This document proposes a teen horror film called "The Deadly Strike" about a rivalry between football clubs Luton Town and Watford that turns deadly. The synopsis describes how a promising youth player is murdered, leading his girlfriend Chloe to investigate. As she digs deeper, she realizes the murderer is more complex than initially thought. The document discusses researching similar films, targeting teenagers as the audience, setting a £5 million budget, publicity plans including premiering at a film festival, and identifying locations, costumes, music and crew for the production.

1. Our pitch is for the best teen horror this year: THE DEADLY STRIKE!

2. Synopsis Watford's local rivals Luton Town have never been so angered following their relegation to the Blue Square Premier league. The consequence is that the feud spirals out of control and Luton's jealousy results in some brutal attacks and riots. Innocent teen and promising youth footballer Darren falls victim of one of these attacks in the opening sequence when he is unexpectedly slaughtered in front of his terrified girlfriend, Chloe. A deluded Chloe attempts to get to the bottom of the murder with or without the help of the police for help. Watford fans are still be murdered and Chloe needs to find the truth before another victim dies. However, as she digs deeper into the case, she realises there is more to the murderer than she first anticipated. Can Chloe find the truth or will the murderer find her first???

3. Research These are the three films we decided to research in order to help us with ideas for our film. We used Goal and Bend it like Beckham, as they are both footballs films, but also Psycho as it is classed as one the best horrors of all time. Psycho also gave us the idea of shocking the audience by killing the main character early on in the film.

4. Genre and Target Audience The genre of our film is teen horror and therefore our target audience is teenagers. We believe that our film will interest both genders of this age group, as there is the football story for the males, but it is also a horror to attract females as well This movie is made for anyone who loves a story of revenge, mystery and lots of gore… .

5. Budget Our Budget: £5million We decided this by looking at our reached movies. Goal’s Budget: £7million Bend It like Beckham: £4million We decided to go in between these two budgets. This was because our movie is a horror as well and will therefore need more special effects than Bend it like Beckham. We did not use the budget of Psycho because the film is dated and therefore the budget would be unrealistic.

6. Release dates of movie 8 September 2010 – France 29 September 2010 – Israel 30 September 2010 – Denmark , Estonia, Finland, UK 6 October 2010 – Hungary, Singapore 7 October 2010 – Latvia, Sweden, Turkey 9 October 2010 – Mexico 12 October 2010 – France 13 October 2010 – Switzerland (German speaking region) 14 October 2010 – Spain 19 October 2010 – Switzerland (French speaking region), Belgium 20 October 2010 – Netherlands, Argentina 21 October 2010 – Poland, Italy, Switzerland (Italian speaking region) 27 October 2010 – Germany 28 October 2010 – Colombia, Romania 2 November 2010 – Philippines 3 November 2010 – Thailand 16 February 2011 – Australia 12 May 2011 – United States 27 May 2011 – Japan

7. Publicity World premier to be hosted at the Deauville Film Festival on the 8 th September 2010. We will use billboards in various countries to advertise our film. In the capital cities we will have our film advertised on buses and/or telephone boxes. We will make a trailer which will be shown in cinemas and on prime time television. We will contact the big newspaper companies to dedicate a page for our advertisements. We can use social networking sites such as Facebook and Myspace.

8. Cast Clare Beavis: the mysterious murderer Dale Wyatt: Darren (main character) Sam Allsopp: Ben (Darren’s friend) Samantha Smit: Chloe (Darren’s girlfriend) Luton and Watford Fans: Extras

9. Crew Producer: Clare Beavis Director: Dale Wyatt Sound/ Editor: Sam Allsopp

10. Locations Crawley County Mall Park Outside the County Mall Brighton Beach Pier Reigate (Local Town) Castle Reigate Priory Park Watford Watford Football Pitch Salfords Perrywood football pitch

11. Costumes and Props The costumes within the sequence will consist of: The Mysterious Murderer: Wearing black with balaclava and a distinctive item of clothing so the audience can establish who they are. Darren and Ben: Watford T shirt and Tracksuit trousers Chloe: Casual (girly) Extras: in Luton and Watford fan clothing.

12. Music Here are some examples of music for our production. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=e2Ma4BvMUwU requiem for a dream http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=bSSHjeQofSI saw music http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt26NQoWs0s famous last words my chemical romance http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=bxjwQ9g62Mo jaws music