Stalker - Initial Idea

This is my personal sequence that I came up with. I then gave it my group, who all liked the idea, and after my explanation, agreed that it was plausible. I didn't come up with a name for the film when storyboarding, but I do like the name 'Stalker' for this sequence.

The sequence opens with man waking up from lying on the floor. He is wearing full forest camo, with battle packs. He picks up a gas mask next to him and puts in on before picking up an M16. He proceeds out of the room cautiously, moving down corridors into a large room, full of rubble, upturned tables smashed windows. He spots a door and heads over to it, poking his head out of the window. He spots 2 people wearing gas masks, in full forensic clothing, walking slowly down the corridor, looking at giager counters. The army man takes cover as they walk past, and follows them as they enter another hall. They continue to a back room, whilst the army man explores the hall. Gunshots go off at the back, followed by screaming. The armed man proceeds to the back room to see the 2 forensics lying on the floor, covered in blood. He hears a noise back in the hall, so spins on the spot, and open fires his gun before realising there is nothing to be seen, puts his gun on his back and removes a pistol from his holster. He walks towards to door, gets there, then hears a running noise behind him, and the scene concludes with the ‘beast’ leaping towards his face.

A picture of the inside of Thurleigh Ex-RAF site

Although this sequence sounds rather implausible, we had every aspect of it planned out. The props such as the gun and masks would have been provided by me. I own masks that could be passed for gas masks, and the gun would have been an unloaded, completely safe replica M16 paintball marker. The location had been found, and a deserted and abandoned RAF site in Thurleigh, Bedford, which is no longer owned by anyone and therefore open for anyone to enter and look around. After looking at some pictures, we really liked this location and as it were accessible and not too far away, we were going to use this. It would have been perfect for our sequence, as it is run down, and has a ‘haunted’ look about it. However, after more research into the location, due to it being no longer owned, it has become home to many squatters and I no longer felt alright about taking 4 people and myself, along with hundreds of pounds worth of equipment to a site which could be possibly dangerous. Although I really liked this idea, I put it to one side, and moved on with other ideas and possibilities.