the floor. As she leans closer to the window to look at what it is, the reflection of a hooded figure is in the window behind her. When she realises the thing on the floor is the body of her friend, she gasps and turns around only to be confronted with the killer. She screams.
Resources:
3 actors - one boy and one girl as the main protagonists, one killer.
Dark road that can be quite well lit by street lights.
House with windows looking onto the street.
A knife.
Fake blood. penis
How will these ideas fit the genre?:
-Silhouette of the killer creates mystery as you cannot see their face. It also creates an enigma because the audience will want to know who the killer is and question their motives.
- Shock is created when the boy gets attacked with the knife; the attack was unexpected and sudden.
- Suspense is created while the boy and girl are mid conversation and the audience can see a dark figure moving closer. Suspense is also created when the killer's reflection is in the window but the girl does not see it.
