A young girl is walking home alone at night while listening to music. She finds that her house has been broken into, but nothing is stolen. The intruder is revealed to be her father's DEA agent friend, who is kidnapping the girl because she knows about his affair with an underage girl. The rest of the film follows the girl's father as he searches for his missing daughter over the next two months, unaware that his friend was the kidnapper and is intentionally misleading the search.

2. Our Thriller Opening
A young girl is walking home and is texting
and listening to her music ( the music will be
audible to the audience)in contrast to this there
will be a lot of use of cross cutting to a man
rummaging through a house looking for
something. The girl then comes home at night
to find that her house has been broken into.
However, nothing is stolen, and it appears that
somebody is looking for something specific.
The intruder in the house is in fact her dads
DEA agent friend who is planning to kidnap
the girl because she knows about his affair with

3. Overall Vision
The rest of the film is set two months later. The dad is the hero in the
film who is trying to find out where his missing daughter is. The dad’s
best friend and work colleague appears to he helping him. However, it
is revealed that it was him in the house who took his daughter, and was
leading him further away from finding her. This is because he never
wants him to find out that it was truly him who took his daughter to
stop her from revealing the fact he was having an affair with an
underage girl.

4. What clothing would you say a
villain is most likely to wear in a
thriller film?

5. What age rating would you say
most suits a thriller genre?

6. Locations & Costumes
We have decided to film in a house at night to
add to the evil and unsettling nature of the
opening of the film.
The villain will be dressed in dark clothes, as
black and other similar colours that are
connotations of evil and malevolence.
The girl will be dressed in normal clothing to
emphasize the ‘normal person in an
extraordinary situation’

7. Themes Throughout the Film
 Crime
 Revenge
 Kidnappings
 Ransoms
 Investigations
 Psychological
 Spies/Police force
 Assassins
 Stalking
 Obsession
 Suspense/Anticipation
 Fight/Chase
 Conspiracy

8. Target Audience
Our target audience will be age 15 and over,
meaning that it’s film classification will be 15.
There will be…
strong violence – insinuates violence
some strong language – phone call

9. Conventions we will use
These conventions will be used to highlight the fact this film
is based on the thriller genre and not the horror genre.
Mirrors/Reflection
Stairs
Title Sequence (cast and crew)
Indication of Place
Cross Cutting
Quick Cuts
Low Key Lighting
Black and White/Sepia Tone

10. Conventions we will use
These conventions will be used to highlight the fact this film
is based on the thriller genre and not the horror genre.
Mirrors/Reflection
Stairs
Title Sequence (cast and crew)
Indication of Place
Cross Cutting
Quick Cuts
Low Key Lighting
Black and White/Sepia Tone