Movie Proposal For Marked

Marked by Kristin Cast and P.C. Cast

My proposal is to make the first book of the series House of Night, Marked, into a movie. I believe this book is an original idea, is well thought through, and has an attention grabbing plot. Unlike the other vampire storylines these vampyres seem to just live normal lives and interact with the rest of the world. They need the same things you do and their blood lust is sometimes the least of their worries. They may not sparkle and they also eat and sleep but they are unique as individuals. The other difference is if your body rejects the Change you can die. In this world you get to start over and find who you really are, if you dare.

This movie would starts off in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma where 16 year old Zoey Redbird is just living her life. She’s just like everyone else with her worries. She has a mom and stepdad she hates, she has a boyfriend, Heath, a best friend, and has the worries and angst just like any teenager, like passing her geometry test. One day at school she gets a surprise visit from a visitor who marks her. Now in this world getting Marked means that you have the gene to become a vampyre. Yes vampyres with a y. In this world vampyres are known in this world. They make up the actors, singers, musicians, artists, and historians. Once you are marked you are sent to one of the House of Nights where you will spend the next four years learning everything there is to know about becoming an adult vampyre.

Before she arrives at the House of Night she has a vision of Nyx saying everything will be fine. When she arrives at the house of night in Tulsa, Oklahoma she is overwhelmed. The reason why is because she has had her tattoo filled in. The tattoos on each vampyre first starts off on their foreheads as students and will be filled in after the four years at school. Later the tattoos will spread all over the body, once they have lead and pleased the people around them and their goddess, Nyx. The tattoos sort of represent fulfillment of destiny. Zoey stands out with her tattoo filled in already. Although it means that she is very special to Nyx. Since Zoey’s tattoo is filled in the High Priestess, Neferet, Nyx’s right hand woman, says she will be Zoey’s mentor at the House of Night.

When she arrives at her dorm she meets her roommate Stevie Rae. She’s an Oklahoma girl who loves the country and outdoors. They both go to the cafeteria where Stevie Rae introduces her friends, Damien and the Twins, Shaunee and Erin. She also meets Aphrodite, the leader of the Dark Daughters, who has the special talents of having visions of tragic events. Neferet tells Zoey that she should join the Dark Daughters, much to Aphrodite’s dismay, because she saw Aphrodite and her boyfriend, Erik, in a compromising position. Aphrodite then tells Zoey that she’s in charge and that Zoey should stay away from her boyfriend.

At a spiritual event at the school all of the elements are called in a circle. Zoey feels their immense power on her and notices that this is not how everyone else reacts to the elements; wind, fire, water, earth, and spirit. With a little questioning her and her friends discover that she has affinities for all the elements. This is rare for not only a fledgling but also full grown vampyres. When her and her friends cast a circle of their own they also realize that everyone has a special affinity for one element. Damien represents air, Shaunee, fire, Erin, water, Stevie Rae, earth and Zoey represents spirit. They also form this circle when Aphrodite calls forth an evil spirit. Together they all defeat the spirits trying to eat them and are thought of as heroes. At the end Zoey is rewarded something special from the goddess Nyx.

Characters:

Zoey Redbird, Stevie Rae Johnson, Damien Maslin, The Twins (Shaunee Cole and Erin Bates), Neferet, Erik Knight, Aphrodite and Nyx.