The Story
Darklands

Darklands is a story about a young man named 'Frost' from the 15th century that has the job of bounty hunting. The young man is first shown after the sounds of swords crashing against each other and the sight of a bandit falling uncontrollable to the floor. A hand reaches over to the body ripping away the bandit's pouch from his waist. A sight of Frost standing up as he walks away from the body laying on the floor. Suddenly the body starts to move and it stands up yelling at Frost. Frost spins around as he sees the bandit picking up his sword, yelling that he has not finished yet. Frost sighs because he gave the bandit a chance to live but the bandit didn't seem to want to accept that so the bandit runs at Frost yelling with anger. Frost simply rips his sword up towards the bandit's body and then nothing.
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Later that evening, a full moon shines high as the bounty provider 'Wolf' is sitting down at a table having a drink of ale. The moonlight shines through his hair as Frost approaches him with the coin pouch and sword. Frost sits down for a drink as he chucks the pouch to Wolf. Wolf then discusses with Frost about another job, a dangerous job. A job that requires Frost to search through a forest nearby but this isn't any ordinary forest, this is a cursed forest with evil waiting inside. Frost then asks what's in it for him to which Wolf then replies that he will give Frost 1000 coin. Frost acknowledging that 1000 coin is a lot of coin, accepts the offer immediately and then they drink together.
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Frost travels through the bushes and grasslands in order to get to the forest. He reaches the tip of the forest and enters with caution. Then suddenly a strange spooky sound comes from behind Frost. Frost spins around with his sword in his hands striking the air. Frost stands there in confusion as nothing is there but then he hears another eerie sound coming from behind. A forceful screech sends him through the air into the bushes. Frost immediately tries to stand up but the invisible force comes back sending him even further back. Frost recovers himself by trying to stand back up and grab his sword. He then yells out to whatever it is that attacked him. He stands there thinking what is this as he realises the cursed and evil forest is coming alive around him. He then tries to quickly move along and find whatever it is he needs to find so he can get out of there. He moves through the bushes and trees but isn't making any progress, just running around in circles. Frost then begins to give up as he can't find anything. He turns his head a little as he sees a red box looking very out of place amongst some grass and wood. Frost walks over to the box and picks it up curiously. He opens the red box and picks out an overly sized diamond that shines bright. Frost kisses the diamond with such relief as he knows he can leave and never return but then growling noises appear from behind. Frost loses his breath and the diamond drops to the floor as the growling turns to roars and screams.

Background Information

Inspiration
The inspiration for this film came from the show, games, and books 'The Witcher'. It incorporates the medieval history but in a fictional way by including monsters, wizards, and more. It is filled with hatred and survival which is similar to how I wanted to make my film. I didn't want to copy it too much so I created my own characters and story but with a similar setting to 'The Witcher'.
What/ who is this?
I am someone who has a goal and a vision in my head to create a medieval adventure filled with action, fantasy, horror, desire, and greed. A film that captures the way times used to be but also adding in some fictional elements to create entertainment and variety. My film is a story about a bounty hunter who is searching for a treasure within a forest known to be cursed. It is the question of will he survive or die a most horrible death.
Medieval Times
Medieval times ranged from around 500 to 1400–1500 CE. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and then transitioned into the renaissance and the Age of Discovery. It was a time filled with hope, survival, greed, power, and hard work. Population decline, counter urbanisation, the collapse of centralised authority, invasions, and mass migrations of tribes all continued through these centuries. Although there was horrible things happening, there were also good.