The Pitch

Ellis, Jamie, Joe and Beth

OMINOUS

Basics

• Genre: Thriller/Paranormal

• 4 main characters in the main part of the movie• 1 for the opening sequence• Obsessed with paranormal activity • You see the opening sequence from two perspectives: • Boy – hand held, documenting his next location• Antagonist – First person view, watching and following the

boy.• Location: Abandoned rugby house, with graffiti interior. • Production Company name: Tremor Productions

Storyline (whole movie)

• A group of teenagers go to a abandoned building in the middle of nowhere to get away from the police after they were mistakenly found next to a murder victim and find themselves in more trouble than they imagined when an unwanted guest arrives at the building.

Story Line (Opening sequence)

• 1st shot – ident • 2nd shot – montage shots/title sequence• 3rd shot – flickering shots of boy using Ouija board• 4th shot – Vlog from webcam documenting next location • 5th shot – Travelling to location• 6th shot – Antagonist POV, watching boy approaching location. • 7th shot – boy enters antagonist see’s then hides. • 8th shot – tracking round location following boy, flickering between hand

held and antagonist POV.• 9th shot – Hand held POV – noise, boy drops camera. “what was that?”

camera on floor boy walks into another room – WHITE NOISE.• 10th shot – flickering between feet of killer and boys face close up to

camera, hurt.

(The opening scene takes place after the events of the movie happened.)

Roles (for opening scene)

• Jamie: Callum (character in opening scene)• Joe: filming• Beth: Sound/lighting• Ellis: Editing

Roles (for whole movie)

• Michelle-17 years old, terrified of ghosts, very shy.

• Will- 18 years old overly protective of Michelle, tries to be the hero.

• Lucy-18 years old, bossy, tries to make everyone's mind up for them.

• Sam-16 years old, younger brother of Michelle, clumsy and always getting into trouble.

Sequences that influenced Ominous.

• Paranormal activity – scenes with hand held shooting and of paranormal presence.

• Supernatural Season 8 episode 4 (bitten)- uses the idea of documenting the events of accident.

• Woman in Black- uses the idea of going to a building haunted by a supernatural being.

• Insidious 1 and 2- uses the idea of someone being possessed.