Characters

Demetria "Demi" Grey (protagonist):
Likes horror films
Is determined to reach any goals she sets herself
Has a small group of friends who she spends most of her time with (including the investigation in the film)
Is discouraged by those outside her friend group for wanting to investigate the cause of the disappearances in part due to influence from horror films
Her surname is Grey as the colour grey can connote dullness and boredom, and it will therefore reflect her boredom with living in this village

The others in Demetria's friend group are male, with Demetria herself, the main protagonist (the leader of a group) the only female. I have decided to do this to reinforce the idea that her home village, Deville, is very small and has a low population, and therefore has little diversity, with no other girls interested in the likes of horror films or investigations. Therefore, Demetria and her friend group all stick together as it isn't always easy to get into contact / meet up with those living outside the village. Part of her motivation for starting the investigation is that it will give her something to do, and that she believes she will be spending time constructively and doing the village some good. I feel that my chosen sequence within the film is a key moment as Demetria's friends all disappear too in the midst of investigation. Things are looking uncertain and Demetria and her group suggest they all split apart, feeling it would be beneficial to each person building up independence. However, things don't turn out the way she hoped and soon enough, she loses all of her friends. This scene shows him clinging on to the little hope she has left, searching in the houses where she believes her friends haven't come back from. Having seen her suffer throughout the film as his investigation goes downhill, the audience will feel sympathy for Demetria as she hopes to end her village's suffering,

Although no other characters appear in my imagined sequence, she will start the investigation off with a small group of friends (3 others) who will begin to gradually disappear too as the investigation carries on. They will fit into particular stereotypes.
The first to vanish will be the more dim-witted member of the group (Angus Larkin) who often makes mistakes that threaten to put the group in bigger danger, although not intending to. He is usually "switched off" and never pays his full attention to helping carry out the investigation properly.
The second will be the more vain, narcissistic character (Jack Valentine) who priorities impressing girls (including Demetria, who has previously rejected his advances) over the investigation, that he may not realise the full importance of. He is also selfish, and doesn't care too much for the disappearances as long as they don't interfere with his plans.
The third will fit into the "unlikely hero" stereotype (Vincent "Hawk" Hawkins) who, whilst part of the group, will insist on using more hostile methods to find clues in the investigation, such as threatening to sacrifice one member of the group (possibly the dim-witted member) in order to save everybody else in the village.
Demetria, on the other hand, has a more neutral personality, in that she sometimes makes mistakes without thinking, but is also extremely determined with pursuing her ideas, and is restrictive with the input she lets others have, which could result in the audience seeing her as quite a bossy character. However, she is very caring and does not wish to harm anyone to save others, instead preferring to pursue humane methods when possible.
Despite their differing personalities, this group have been Demetria's friends for a long time, and they all have relatively serious sides to their personalities that allow them to make joint decisions such as this investigation.

Other characters seen in the film:
Demi's, Angus' Jack's and Hawk's parents, other family members (brothers, sisters)
"gone before credits" citizen, who before the opening credits would be seen walking past a house, hearing strange, eerie noises, before being seen to be vanishing into thin air. This quickly sets the equilibrium of a small village with a low population, and very soon a disruption with the eerie noises and the disappearance.