Script Idea Research

In our script Amy will need to be dragged into the van. We thought that in order to do this the murderer could use a cloth (which the audience would believe would have chloroform on it) to make Amy pass out in his arms and then he could drag her to the van to then stab her.

House At The End Of The Street (2012)

I first found this technique on the horror film House At The End Of The Street. The murderer comes from the side (the victim does not see him) and in this screenshot you can see that the murderer has the girl in a headlock and so it would make sense if our murderer did the same. This is because the murderer in our film comes from behind and Amy does not see him. This film is also a 15 certificate which suggests that this content is appropriate for our film.

You can see the official trailer for this film here:

Silent Night (Short - 2012)

Another time i have seen this technique used was in a short film named Silent Night (which is on YouTube). The man has one hand on the cloth and uses the other to force the victims face into it. However he gets his victim from the front whereas the murderer in our film will be coming from behind and so we should stick to the headlock idea.

You can see the full short film below:

I have also noticed that the murderer jumps into the shot when doing this to their victim. This in effect makes the audience jump and so should be a good way of scaring our audience (as our film is a horror). Therefore we should definitely use this within our script.