This document provides a pitch for a film called "Dyer's List" that will be a crime/action/thriller hybrid with a 15 age rating. It follows a gambling addict who loses everything and goes on a path of revenge, creating a list of targets. Key elements include scenes of violence, gambling, combat, and a mental breakdown. The main character is unstable and hunts down targets while evading others trying to kill him. It will have a unique representation of gambling addiction and combine genres in a fresh way.

1. Pitch for ‘Dyers List’
Joseph Dunkerley, Joseph Inns &
Thomas Nelson

2. Genre
• This Film will be an hybrid of
Action/Crime/Thriller
• There will be elements of a darker side
creating un-expected moments
• Contains criminal underworld

3. Certificate
We have decided to award our film an age rating of 15.
This has been done because our film is intended to be a
crime/action/thriller movie and shall therefore include
some scenes which are inappropriate for children (e.g.
fight scenes, guns and inappropriate language). However
we are going to make the trailer a 12 so that it can be
advertised to a larger audience.

4. Narrative
• The narrative for our film is based on a man in
his mid 20s who has a serious gambling
addiction. In one rigged match he loses all of
his money and is send spiralling into poverty
and hardship. Upon discovering that he was
cheated, he writes a list of targets ands sets
about killing them for what they have done to
him.

5. Characters
• Main character – Gambling addict which is out
for revenge(name undecided)
• Several characters targeted by main character
• Unseen contact that provides information
• Various ‘bad guys’ for fight scenes and such

6. Central Characters
• One main character apart from the never seen
contact that provides him with his target (almost like
a conscience always commanding him)
• This main character is seen to be unstable with
sudden bursts of violence
• Possible mental issues making him uncomfortable to
spend time with

7. Main Movie Scenes
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Scenes of gang crime/murders
Gambling scenes/Russian roulette
Hand to Hand combat
Car chase
Mental breakdown scene
Main character hunting the others down one
by one
• On foot chases
• Phone call with contact

8. Unique Selling Points
• Combines the genres crime, action and thriller
to give a unique feel to the film
• Representation of the problems of gambling

9. Title of the Movie
• We have decided to call our movie ‘Dyers List’
because the main character’s surname shall
be Dyer and the movie shall revolve around
him eliminating targets from his list. Also it is
short, catchy and sound as though it could be
a professional movie’s title.

10. Location/Setting
• Dark alleys, low light rooms, field, metal
shelter (located in Pembury)
• Streetlit roads
• Avoid filming in the school
• Church (Pembury)
• Tunnel

11. Main Problems/Obstacles
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Debt
Poverty
Men out to kill him
He has to kill them first
On the run never safe adds urgency to it

12. Sound Effects
• Gun Shots, Explosions, shouting, telephone call
tones, ‘punching’, Dripping, crunching, footsteps
• We would have the audio file of a phone call with a
list of names, times and locations being read out
which is a reference to the names on the list that the
audience will see in the trailer.
• The voice will be either a formal woman's voice or a
rougher cockney accent to add to the criminality of
it.

13. Props
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Playing Cards
Masks
Money
Fake Guns
Other Weapons
Etc.

14. Inspiration
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Stolen
Drive
Blitz
The Sweeney
Taken
Bad Boys 2
Oceans 11

15. Pacing
• The trailers pacing shall be based upon the
music used. It shall start slow with some
relaxed music and will become faster as the
trailer progresses (also the music shall be
changed to one with a faster tempo).

16. Special Effects
• Muzzle flare for gun shots
• Blood splatters for bullet hits
• Sound effects to improve the realism of the
fight scenes
• Colour correction