Script For Next Draft Of My Media Product

[Two teenagers stand in front of a dilapidated-looking house with a ‘Keep Out’ sign taped haphazardly to it. One teenager is holding a video camera and the other has a turned-off torch]

Poppy: (Raises camera) Let’s go.

Callum: (Nods)

[Cut to inside of house; A decrepit-looking basement room. The two teenagers slowly move down the stairs and to the centre of the room]

Poppy: (Turns on camera and begins filming self) Hello, this is Poppy May and Callum Hurley (camera pans to Callum who nods in acknowledgement). We’re here at the abandoned house at the edge of town investigating the disappearance of ten teenagers over the past month and a half. The police have no leads so far, but there’s a rumour that there’s some sort of creature that takes them, a creature which has come to be known only as…The Entity. Does this creature exist? We plan on finding out.

[Cuts to various short shots of Poppy and Callum filming the area, then to a shot from Poppy’s POV walking over to Callum]

Poppy: Hey Callum, can I borrow the torch? I’m gonna check out that shadowy area over there.

Callum: Yeah, be careful.

[Poppy turns on the torch and walks into the shadowy area, revealing that it is, in fact, a dead end]

Poppy: (Sighs). Callum, it’s a no-go. It leads straight to a dead-(POV camera pans around to reveal The Entity behind Poppy; Poppy screams)

[Callum runs in to show Poppy alone in the dark area with nothing else, looking visibly shaken]

Callum: What? What is it?!

Poppy: (Indistinct) We’ve gotta-it’s here-help-out of here (runs towards the stairs hysterically)

Callum: (Following) Poppy? Poppy! There’s nothing there, what happened? Poppy!

Poppy: (Hands Callum the camera and torch) I saw it, it was-(banging on door, trying to open) It’s stuck help! Help!

[The door opens and Poppy rushes out, slamming the door behind her and leaving Callum trapped]

Callum: Poppy?!

[Cuts to Poppy running through the woods screaming hysterically, trying to get away, then back to Callum]

Callum: Poppy come on! This isn’t funny open the door! Poppy! (A noise from downstairs makes him jump)

Callum: (Turning towards the noise) W-who’s there? Poppy I swear to god if this is a joke-(screams)

[Callum, holding the handheld camera, captures footage of The Entity crawling disjointedly up the stairs and towards him, until all that is in shot is the face of it. The camera cuts out]

Rough First (Experimental) Cut Of Film

Link To Media Rough Cut Video

Above is the link to the first experimental draft of my media project. It focuses mainly on lighting and camera angles and so has no dialogue as of yet, but I may add this later so I can get a better idea of what I want to achieve with my finished product.
I managed to incorporate a mixture of handheld and still camera shots as I originally intended, but the actual video ended up with a lot more still shots than I had originally anticipated. All in all I think that this rough cut of my final idea has given me a lot of insight into aspects that I might wish to change when filming the final draft of my media product, such as incorporating more handheld camera shots and perhaps providing an introduction so that the audience can form more of an emotional attachment to the actors, which I feel would make my movie more memorable.