Ideas

Recently I have been trying to brainstorm lots of different ideas for my short film. To do this, I have used lots of different techniques. For instance, I have taken inspiration from browsing articles, asking my friends and family for real life stories and taking inspirations from books and stories that I already know.
I first decided on the idea of making a film or writing a screenplay about a ghost, because I found some creepy stories online about supernatural and paranormal events that people have claimed have happened to them. I found these very interesting and also entertaining - I thought some of them would make cool ideas for a film. I then remembered the concept of a book that I had read years ago about a girl who had accidentally murdered someone, and the ghost of her murder victim came back to haunt her. For my own screenplay I decided to adapt this idea to make it my own.
I wanted to focus mainly around the theme of guilt, and how my character who had caused this accident would feel and react after it had taken place, especially since they hadn't told anyone else that it was their fault. I thought about how terrified she would be about anyone finding out, but at the same time how she would actually want everyone to find out. I chose a character who was similar to myself in age and status in life so that I could best try to empathise with her and use what I might do or how I might feel in that same situation to create the most realistic depiction of the theme of guilt that I could.

Article on ghosts that influenced my story
The first definition of guilt helped me to shape Holly's character
This article helped me to understand what the character of Holly could have been going through, if Amber was viewed as a hallucination instead of a ghost.