Pitch for my media work

1. Pitch for ‘The Escape’
By: Abby Wynne, Demi Finch, Cerys Armstrong & Olivia Walter -
Class JH2B

2. Overview
● Our genre/sub genre is a psychological thriller.
● Outline of plot sequence: Female character (Laura Moore) running away from some sort of danger. The audience
doesn't know why she is running, however as the sequence progresses, we see flashbacks of what she’s running
away from - a man that had captured her and was ‘torturing her’, she then gets to the train station hoping she
catches the next train to get away from him but she misses the train and we see the man that she was running from,
standing on the other side of the platform looking at her.
● They key themes are: Conflict, danger, relationships and crime.

3. Locations
Interior: Inside the house with the room that has the black curtains (only shown in the flashbacks). She will be tied to a seat
with tape around her mouth.
Exterior: Her journey to the train station of her running away from house where she was held captive (so the grassy area will
be shown - bushes etc), reigate train station, the road that she is running on.

4. Structure
Beginning: Start with the female character opening the door and escaping and running away. We see a flashback of what
she’s running away from.
Middle: In the middle of our sequence, the female character has constant flashbacks of what has previously happened. The
flashbacks help the audience understand what is going on. In the middle of this scene, we see the man realise that the girl
he has caught has escaped. He then runs out and tries to catch her again before she gets help.
End: She gets to the train station but misses the train and as the train leaves the platform we see the man standing on the
other side of the platform looking at her.
Dramatic moment/ key event: Throughout the opening scene, the girl is shown to have flashbacks of how she got into
trouble in the first place. This creates dramatic moments for the audience. Then the key event would be that she took part in
a drug deal. This is one of the key events as this gives the audience and idea as to why she is being chased in the first
place.

5. Representation: Character
Character 1: ‘Laura Moore’ - female dressed in torn and scruffy work clothes - cuts on face etc. This is because she has
just escaped from being captured by him. She is young and a middle classed female. However, she tends gets herself into
trouble.
The female is the main character of the film and she stars in the opening scene.
Character 2: Capturer - dressed in all back, only eyes shown
This character, is a male and is the one who is trying to capture this girl. His face isn't shown in the film very much and isn't
shown in the opening sequence as this is what creates a dramatic effect as the audience don't know who he is or why he
wants to capture the girl.

6. How?
Genre conventions:
Low key lighting
Dramatic music
Character chase - dramatic/tense events
Capture scene
Attracting target audience - 15 rated film - both genders, teens to young adults:
Main female character is a teenager, so the younger generation will be able to relate to it.
It will attract to adults because the events occur because of a drug deal - adult social life/events.
Mood/atmosphere creation:
Low key lighting
Fast paced editing
Dramatic parallel mood music

7. Mise En Scene
Setting: The setting in the room when she is tied up, will be dark with low key lighting to help establish the genre as well
as creating a tense atmosphere. Outside, while she is running away as well as waiting at the train station, there is going
to be low key lighting with a filter over to make it seem more realistic.
Props: The props that we will be using are duct tape, a chair and a baseball bat.
Lighting: There is Low Key lighting throughout the opening scene.
Costume/ makeup: The female in our film will have bruises and cuts on her face and body as this shows that she had
been hurt while she was held captive. As for her costume, she will be wearing normal clothes that are ripped up from
her being in a fight with the man who held her captive. The male in this scene won’t have makeup on his face. He will
be wearing dark clothes as this shows the audience that he is bad and doesn’t want to get caught or noticed. She
knows this man so that is why he is wearing a balaclava so that she doesn’t realise who he is.

8. Camera work
We will use a variety of different shots, and they will mostly be up for short periods of time to keep the editing fast paced, to
help build tension. Close ups will be used of the characters faces to help show their emotions and long shots will be used to
set the scene. We will use other shot varieties throughout the sequence to keep the audience engaged.
Particular Key shots:
The last shot when the audience sees the capturer behind the train as it leaves the station - extreme longshot.
We use point of view when duct tape is being placed on the female’s face to put the audience in her position and to help
include a variety of different camera angles.

9. Sound
There will be diegetic sound such as, footsteps, wood cracking, bushes rustling etc - to help keep the sequence realistic.
There won’t be much dialogue, just a few lines from the character ‘Laura Moore’.
Non - diegetic sound: parallel mood music, to help build tension and establish the genre of the sequence.

10. Post Production
Editing:
Filter on top of the video - low key lighting - help establish genre
Flashing effect when transitioning to the flashbacks
Titles:
Characters names come up beside them as they appear.
As the train passes the film title appears and then a black screen with ‘2 months earlier’.

11. Influences from research
The Gift
The Girl on the Train
KIDNAP
Hush- This film is about a deaf woman who lives alone, one night a man who wants to break in notices she's deaf and
uses this to his advantage. He tortures her, taking photos of her and sending them to her laptop, confusing her. This
thriller is a big influence due to the fact that they use low key lighting as well as include kidnapping both of which we are
going to include in our opening sequence.

12. Evaluation
Positives:
Good choice of camera angles.
Dramatic opening sequence.
Flashbacks will be effective - revealing what happened & more intense.
Things to work on:
Need to make sure we get permission to film at the trainstation.
We need to plan our day of filming thoroughly so that we can film everything at both locations.
Need to think about how to portray the mood.