The Wicker Man (1973)



I am using director Robin Hardy's "The Wicker Man" as inspiration for my short film.

Our movie is centred around the pagan holiday 'Samhain'.

The iconic large wicker statue from the end of the movie was (reportedly) used by ancient Druids for human sacrifice by burning it in effigy.

Our movie will follow quite closely to the plot structure of the Wicker Man. At the end of the movie, it ends with the protagonist, Sgt. Howie dying at the hands of the pagans who live on Summerisle, the movie's setting

Inspiration for Short Film - The Pagan Wild Men of Europe 

Location

Christmas one year

The movie is over a period of one year

OPENING 

Christmas Music with narration from main character

Drone shot (maybe) over house then down to window to show the family, christmas morning kids opening presents

House looks happy

Narrator says this... is not my family 

this is my family

Shows a much poorer family

Music stays happy 

Feeble tree / christmas dinner

Disappointed child

Enter main character

Angry about christmas and about poverty

Starts to steal things over the next year

Breaking into houses

Christmas is restored by the end of the movie

But the end of the movie has the fire lit and it ends with burning down the house.