The document provides details about the plot, characters, locations, and music for a student film about two detectives investigating a murder. The plot involves the detectives arriving at a crime scene where a man was killed by a flower pot. Flashbacks and forwards will be used to unravel the story. Six characters are needed to portray the detectives, a police officer, a relative of the deceased, the deceased man, and a witness. The main locations will be the driveway and interior of the house where the crime occurred. The filmmakers intend to use suspenseful music similar to the soundtrack of "Man on a Ledge" to set the mood.

1. Pitch

2. Examples of the type of props we will
be using in our film
The two detective’s costumes

3. Examples of the types of props we will
be using in our film

4. The Plot
• Dolly shots of the Police car driving towards the scene, with movie titles and actors/actresses names or text containing
information on the film, such as ‘ In the beginning’ appear in text interrupting the shots of the car. A description of the plot is also
seen by text interrupting the film.
• A flash forward of a Police Officer unraveling police tape will be used.
• The plot for our film will consist of two Detectives arriving at the scene of a crime where a crime has been committed, (death) and
the two Detectives are seen to be talking to another Officer who is already at the scene and he shares information on the crime in
hand. Police tape surrounds the scene of the crime, which is being guarded by a Police Officer in high visibility jackets. A relative of
the deceased arrives at the scene and an emotional response to the news of a death can be seen by her crying which creates
sympathy with the character.
• Fast cuts will be used which refers to several consecutive shot shown for a brief duration. It can be used to convey a lot of
information very quickly, or to imply energy or chaos.
• Many flashbacks and flash forward’s will be used in order to unravel the story of how the murder/death came to be. Close up and
medium shots will be used to show the characters talking.
• There will be limited dialogue as this will help create as much tension and suspense as possible. However a script will be produced
to show the characters talking as if there is not a script for the characters to follow the film itself will come across to the audience
as amatuer and fake.
• At the end the audience will see the body lying on the floor with the flower pot, (murder weapon) smashed around the body,
indicating that character ‘x’ has been murdered by the pot deliberately being dropped on his head.

5. Actors/Actresses
6 characters will be needed for the film:
• 2 male Detectives.
• 1 male Police Officer at the scene of the crime.
• 1 female relative of the deceased.
• 1 male character who will play the deceased.
• 1 female character who will act as a friend who
was at the scene when it happened

6. Location
• The main location of the film will be on the driveway and road surrounding the house.
• The inside of the house will also be briefly be used. Specifically the front door and the porch.
• When using dolly shot’s for the Police car, roads surrounding the house will be used.
• The choice of location shows realism and one that audiences can relate to.

7. Music
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xph6dFDcOLs
• The type of music we will use has been influenced by one of the film’s we researched soundtrack. This film is Man
on a Ledge and the music is called ‘The Getaway’. At the beginning of our film we want music that will build
suspense and mystery fitting in with the key features of Crime Drama so this music seems appropriate and fits well
to the overall mood.
• This music is good as it begins with a slow, low pitched note and gradually builds up creating tension and feeding
the audiences knowledge of the type of mood the scene will be in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzyNf5VPB20
This track named ‘-fly-by’ Was also from the film
Man on a Ledge and is also a good example of
the type of music we will use. Like ‘The
Getaway’ this sound involves a low pitched, long
held note at the beginning and then at the
middle a dramatic changes and many
instruments are layered together creating a very
serious, dark toned, dramatic mood. This works
well for our film as we do not want it to be too
much like a thriller however we want it to mostly
stick with the theme of crime so this suits well to
play at the opening sequence.