intro-cinematic.v1.fountain

# Intro Cinematic

EXT. DARK FOREST - DUSK

The scene is black.

INNKEEPER (V.O.)
My grandfather was a carpenter. He built the inn as a refuge for our family, but it quickly became so much more.

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The front of the inn, surrounded by thick forest on either side. A road crosses in front of the inn. Silhouettes slowly make their way across the road and into the inn. The camera is some distance away from the inn and very slowly zooming in.

INNKEEPER (CONT'D)
As the only refuge for miles, we provided shelter to every weary soul that passed our way.

Lightning strikes, thunder bellows, and rain begins to pour on the inn. The silhouettes on the road stop when the lightning strikes, then rush into the inn.

INNKEEPER (CONT'D)
More than that, our home protected travellers from the dangers of the woods. Brigands, wolves, bears... These were plentiful... but they were nothing with what was to come.

The rain lets up. A single silhouette enters from the left, slowly moving towards the inn.

INNKEEPER (CONT'D)
Something much more sinister was lurking in the shadows, waiting for the sun to fade and night to fall... A terror far more deadly than woodland beasts. I speak, of course...
(pregnant pause)
...of vampires.

Another silhouette emerges from the forest, flies swiftly past the first silhouette, stopping it in its tracks. There's a scream as the figures meet. The fast silhouette disappears back into the forest. A small spurt of blood sprays from the remaining silhouette, then it falls to the ground.

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The interior of the inn, bustling with activity.

INNKEEPER (CONT'D)
After two generations, my family still runs the inn. With my father's passing, it falls to me to run the inn. It's my responsibility to keep these travellers safe. To protect them from the nightmares. To keep the evil out.

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