The document provides feedback on four thriller story ideas: 1) A man stalked online by an unknown fan. The idea was seen as clichéd with no clear story. 2) A police effort to stop an expanding drug gang. Filming the gritty locations could be difficult. 3) A child lured online by predators. The sensitive topic and use of a child actor presented challenges. 4) A missing family member. No feedback was provided on this idea. In general, the ideas required more development and the author prefers gritty social realism over horror.

1. Thriller Ideas

2. STORY
A man isbeing stalked by acrazed fan of their family member. Asan
audienceweareunclear to whether it’samaleor femalebut it all done
through social networking. Contacting through emails, textsand messages
from ‘unknown’ people. Thereisno clichéastherewill beno onefollowing
at night timeor spooky lettersjust purely through media- it becomesan
everyday issuefor theman who goesto policebut just laugh at him asmales
don’t get stalked and they should takeit asa‘compliment’. Thefilm would
bearunning story of hislivetrying to get on with it but constantly unableto.
It will show how thispsychologically effectshim.
SEQUENCE
For thefirst few 10 secondswewill seethemain character picking hisphone
up-receiving many messages- lotsof ringing and popping up sounds. Hehas
no ideawho it isand thinks itsjust junk but then thecameracutsand we
someoneat theother end of acomputer who isclearly apsychopath asthere
picturesof him and thecelebrity on thewall. Thereisacloseup of the
person typing ( just their fingers) and wejust seetheback shadow (perhaps
with ahat on or dark lighting?). Endswith theman slamming hisphoneon
tableand then thefinal shot lastsfor 1 second and thereisonelast bleep.
First Idea: Stalker

3. SEQUENCE
It will start by showing slow shots of theestatesplayground thewind slowly pushing
theswings, shotsof theestates, quick shotsof peoplesfaces, thebuilding, stairs,
flickering lightsetc. it will belateafternoon and over thecourseof thesequenceit
will fadeinto darkness. Therewill beashot of agroup of 3-5 young adult men all in
hoodies, Adidasand trainerstalking about thedrug, aparty, girls, raping, gritty, bad
stuff. Themusic will bemenacing- non diegetic but also mumblesand also soundsof
cares, shots, groans, wind etc. It will end will thegroup dispersing on their way and
they will brush past thecamera.
STORY
Policearetrying to stop anew established gang based in East
London from expanding theselling of drugsespecially rohypnol
which isincreasing in therapesin theUK. Over aperiod of time
cracksstart to show for thegang and their brutalitiesarestarting
to beshown. It will includeother storiesfrom peopleliving
within theestateand whereitsbeing set.
Second Idea: Gangs/Drug Related

4. STORY
Thereisamain character achild aged between 8-10, they havebeen
introduced to social mediasitesand as thereareyoung and they haven’t
been taught by thereparentsthey do not understand safety and dangers
being connected up to asocial mediasite. Throughout thefilm they get
caught up in adangerousgroup of people(paedophiles) and arrangeto meet
up after school. Thefilm isbased on theparentslooking for them and the
peoplewho takechildren and enter them to aworld of horrors.
SEQUENCE
It will start will achild accepting afriend request asthey think they might know the
person and being achild they areunableto realisewhether thisperson isafakeor
real account. They immediately start talking and it seemsthey haveacommon
interest in thesamethings- coincidence?No. After afew 10 secondswith thechild
thecamerawill fadeto theperson talking to him and asan audiencewewill seeit is
agrown adult- therewill belotsof shadow to createmystery. Then back to thechild,
it will bemid afternoon and then muffled soundswill beheard, perhapsthemum
will shout itsdinner timeand wewill get asenseof their little‘perfect’ lifeand then
asthechild walksaway from thecomputer wewill just get an imageof thetext
saying ‘Seeu then’  . It will beintenseasweunderstand asan audiencethe
context.
Third Idea: Children online

5. Fourth Idea: Missing family member
STORY
Thefilm isbased on two main characters- middleclassed son and
father who aredealing with thegrief of theremissing
mother/spouse. Throughout thefilm it showsthem dealing with
everyday lifeand overcoming thestruggles. But over timethey
comeacrossinformation that lead to thewoman'sdisappearance
and may beableto find her.
SEQUENCE
It’sagrey morning, very dull, slight breeze, shotsof acar driving on theroad,
multiplecamerashots of theshadow of thecar, spooky. They set up, both
silent apart from thenaturesoundsand thesound of setting up
equipment.Then thefather catcheshisfinger on therod - afew dropsof blood
trickledown, for dramatic effect. Later on shotsof thetreesmakeit look like
something isbehind them then all w seisacloseup of thefloat that bobbles
up and down thewater then aslight wind breezesover and then it issuddenly
engulfed in thewater-blackout. Suggesting that something bad isgoing to
happen but it won't.

6. Feedback:
• For my first feedback of the stalker, Adam and Matt thought it was an ok idea but it didn’t have
much of a story and it would look a bit to clichéd.
• For my second idea they liked the concept and thought it was different but when coming to film it
may be very hard because of the location we would need to use.
• For my third idea Matt disliked the concept whilst Adam was more open to it. It is a very sensitive
subject and it would mean a child would be the main character and that would be difficult as
children are known not to be the best actors. As far as the film goes, it would be quite easy to build
suspense and the audience would be able to recognize the situation.
• We did not talk about my fourth idea.
• Overall my ideas so far are unsuitable and I will think of some more. I am really keen on social
realism and dislike story's about ghosts, fantasy and mystical creatures so I would prefer to do more
of a gritty and dark thriller rather than something to do with blood and gore. I want to build the
suspense rather than have the full on scare effect.

7. Feedback:
• For my first feedback of the stalker, Adam and Matt thought it was an ok idea but it didn’t have
much of a story and it would look a bit to clichéd.
• For my second idea they liked the concept and thought it was different but when coming to film it
may be very hard because of the location we would need to use.
• For my third idea Matt disliked the concept whilst Adam was more open to it. It is a very sensitive
subject and it would mean a child would be the main character and that would be difficult as
children are known not to be the best actors. As far as the film goes, it would be quite easy to build
suspense and the audience would be able to recognize the situation.
• We did not talk about my fourth idea.
• Overall my ideas so far are unsuitable and I will think of some more. I am really keen on social
realism and dislike story's about ghosts, fantasy and mystical creatures so I would prefer to do more
of a gritty and dark thriller rather than something to do with blood and gore. I want to build the
suspense rather than have the full on scare effect.