Safe Haven - Act 1 (Structure)
Hook
Elora is in a building complex overrun by zombies and must escape.
○ Hiding under a table
○ Thoughts racing
○ Short of breath
○ Sounds of zombies
○ The sounds are getting closer
○ Elora suffers a panic attack
○ (Short scene, 2 or 3 pages maybe)
Backstory
A long flashback follows as Elora and her parents travel to America and eventually the zombie apocalypse breaks out.
○ Family talks about the upcoming trip to America.
○ Trip to America (brief; to establish relationship between
Elora and parents).
○ They arrive in America
○ Guided tour of Chicago
○ Family is approached by doomsday-cultists
○ Zombie apocalypse breaks out
○ Elora and her parents get separated
○ Elora gets captured by cultists and gets tossed into a
building complex to serve as a human sacrifice to the
zombies
○ The Hook's plot continues
Trigger
Elora meets a group that is also travelling to Safe Haven (safe military complex for survivors) and joins them.
Most of the group gets killed in an attack by the cultists and the rrest gets separated. Elora is alone again.
○ The group must be very careful in the current
environment, as Reds (the cultists' new names) are
nearby
○ A male, mentally unstable, member of the group shoots
himself with a gun he just found
○ Another female member notices his intention just before
and wants to rush to him but it is too late
○ The shot brings the group the Red’s attention
○ The Reds rush up to the group and surround them with
their guns drawn
○ They consider recruiting members of the group
○ Ruth gives them a piece of her mind about their believe
and ideology
○ One of the Reds shoots Ruth
○ Nia (member of the group) and Elora manage to escape, Nia tries to protect Elora.
○ They get separated and Elora is alone again