Walter Baines is a grizzled police detective driven by the death of his daughter at the hands of an unknown assailant. He will go outside the law to prove innocence or catch true villains. The villain's identity in the film is purposely hidden to add mystery and keep viewers engaged, similar to Keyser Soze in The Usual Suspects. The overworked Police Chief is stressed and cares more for the city's safety than his own welfare. In flashbacks, Walter's daughter is portrayed as innocent to elicit sympathy for Walter and shock at her death.

1. By Dan Rickwood

2. A social group is a certain subset of people
that can fit together as a similar unit due to
job type, financial status, renown or simply
just the clothing that they wear. Social groups
are a part of everyday life and representing
them effectively in film can be difficult due to
the costume changes and general demeanor.

3. Our hero is a grizzled detective by the name of Walter
Baines who is an honest cop but will go outside of the
law if necessary to prove or disprove innocence. Our
idea for the detective came form an amalgamation of
different heroes from across many genres and also many
detectives from popular media. We realised that for him
to have the driving force behind his actions and the
protective and honest personality that he possesses then
he would need to have a shocking backstory. We realised
that the death of a family member due to crime would
be a good driving force as he would wish to put away
true villains while protecting those who are good and
innocent. The death of the daughter, we realised, would
fulfil this goal due to her being the epitome of innocence
and good because of her age and because of the bond
that they would have due to the mother not being
present. Our hero is much like Commissioner Gordon
with his drive and moral standings on how the world
works, he is also similar in appearance and the ability to
go outside of the law to bring justice to his streets and
his life.

4. In our film, the identity of the villain is purposely
hidden to add an air of mystery to the film and so
that the viewer will stay engaged and try to figure
out who the villain is alongside the hero. This is
very similar to Keyser Soze in the film “The Usual
Suspects” in which his identity is kept a secret and
a mystery to create suspense and keep the viewer
engaged. When his identity is finally revealed it is
shown that the main protagonist, Verbal Kint, is
actually Keyser Soze and manages to escape the
police. This reveal at the end of the film is very
memorable and has created one of the greatest
and most elusive villains in film. We thought this
was a good idea asit makes the film more
engaging and means it has a more compelling
storyline.

5. The Police Chief is an overworked and
underpaid individual whose stress is
apparent in his general demeanour and
how he is dressed. This unkempt look is
shown across many overworked heads of
office so we thought it would be
appropriate to show off the fact that he
works hard and has little regard for his own
welfare, only the safety of his city and his
people concerns him. This is much like
Quentin Lance from the TV show “Arrow”
and is where we took most of our
inspiration from for the Chief. Our Chief,
however, can be easily misguided in who is
the real criminal which is shown by the
fact that Walter is working both with and
against him to protect and innocent and
catch a villain.

6. In our film, the victim is Walter’s
daughter, and as shown in the
flashback she is killed by an unknown
assailant. In the flashbacks we tried to
make the daughter seem as innocent
as possible to make the audience feel
sorry for Walter and be shocked by the
events that transpired I his own house.
We tried to make the little girl appeal
to parents’ sense of protectiveness,
this is why we dressed her to look as
innocent as possible and tried to
create a loving family scene for the
villain to interrupt and ruin forever.