Story Notes From Class

Alright gang: Mike M. asked me to post all the notes I took while we pitched our new versions of the ghost story so that we can have more to work with. My notes were kind of cryptic, so hopefully they will make sense and jog your memories a little bit, and if they are a little of, let me know! Thanks! This will be a freakin' long post, so bear with me...

CARSON:
- Ireland
- young ghost woman
- man driving with picture of that woman
- they both miss each other
- he sees ghost and then crashes and dies
- finally together again

BRIAN:
- Nasty Mike and Frank are bank robbers
- Mike kills Frank as they bury their goods and then runs off
- Frank's ghost has to guard cursed gold forever - he's ticked, so he's going to give it to the first he meets
- 100 yrs. later someone comes by and Frank leads them into the cave with the goods
- the cave collapses and they both dies

CHRIS:
- dry, hot desert
- old cow skull shot
- loud pop, silence, pop, silence (3x)
- little cowgirl ghost shooting at skull with ghost cork gun
- cork hits her and she falls over the skull
- she's the only one there and is lonely, so she decides to go look for friends
- tries to flag down car, but accidentally possesses the driver
- sees bunny, hits breaks, and is flung into bunny
- then gets knocked into tumbleweed, then into a roadrunner
- hits tree, flung out of roadrunner, tree falls over and demolishes tombstone in an animal graveyard
- ghost dog comes out and they start to play fetch with his bones

NICK:
- old ghost town, camera shows its solitude, focuses on tumbleweed
- it tumbles across an old man's feet who is a ghost sheriff
- he's very lonely, and then his eyes lock on the cemetery, where he sees his own gravestone and realizes that he's dead
- he tries to stop a car, but it doesn't work
- pushes boulder to hit car, but it misses
- tries to hit car with falling tree, also misses, makes him angry
- sits by roadside and tosses rock up and down
- car sees this and crash because they are watching it
- new ghosts step out of wreckage and sheriff rushes over to new friends
- heaven sucks them up instead

JEREMY:
- daybreak over town on the edge of a cliff
- church with only one tombstone, and its ghost comes out and mopes
- car comes down the road with a female park ranger who is HOT
- drives right through him and then a lizard walks by
- ghost concentrates so hard that the lizard can see him, then possesses lizard
- goes into saloon, plays piano and drinks rootbeer, then leaves lizard
- a couple of days pass and he is still very lonely and sad, sees a small flower that has bloomed
- hot park ranger passes again
- ghost concentrates so that she sees him and then freaks out and spins out of control
- ghost possesses her to save her, but is yanked out
- their eyes meet while the car spins out of control = LOVE!
- car goes off cliff and she dies, but now they're together forever!

STEVE:
- show sheer boredom, pretty silent
- old guy shootin' guns
- tries to stop a car
- an van full of old people rambles along going to party in Reno
- ghost gets into van and tries to get their attention
- doesn't work, so he possesses driver and crashes so everybody dies
- new ghosts are ticked so they keep on partying, but the first ghost is not invited

DAVID:
- a guy's car either breaks down or he's a photographer
- ghost cannot get his attention
- guy finally tries to leave, but ghost possesses him and kills him

JAKE:
- ghost is a total jerk and thinks it's funny to haunt people
- everyone is annoyed so they leave town, so now he's very lonely

ALAN:
- western feel
- message: You can't get anything unless you go for it.
- nice, kind, and considerate ghost
- can move objects, but not people
- makes people crash into town and the town blows up, now no more town to haunt

MIKE SOUTH:
- dry gulch and rickety bridge over it with an old crashed wagon down at the bottom
- the ghost who died in that crash is also chillin' down there
- there is a sign: Lonely Gulch, population 0, so the ghost wanders back to town and goes into the saloon
- sign of dancing girl, tries to flirt with it, but it's no use
- sees a mirror, and then we see his memories of life inside the mirror
- his reflection interacts with his memories, but then they fade
- car comes by and he tries to communicate with it
- he possesses driver, and they both fight over possession of the body
- car flies off cliff into the gulch, now they are both ghosts

KEVIN:
- ghost possesses players at a golf range
- a statue of ghost when he was alive - he was a great golfer in life
- he possesses golfer to make the perfect swing
- ghost possesses another golfer who is set to win the tournament but always makes him miss at the end
- living golfer buys ghost repellent on ebay and wins tournament
- pulls down statue of ghost golfer, but it falls on him and kills him, so now they are both ghosts

RACHEL:
- dusk, little lonely ghost kid
- empty checker table shows loneliness
- tries to scare things, but it doesn't work, so it floats away and finds a highway and sees headlights
- cars fly past, but it can't scare them
- cut inside one car, where the ghost finally scares the driver
- driver freaks out and crashes - oops!
- child ghost is really guilty and sad, but the now ghost driver takes pity on it and forgives him
- become friends, hold hands and walk off

ABBEY:
- Ireland, dead quiet, run-down old inn
- sign for inn, with lanky Irish ghost chillin' underneath it
- sees headlights in the distance, but they can't see him
- tries to kick pebble, but it doesn't work
- another car comes and he doesn't see it, accidentally possesses driver
- steering wheel comes off and kills everyone in the car
- ghost innkeeper now has friends to stay in his inn

MIKE MERCER:
Character ideas:
- character is an outcast ghost (maybe a lizard?) who is fat and has never been the hero of anything
- likes food and tries to get food
Story idea:
- speed demon driver who sees a sharp curve too late and takes out curve sign
- car flies off cliff and dies
- doors at bottom leading to heaven, but they don't open
- tries to fix sign before moving on
- possesses a woman to go down into ravine to get the sign, bring it back, and fix it
- saves everyone, so now doors open and he moves on

ROGAN:
- Irish setting, counting is heard
- enter ghost who is so bored and lonely that he's counting blades of grass, bricks, whatever
- cut to cart coming down road driven by a man who is really worried about the precious cargo he is carrying in the back of his cart
- ghost wants to make friends and tries to say hello, but scares horse, which bolts
- cart tumbles, but the precious cargo is safe, but the driver dies
- precious cargo slips through ghost driver's fingers and breaks

CAMERON:
- Scottish tavern complete with a creaking sign and a very depressed ghost
- sign triggers flashback to ghost's former life
- strange noise (car) brings him back to the present
- car comes and the ghost thinks he recognizes the driver
- tavern owner (ghost) appears in car and scares the driver, who starts screaming
- ghost in turn freaks out and starts screaming
- both are screaming
- cut to a peaceful cliff overlooking the ocean, but then the car is seen flying over said cliff
- next cut is back to the tavern with the guilty owner and the annoyed driver, both ghosts
- ghost driver throws contents of beer glass into owners face

WHEW! Hope that helps. Good luck everyone!