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2. Idea for the two minute opening
• First we will be shown the hero of our story standing by a grave. As the
police detective kneels down near the grave, we are shown a flashback.
The flashback shows the hero bursting through a door in his own house
that leads to a small child's room, to which the hero's face is stricken by
terror. As the camera pans around, we see a criminal with a gun to a small
girls head. As the detective lunges forward, it flashes forward back into
the present and we hear a loud gun shot. We then return to the present
where the hero is shedding a tear at the graveside. Upon returning to the
flashback, we see the little girl dead in the hero's arms with him crying
over her. As the camera zooms out, the focus is changed from the corpse
and the hero to a picture of the father and daughter in a picture frame.
When we flash-forward, the hero gets a phone call saying that they have
found “her” and that her has to go and arrest “her” now. As he pulls the
phone from his pocket we can see a police detectives badge. The detective
then runs from the grave to his car and pulls out his phone again and calls
someone telling them to “get out the house, now”. The final shot will be of
an older girl who looks like the detectives daughter fleeing from her room.

3. The overall vision for the thriller
• The entire plot for the thriller goes along the
same lines as the opening. We find out that the
girl is a convicted felon and that she has been on
the run from the police for a number of weeks
now. We also find out that the police detective
has been assigned the job of arresting her.
However, the problem comes when the police
detective forms an emotional bond with the girl
because of her likeness to his daughter. The
police detective now has to work a double
identity as he has to both arrest her and protect
her.

4. Questionnaire results
We asked 10 people about what we should include in our film. These questions included things such as
“What do you expect the hero to dress like?”. These are the results that followed. 5/10 people voted that
our hero should be dressed in smart clothes. As a result of this we have decided to dress him in a suit
without the jacket. We also decided to have him wear a long coat. We also asked if people would enjoy
seeing a backstory for our hero. 7 people said it would be a good idea this is why we have included a
flashback.
Types of clothes for the hero
Smart
Scruffy
Casual
8
6
4
2
Smart-Casual 0
Would you expect to see a
backstory for our hero?
Yes No

5. Locations we have decided to film in
One of our locations that we have decided to film in is
Tettenhall graveyard (with permission). We have decided
to film here because it seems quite a remote location and
it would be easy to film as we need a grave for the
opening. The next location is one of our team member’s
offices. This is because we needed a office space that
looked natural and like someone spends a lot of time in
there. We needed a location like this for when the chief
of police calls the detective and tells him that they found
“her”. Finally, we have chosen to film the daughters
murder at Lewis’ house, in his sisters room. This is
because it will look natural and like a little girl actually
lives there.

6. Costumes we have decided to use.
• As mentioned before, we have chosen to dress our hero up
in a suit without the jacket on and a long coat on. This is
because of our questionnaire results and what our target
audience wants. However, when he is in the flash back, we
see him wearing casual clothes. These things would be like
T-Shirt and jeans.We have chosen to dress the daughter in
cute innocent clothes as she is only a small girl. The older
girl would be dressed in black clothes, maybe black jeans to
make her look roguish and rebellious. The chief of police
would be dressed in “stressed-formal” way. This means
formal clothes but the top button of his shirt undone with
his tie pulled down. This shows the audience that he is
overworked and has spent a lot of time trying to track this
girl down.

7. Themes that are communicated
through our film.
Some of the themes that are conveyed through
our film are as follows:
• Violence
• Crime
• Identity
• Mystery
• Revenge

8. How the thriller film is suitable for the
target audience
• Quite mature themes of guns and violence
within a crime thriller theme.
• Might contain swearing depending on given
rating.
• Doesn’t give away the entire plot but draws
the audience into the film.

9. Genre conventions we will adhere to
• Theme of guns, violence and fighting.
• The main focus of the opening is within a
flashback.
• Ordinary man in a extraordinary situation.
• Black and white
• Emotional attachments leading to a theme of
revenge.
• Double crossing.