Film Idea (2)

• A young girl Emma, living with her parents, appears to lead a normal life but has recurring dreams every night about her sister's death.
• Her mother has suffered serious depression since the incident and takes tablets to control it.
• As we get to know Emma better, the audience learns through the protagonists conversations with others that she witnessed her sister's murder at a very young age and the murderer was never identified. Her parents are very over protective of her and her father insists she carries a small knife around with her for protection.
• The audience will see clips of a man stalking the young girl and taking photographs of her. His identity remains unclear.
• Emma unknowingly stumbles across the scene of the murder one day and she has a flashback similar to the nightmares she has but more intensified and realistic.
• Her health deteriorates as she has insomnia due to the fear of the nightmares.
• One day her parents have a huge argument in the middle of the night and Emma walks out of the house, a man from a few houses down offers her to stay round his for a few hours until the argument stops, she says no but he grabs her and covers her mouth and takes her into his house. He sits her on a chair in the middle of a room covered in pictures of her that he had taken and newspaper clips about the murders. However she notices that everything is covered in petrol. She can see the place of the murder from a window and has a flashback of this man murdering her sister. He says that he was aware it was only a matter of time before she discovered it was him through her flashbacks and therefore he needs to ensure that everyone else will remain unaware of the truth. He gets some rope and advances towards her but she pulls out the small knife her father gave her and stabs him in the leg, quickly running from the house.
• As she reaches her house her parents are gone and she realises they are out looking for her. She desperately runs around trying to look for them and then she notices the smell of burning, neighbours start to emerge from their houses and the murderers house is engulfed in flames. She notices a crowd of people gathered around the murderer and an ambulance and police arrive. People notice Emma and accuse her of doing this, she is arrested.
• She is accused of attacking the man and setting his house on fire with the intention of locking him inside. The evidence is against her as they describe her as "disturbed" from her past experiences.
• She is admitted to a secure, mental institution and becomes more disturbed as she has time to think. The flashback of her sister just continues to circle her head and the image of the murderer is clearer than ever.