The Final Idea Our Thriller movie

CharactersName: Annie WalkerAge: 20 Personality: Mature; always looking out for her younger sister, Maisie; constantly cautious and weary; introverted.

Name: Maisie Walker Age: 15Personality: Excitable; out-going; extroverted; extremely curious and adventurous.

Summarised PlotOpening establishing shot of street and house

Jump cut to inside house where Annie is looking at a picture of her deceased mother before turning it face down. She then begins reading an eviction notice – Maisie walks through front door with a briefcase after returning from school.

Annie subtlety hides eviction notice in her back pocket

Maisie presents the briefcase on the table explaining how she found it at school

Both open briefcase together to reveal a large sum of money (£500,000)

Summarised PlotMaisie instantly gets extremely excited, however Annie is cautious and weary. Annie asks where the Maisie got the briefcase from – somewhere at schoolMaisie gambols out the room Annie, still cautious, studies the briefcase further. Locates a tear which reveals a note Just before she grabs the note, Maisie screams from another roomRuns to the room but Maisie’s not insight. Notices the window is open, slowly approaches it.

Summarised PlotCamera slowly reveals Maisie’s lower body on the ground, then Annie quickly looks away.Freaks out and frantically checks pockets for phone, it isn’t there so runs back to room. Picks phone up off table and phones 999As Annie is on the phone, the camera has an extreme close-up of the briefcase. The money is still there but the note is missing. Title sequence – this will be a flashback title sequence where we will show how Maisie came into possession of the briefcase.

Themes & MessagesIn our Thriller opening, we are going to explore the theme of mystery. To accomplish this we will include:

‘whodunit’ technique This technique provides plot-driven variety for the viewer as it enables them to figure out – alongside the main character - ‘whodunit’. Our ‘whodunit’ technique will be the foundation of the movie as the audience will want to know who killed the younger sister.

Themes & Messages

Investigation The investigation begins as soon the

younger sister brings the briefcase to her older sister, as it is the catalyst for the narrative. Investigations are commonly used in mystery thrillers as it is used to build the narrative.

Target Audience We’ve tried to include a multitude of features that will aid in making our film appeal to a certain audience. The audience in question will be people aged around the same as us; 15-20 years olds. We chose this audience as we figured it would be the easiest to revolve our film around, as having a similar age as our audience allows an easier time with knowing what kind of subjects and terminology associate with this age. We also chose this age group due to it being easier to gather information about. This is due working around a plethora of people similar to our age, allowing us to collect research on our target audience from a varied yet suitable demographic.

Target Audience As mentioned previous, we will try to incorporate features into our film that will appeal to our target audience. For example, our main protagonists are females revolving around a similar age to our audience. Additionally, we will also include certain aspects that are easily relatable by the age group, such as a young sibling relationship. The majority of people have a sibling so can relate to the trauma of seeing them get hurt, making the audience more emotionally involved with the films. Our main protagonist is a brave female, which is something that breaks the stereotype for most films. Her being a girl character attracts the male audience to see the film, and her being strong makes females engage with her character

Practical DetailsResearch:We have researched into the thriller genre to ensure we have solid grasp on the thriller style. We have studied and analyzed multiple films including: Shutter Island, Memento, and Don’t Breathe. From these studies we have discovered the suitable conventions, themes, methods, and ideas we will utilize in the opening of our film.

Practical DetailsPersonnel: Three crew members for filming, editing and directing – James, Sam and Jamie.  Locations: A house  Equipment: 70D Canon camera (capable of recording video and audio), tripod, spare batteries for the camera, briefcase, fake cash for briefcase, mobile phone, handwritten note.Timings: 0:00s-0:30s Set up: Finding the briefcase, 0:30s-1:00min Confrontation: The younger sister dying1:00min-1:30min Resolution: Calling the paramedics/note disappearing 1:30min-2:00min Titles

Problems We May Encounter

Problems that may be encountered and how we will fix them.  People may not turn up. To avoid this we will schedule a date that everyone is free on, so no one is busy and everyone can make the shoot.The camera battery may run out whilst shooting the film. We will charge up the cameras fully in advance and carry spare batteries.