TASK 5: THE SCRIPT

Story brief

Arabella

First scene: The film opens with one of the characters lighting a candle (extreme close up) we zoom out to reveal the location that is a girls bedroom; we see a few cut away shots of the girls, pouring food in to bowls, collecting Cd's etc.  Whilst this is happening an upbeat dance song is playing, to make the audience feel comfortable and lure them into a false sense of security.

(Sophie enters with food)

Poppy: Well I don’t know about you losers but I’m not sitting around the whole night listening to this rubbish, is this even music?

Sophie: Well do you have any better ideas?

Effie: We could tell scary stories? It is nearly Halloween

Sophie: Scary stories are stupid

Effie: Not the ones that are based on true stories. Have you heard about Annabelle?

Poppy: (Her face stiffens) Don’t tell that story, you know I hate it

Georgia: No, come on, enlighten us,

Effie moves quickly to switch of the lights and holds a candle in front of her. Girls start laughing.

Sophie: Oh you can’t be serious

Effie: Shut up and let me speak, you won’t be disappointed

(Girls finally fall silent all attention is on Effie )

Effie: Well.. There is an ‘urban legend’ shall I say? Of a girl named ‘Arabella’ a girl that died a brutal death a long time ago. Legend has it if you say her name six times by candle light; she will come and make you regret disturbing her from her rest.

Georgia: Yeah right, you’re so convincing

Effie: If you don’t believe me, try it

Poppy: No, don’t

Sophie: Don’t be so stupid

Georgia: Sure, I’ll do it, why wouldn’t I? I’d quite like to meet Arabella; maybe she can come hang out with us and play truth or dare (rolls her eyes)

(Georgia takes the candle and the room is silent, Poppy cowers closer to Effie and Georgia closes her eyes, Sophie looks slightly concerned but moves away from Georgia also)

Georgia: Arabella, Arabella, Arabella (She swallows) Arabella, Arabella (She takes a deep breath and opens her eyes) Arabella.

(Nothing happens and the camera pans to all of the girls faces as they smile with relief, but as the camera pans to Georgia her smile fades and the candle blows out, the room is in darkness and a high pitched scream escapes one of the girls, the candle relights itself and Georgia is missing, in her place the ghost of Annabelle. The girls open their mouth to scream but no sound escapes their mouths. Anabelle raises one finger to her mouth to highlight silence. The camera zooms quickly into a close up of her face accompanied by the ambient sound of screeching and she smiles sadistically into the camera. The screen goes blank and the film title appears on the screen, a voice whispers ‘Arabella’ to accompany this)