Our Thriller OpeningA girl is walking home and is texting her friends. There a lot of cross cutting to a man rummaging through a house looking for something. Girl then comes home at night to find that her house has been broken into. However, nothing is stolen, and it appears that somebody is looking for something specific. In despair, she rings her dad and he asks “Are you sure that there’s nobody in the house?” As she says no, someone appears behind her in the background. A loud bang alarms the woman, so she hangs up the phone and hides in a cupboard while the person in the house begins to look for her. Her dad rings back, giving away her position. The girl sees the mans face walking towards through the crack in the door. The scene ends with her screaming.

Overall Vision

The rest of the film is set two months later. The dad is the hero in the film who is trying to find out where his missing daughter is. The dad’s best friend and work colleague appears to he helping him. However, it is revealed that it was him in the house who took his daughter, and was leading him further away from finding her.

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Locations & Costumes

We have decided to film in a house at night.

The villain will be dressed in dark clothes, as black and other similar colours are connotations of evil and malevolence.

The girl will be dressed in normal clothing.

Themes Throughout the Film Crime Revenge Kidnappings Ransoms Investigations Psychological Spies/Policeforce Assassins Stalking Obsession Suspense/Anticipation Fight/Chase Conspiracy

Target Audience

Our target audience will be age 15 and over, meaning that it’s film classification will be 15.

There will be…

strong violence – insinuates violence

some strong language – phone call

Conventions we will use

Mirrors/Reflection

Stairs

Title Sequence (cast and crew)

Indication of Place

Cross Cutting

Quick Cuts

Low Key Lighting

Black and White/Sepia Tone