1. FINAL THRILLER IDEA
narrative,ideas,target audience, research, thriller
conventions

2. NARRATIVE OUTLINE 📓
➤ALIBI
➤ The opening of our film will start with a point-of-view shot from the victim
who will run through London out of breath, with the idea that she is feeling
followed and targeted.
➤ In the next scene we will see a detective walking in the same place in London
a few days/weeks later.
➤ It will then cut to a scene where the audience sees a crime investigation board
with images of the missing victim and the possible suspects.
➤ The detective will then go onto talk about the case so far in a voice over while
the titles are being enrolled.
➤ It then cuts back to a flashback where we see an iPhone ringing with an an
unknown number and the audience suspects that the victim has either been
kidnapped or killed.

3. IDEAS, MESSAGES AND THEMES 💡
➤ The theme focuses around a crime scene and investigation in
a busy city location. We have chosen to do this theme as we
feel like it highlights the difference between a horror and a
thriller film and this will set a different mood and tone that
the audience will engage with and want to follow the plot line
to the end, to find the answer.
➤ possible characters: detective women (challenging
stereotypes), female victim, male police officers, passerby’s
➤ props: images of suspects, iPhone, crime investigation board
➤ The message we will put across in the film is that you cannot
always trust your alibi’s.

4. TARGET AUDIENCE FOR OUR THRILLER 🚶
➤ The target audience for our thriller film will be older teenagers and
young adults. This is because from our research into target
audiences, we have found that this genre appeals to this age range.
➤ We will attempt to appeal to the target audience through the use
of:
actors - who will be in this age range in order to make the audience
feel connected to the characters and understand what is happening
props - we will use an iPhone which is technology that our target
audience will use and understand making it easier for them to
follow the plot
Location - we will use a city location as it will appeal to the
audience and helps portray the genre of thriller and not a horror

5. PRACTICAL DETAILS $
➤ Time filming: 2 or 3 days
➤ Research: 3/4 lessons approximately 300 minutes
➤ location: busy London city
➤ personnel:
1. extras - Charlotte(detective)
2. filming and editing - Emily and Calista
canon eos 1200d 55mm lens and 18-55mm lens
canon camera
go pro hero 3 with a head strap and chest mount to use for the victim running scenes
edit on iMac: Final Cut Pro X
we will also use voice overs in our opening to a thriller, this will be used when the
detective is explaining the crime

6. POTENTIAL PROBLEMS/ISSUES ⛈☃🔥
➤ Transport to and from filming locations
➤ Weather: it could be to hot and sunny to reflect the mood and low key
lighting
➤ Unsteady camera
➤ unsteady ground, leading to injury
solutions:
use a train and plan the location for filming, how will get too and from these
locations
change location to somewhere more suitable
check the weather and equipment is charged and ready before going out to
film and check it is suitable weather to fit the genre
Adult supervision

7. THRILLER FILM CONVENTIONS 👻
➤ POV shot in chase scene to make it seem more realistic and hide the identity of the
antagonist as the whole idea is it is a investigation to find the possible suspects
➤ low key lighting to set atmosphere and create suspense and tension
➤ sonically exaggerated sound to highlight key sound elements and make the
audience feel excited and tense e.g. heavy breathing and police sirens
➤ location: city centre to enhance the danger of the situation and crime and suggest
there could be many suspects in a big city
➤ Plot twist will be used to mislead the audience and make them believe that one
suspect is the one to blame but it could be others
➤ jump cut: to show action in multiple location when it happens e.g detective looking
at crime scene then a shot of the crime scene and victim
➤ flashback: used to show the crime as it happens at the start of the opening when
the crime is happening but after the suspects have been shown on the crime
investigation board

8. LOCATION SCREENSHOTS 🌎

9. SURVEY 📋
➤ 000

10. CAMERAWORK 📷
➤ wide establishing shot- to show location of the crime scene
and a possible location for where the suspects could be (1)
➤ close up- show iPhone ringing at the crime scene (2)
➤ mid shot- of crime investigation board (3)
(2)
(1)
(3)

11. EDITING 🎞
➤ jump cut- transitions when the titles are rolling from
one slide to the other
➤ match on action- when the detective is walking to the
crime scene and then we see a mid shot of the crime
scene
➤ shot reverse shot- people walking past the crime scene
and we see the detective look towards the crowd and
someone looks back at the detective and the detective is
shocked knowing if they are important or not

12. SOUND 🔊
➤ sonically exaggerated sound- heavy breathing of
the victim to show panic and suspense
➤ incidental music- when the titles are being played
incidental music will play this is used to create an
eerie tense mood
➤ voice over- this is used to show the detective
talking about the crime/case and the effect of this
is to give the audience additional information on
the crime

13. MISE EN SCENE 👭
➤ props- an iPhone which is being called by an unknown
number to show that she's gone and disappeared
➤ crime investigation board- to show the investigation when the
titles are running
➤ titles- written on a book, each suspect has a page with
convictions etc
➤ costumes- detective wearing a long coat, and suede boots