The pitch for our teaser trailer

1. Our Trailer Pitch

2. Thriller Genre Conventions
Setting- Police station, woods, inside the police station.
Characters- Protagonist, antagonist, stereotypical female victim.
Costumes- Antagonist in dark clothes, protagonist in light clothes.
Detective is in black and in smart wear.
Props- Drugs, clues character leaves behind, mobile phone.
Hair/Makeup- Female protagonist is pale no makeup with messy hair.
Performance- Female protagonist is mentally unstable so behaves erratic.
Lighting- Low key lighting and shadows, creating tension and mystery.
Camera/editing style- Grainy effects, special effects, cross cutting, loads of close ups/extreme close ups, shot
reverse shot, flash backs.

3. Theme
• Key Themes:
• Mental Instability – The girl has had an unstable upbringing which has resulted in her having
numerous issues.
• Disappearance – The girl eventually loses it and runs away.
• Mystery/Suspense– Not knowing what happens to her,

4. Our Protagonist:
• Protagonist- 18 year old female
• Personality- Vulnerable, innocent, troubled
• Traits- addicted/influenced by drugs
• Behavior- Because of her negative upbringing, she behaves erratically, tense and on edge
• Performance- facial expressions appear closed and vulnerable.

5. Narrative/ Synopsis
Based on the film "Gone girl" our film focuses on a mentally unstable girl who has been brought
up around drink and drugs (primarily her mum), now in her teen years this instability has pushed her
over the edge leading her to be influenced by her mum and her childhood to take drugs. However she
has now gone missing, leaving key clues behind it is up to a detective to trace her down.
USP- The way the protagonist leaves clues behind purposely to provoke a reaction.