A young girl is walking home listening to music when she discovers her home has been broken into. Nothing was stolen, but it seems someone was looking for something specific. It is revealed that the intruder was the girl's father's DEA agent friend, who plans to kidnap the girl because she knows about his affair with an underage girl. The girl hides in a cupboard but her father accidentally reveals her location over the phone. The document then provides an overview of the rest of the film, which involves the father searching for his missing daughter while being misled by his friend, who was actually the kidnapper seeking to cover up his illegal relationship.

2. Our Thriller Opening
A young girl is walking home and is texting and listening to her music ( the music
will be audible to the audience)in contrast to this there will be a lot of use of cross
cutting to a man rummaging through a house looking for something. The girl then
comes home at night to find that her house has been broken into. However, nothing
is stolen, and it appears that somebody is looking for something specific. The
intruder in the house is in fact her dads DEA agent friend who is planning to kidnap
the girl because she knows about his affair with an underage girl. In despair, she
rings her dad and he asks “Are you sure that there’s nobody in the house?” As she
says no, someone appears behind her in the background. This is used here because it
is a thriller code and convention and is used to deliberately differentiate between the
thriller and horror genre. A loud bang alarms the girl, so she hangs up the phone and
hides in a cupboard while the person in the house begins to look for her. Her dad
rings back, giving away her position. The girl sees the mans face walking towards
through the crack in the door. The scene ends with her screaming. The rest of the
film goes on to unravel who the girl kidnapper was, our opening was criticised for
being to like taken however that is the type of film genre we have modelled our
thriller on. So to be told our film is to much like the blockbuster smash hit Taken is
like criticizing a girl for looking to much like Scarlet Johansson. However we have
taken the constructive criticism on board and slightly altered our narrative.

3. Overall Vision
The rest of the film is set two months later. The dad is the hero in the
film who is trying to find out where his missing daughter is. The dad’s
best friend and work colleague appears to he helping him. However, it
is revealed that it was him in the house who took his daughter, and was
leading him further away from finding her. This is because he never
wants him to find out that it was truly him who took his daughter to
stop her from revealing the fact he was having an affair with an
underage girl.

4. What clothing would you say a villain
is most likely to wear in a thriller film?

5. What age rating would you say most
suits a thriller genre?

6. Locations & Costumes
We have decided to film in a house at night to
add to the evil and unsettling nature of the
opening of the film.
The villain will be dressed in dark clothes, as
black and other similar colours that are
connotations of evil and malevolence.
The girl will be dressed in normal clothing to
emphasise the ‘normal person in an
extraordinary situation’

7. Themes Throughout the Film
 Crime
 Revenge
 Kidnappings
 Ransoms
 Investigations
 Psychological
 Spies/Police force
 Assassins
 Stalking
 Obsession
 Suspense/Anticipation
 Fight/Chase
 Conspiracy

8. Target Audience
Our target audience will be age 15 and over,
meaning that it’s film classification will be 15.
There will be…
strong violence – insinuates violence
some strong language – phone call

9. Conventions we will use
These conventions will be used to highlight the fact
this film is based on the thriller genre and not the
horror genre.
Mirrors/Reflection
Stairs
Title Sequence (cast and crew)
Indication of Place
Cross Cutting
Quick Cuts
Low Key Lighting
Black and White/Sepia Tone