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2. Idea for the two minute opening
• The opening will involve our hero, our damsel in distress and
our villain. The film will open with our hero (a police
detective) standing by the grave of his daughter. After
showing a flashback of how his daughter died, he gets a call
from the chief of police (the villain) stating that they have
found “her” and that he needs the police detective to get to
the scene to arrest “her”. After hearing this news, the
detective runs to his car and pulls out his phone. He calls the
girl the police are searching for and tells her to “get out the
house, now”. We are then shown the girl and we find out that
she looks like an older version of his daughter.

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 need a location for
the murder of the detectives daughter. This is, as of yet,
undecided as we don’t know what the crime will be. We don’t
want to film it in public as members of the public might
misinterpret it as an actual crime and call the police.

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. 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

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.