Optimum Productions is an independent film company that specializes in crime thriller films. They have pitched a film opening where a girl is murdered by a serial killer after leaving work. Her boyfriend is a detective investigating the serial killer. The film will follow the detective's attempt to catch the killer to create mystery and tension. Optimum wants to use genre conventions like low key lighting and an ordinary person in an extraordinary situation to engage the audience.

1. Jay Pinches, Callum Neilson, Sam Farrington, Laura Monument
THRILLER PITCH

2. Film company
Our film company is Optimum
Productions and we strive to make
the best thriller based films
possible. We specialise in Crime
Thrillers which is a sub genre and
this will hopefully engage the
audience to watch our films.
Optimum symbolises that we are
the best independent film
company around, and what to
continue making extraordinary
films.

3. Film opening
 We decided that out film starts with a girl leaving work,
however someone suspicious is waiting for her. The murderer
is seen in low key lighting as the feedback was positive
towards the use of low key lighting. Her boyfriend is a
detective, however the audience don’t know this yet. He is
working on a case about a serial killer. On his desk there is
images of the murderer and the victims, the boyfriend is
trying to piece them together and find information that links
them. The murderer is known to the characters as well as the
audience. The girl gets mugged and murdered by the strange
figure, however his face is seen, it is the same serial killer. The
audience may not see the murder take place and is confirmed
via another source.

4. Overall Vision
 The overall vision of our thriller is that the
detective is trying to find the serial killer and
get him arrested. This will create mystery and
keep the audience on edge as they don’t
know when or if he is caught. We want our
thriller to be very mysterious and to keep the
audience engaged. We will do this by using
many genre conventions.

5. Questionnaire results
The questionnaire results show that
people would expect the hero to be
male and taken place in a work place.
We decided to use these answers and
produce our opening around them.
The majority of people answered 18
for the certificate for film opening,
however a lot of people also answered
15, therefore we decided for out film
target audience to be 15. Low key
lighting was a popular answer,
therefore we will use a lot of low key
lighting as it engages the audience as
well as creates a mysterious
atmosphere and makes them sit on
the edge of their seat.

6. Locations we use
 We will film the murder scene in a dark room
within school because it is easy to access and
this works with the idea that the girl is
murdered in the workplace. This setting also
fits in with the idea of an ordinary person
being put in a extraordinary situation. Also,
our questionnaire results show that the most
popular setting for a thriller film is in the
workplace.

7. Costumes
 The costumes have been chosen very carefully for our
opening as we want to give the correct information out to
the audience and use Mise En Scene correctly.
 Victim(girl)-Casual yet sophisticated clothes, this shows she
is leaving from work and gives the audience the impression
she is well dressed and looks after herself.
 Murderer – The murderer will be dressed in all black
clothes, with a balaclava. This shows the audience he is
dangerous and his identity doesn’t want to be seen.
 Detective-The detective will be wearing very smart clothes,
including a long coat. This suggests to the audience he has
power.
 Detectives worker-Very similar to the detective, smart
clothes.

8. Thriller Themes
 Themes that our thriller film will
communicate include murder, weapons and
crime. This is communicated by the villain
being a serial killer on the run and the hero
being a detective trying to avenge his
daughter. This also reveals the sub-genre of
our thriller which is a crime thriller.

9. Target Audience
 Our target audience are people aged 16-21,
we chose this because of our questionnaire
results. We have decided to target an older
age rather then young teenagers so we can
have more explicit behaviour which will
entertain and engage the audience to watch
the film.

10. Genre Conventions
 Ordinary person in an extraordinary situation.
 Use of weapons
 Fight scene
 Photographs
 Low key lighting
 Shadows
 Tension
 Cross cutting