Supporting Characters?

 

My film does NOT have any supporting characters. While this choice may seem strange, it is extremely intentional. Most horror movie openings take time focusing on an event leading up to the events of the entire movie, and setting the audience up for what they're in for. These scenes usually don't have a lot of characters in them, keeping the character count minimal, as well as dialogue (depending on the movie.) Because my film takes place in a foresty environment, and focuses on a monster in the area, I had little need to mamage more people when it would be harder to write them in than to write them out.

I do, however, have a monster. While the monster itself is not going to be entirely shown in my film opening for dramatic, suspenseful effect, the presence of the monster is incredibly important to the idea of the film as a whole. Our main character may have every right to go and investigate the happenings, but they are intruding on its space. Therefore, the monster must be tall, large, and stealthy- making it dangerous and mysterious and scary to my audience. Having a hidden monster is infinitely scarier than a monster you can see plain as day. Beibg hunted and not knowing until its too late is scarier than knowing and being able to prepare. These are the ideas that helped me create the concept I've created, and ideas I think should be utilized way more in modern horror media- terror helps fear grow.