Script to Screen: Haunted (Character/Location workshop)


When a teenage boy obsessed with the supernatural goes looking for ghosts in an abandoned church to get away from home, he disrupts the quiet country life of a single mum and her child. But by looking for adventure, will this teenager finally find a home?

Goal:

Look for ghosts
Stop noise

Conflict:

Noise and trespassing

Change:

Teenage boy wanting adventure realizing he wants a home and loving family.


Characters:



Single mum, Susanne (or Anne for short)  is in her 30's. She has a son of 3 who is attempting to sleep when a teenage boy begins making noise in the church next door to their cottage in the small town of  All Saints. She wants to stop him making noise which is how they meet. She immediately sees this boy is troubled and wants to help him.



Luke is an unemployed teenager of 14. He is obsessed with the supernatural. By going ghost hunting on a regular basis like the characters in his favorite TV show, Ghost Facers,  he gets away from his neglectful parents.

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