The document outlines a thriller film pitch that focuses on subverting genre conventions. It will be filmed in black and white with occasional red elements representing danger. The antagonist will be dressed in white rather than dark colors. Key locations include an isolated bomb shelter and an eerie school room for an interrogation scene. The protagonist will wear red in the opening scene and a bloodied white shirt later. A production schedule and shot list are included to plan filming from November 27th to December 2nd. Improvements have been made to the pitch through increased organization and focus.

1. THRILLER PITCH
Hollie, Tanisha, Ali and Eva

2. OVERALL
NARRATIVE
The overall narrative of our thriller film is that there is a female protagonist which conforms to the
thriller conventions as in thrillers the female is the victim who is stereotypically portrayed as
vulnerable. There will be an antagonist who will be dressed all in white to challenge the thriller
conventions, as we want to make the audience think as you don’t usually see the antagonist dressed
in light colours. There will be a frequent theme of red during our thriller representing danger. The
whole film will be in black and white with some parts that are red which sets our film apart from the
rest and makes it different from your typical thrillers. The title sequence will be on plain black
between scenes and throughout scenes.
The film ‘Sin City’ is where we found inspiration for our thriller. Click the image for an example

3. Interrogation
SCRIPT
A-“You wanted me? Here I am.”
H-“Where's my partner?”
A- (Ignoring her) “You fools wanted me gone so you could get back to the way things were. But I
know the truth. There's no going back. We’ve changed things... Forever.”
H-“When are you going to kill me?”
A-(Ali laughs uncontrollably) “I don't, I don't want to kill you! What would I do without you? No, no. No!
No you.... You... Complete me.
H-“You are putrid fucking garbage who kills for money!”
A-“Don't try to talk like a cop, you aren’t one of them. Even if you'd like to be. To them you are just a
freak. A bit like me. They need you right now. But when they don't.... They'll chuck you out. Like a
leper. You see their morals, their "code".... It's a bad joke. -Dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're
only as good as the world allows them to be. You’ll see.”
(Hollie spits in Ali’s face)
A-“You, my dear, are going to regret that. (Smiles and brutally punches her repeatedly in the face)

4. LOCATIONS
Crick Bomb Shelter - We decide on using the Crick Bomb
shelter as we thought is would be appropriate for the
atmosphere for the film. It will pan out onto the open field
which is isolated and there are no people around which will
conform to the thriller conventions.
Guilsborough School - We found a room in Guilsborough
school where it is dark and eerie and we decided that it
would be perfect for the interrogation scene as it is quite
small and confined and shadowed, further conforming to the
thriller conventions.
Rugby – Our opening scene will be filmed in rugby on a
bridge where the protagonist will be looking out over the
industrial estate. We thought that it would give a sense of
authority as she is higher above everyday life, also showing
that there is more to her that everybody else, there is a
background story.

5. COSTUME
Protagonist
For the First scene when looking from the bridge, the protagonist Will have one item of red
clothing e.g a red coat which symbolises danger and blood, drawing the audience in. In
the interrogation scene the protagonist will be wearing black jeans with a light e.g white
top which will be ripped with blood on it to show that the protagonist is the victim as the
white shirt conforms to the thriller conventions.
The antagonist will be wearing a balck suit with a red armband which complies with thriller
conventions such as the ‘Nickel Effect’ which is when the antagonist wears dark colours
and the protagonist wears light colours; this will give the audience satisfaction as their
suspicions are confirmed.

6. PROPS
The props that we be using are:
Handcuffs
Cigarette and lighter
A chair
Swinging light
Knuckle duster

7. The antagonist will be Alastair Snook: cast,
cameraman, editor
CAST AND CREW
Eva Bukina: cameraman, editor
•Prior acting
and filming
experience.
•Prior acting,
editing and
filming
experience.
The protagonist will be Hollie Brown:
cast, cameraman
•Prior acting
and filming
experience.
The rescuer Tanisha Rae: cast,
cameraman
•Prior acting
and filming
experience.

8. SHOOTING SCHEDULE

9. SHOT LIST
Shot type
Duration
Long establishing shot of the industrial estate
5 seconds
Over the shoulder shot
4 seconds
Establishing shot
5 seconds
Pan around the room
4 seconds
Close up of torso then follows the hand up to the mouth
where the cigarette is lit
3 seconds
(Scene change, flash)
Over the shoulder of the antagonist looking on the
protagonist
Mid shot of the antagonists coming out of the shadows
(not showing the face)
Mid/long shot
2 second
2 seconds
3 seconds
4 seconds

10. Shot type
Duration
Close up
3 seconds
Long shot
4 seconds
Pan shot
4 seconds
Mid/long shot
3 seconds
Over the shoulder shot
3 seconds
Establishing shot
5 seconds

11. Shot type
Duration
Long shot
3 seconds
Close up
4 seconds
Mid/long shot
4 seconds
Pan shot
6 seconds
Over the shoulder shot
3 seconds
Establishing shot
5 seconds

12. Make sue the camera is
charged before shooting
Alastair
Dec 1st
Remember the tripod
Alastair
nov 27th – Dec 1st
Making sure we have time
All crew
nov 27th – Dec 1st
Making sure the weather is
correct for the filming choices
Hollie
nov 27th – Dec 1st
Making sure we are able to get
to the location and back
All crew
nov 27th – Dec 1st
Making sure that the location of
choice is okay to use
Alastair
nov 27th – dec 1st
Making sure all the equipment is Eva
the same as when we took them
nov 27th – dec 1st
making sure we have a light for
the bomb shelter in case of
injury
dec 2nd
All crew

13. IMPROVEMENTS
Since our first thriller pitch we have improved vastly as we have come together as a
group and given a focus to each member after we had decided what we were going to
do. Learning from our first pitch we found that we had to be more organised and we
need to focus on setting our ideas in stone so that we know exactly what we are going
to do.