Pitch Idea

original idea:
My Original idea was for it to start with a group of girls being stalked. They then get trapped in quite a closed space, maybe in a wood or a shelter of some kind and there is then a flashback of these girls tormenting and bullying another girl that isn't there is present day. It then flashes back to present day and all the girls are then killed/already dead. The killer turns round to face the camera to reveal it being the girl that was tormented in the flashback.

Unfortunately I think this idea needs changing slightly as there is too much plot line for the opening two minutes and is more like a short film.  But, this could be the general idea and how I want the film to progress too.

In films like Prom Night (Nelson McCormick, 2008) and Terror Train (Roger Spottiswoode, 1980) it starts with a groups of people bullying and tormenting an outsider or a final girl type of character (often academic or 'nerdy'). The joke then gets taken too far and the final girl character is believed to be dead, but then comes back for revenge. This is a kind of idea that I could use and show the initial tormenting and death, yet not revealing the final girl character is actually alive. After the character is believed to be dead, the titles then start to be shown. As the titles draw to a close, you hear a scream and the girl that is thought to be dead walks towards the camera with a bloody knife.

This goes against Propp's theory, as the initial victim then becomes the villain and the initial villain/villains then become the victims and scream queens. It isn't as common for there to be a female villain in slasher films, as feminist views such as Carol Clover.

I think a good place for the tormenting part to take place would be either a dark wood or dark alleyway. By using an alley way like this, the shot is still framed well by the buildings either side and then the action being very central.

The accidental 'death' could be done by them starting by throwing things at her as she walks away and the objects increasing in size and weight until she is knocked out and her head is bleeding, the group run away thinking she is dead.

example of alleyway

example of weapon from Prom Night