our three pitches

Stuart hills idea
Is that the pitch starts off with a man walking his dog down the edge of a field with long grass/corn. Then he lets it off its lean and it goes running in the grass. The cuts here are quite slow, with a few mid shots, close ups on the mans face and point of view shots from his looking at the top of the grass shake as the dog runs about in it. Not much sound can be heard just the rustling of the grass, this silence and the close ups of the mans face make him seem very alone and defenceless. Then suddenly the grass movements stop. He waits a moment staring at the grass and calls out a few times for his dog. Then a point of view shot from the grass could be used here to make it seem like there is something in the grass, adds to the tension. He waits a few more moments, you can see he is becoming worried and he starts to wade through the grass towards where his dog was. Lots of close ups would be used here to add to the claustrophobic feel of the grass all around him, gives impression he’s walking into a trap. Then point of view shot as he parts the grass to the place his dog stopped, but you don't see anything, then it cuts to a close up on the mans face to show his reaction.

Nathans idea
Nathan came up with the idea of a peaceful area and then cutting to a close up of persons legs running. You then see a close up of his face and a POV shot of where he is looking behind him. You then see something jump out at him and he stumbles over. We don’t see what it is that jumps at him but we see a glimpse of it. You then get another POV shot of him looking forward towards the woods as if to think of somewhere to hide. When he is in the woods we see him looking around and stumbling. We can also see shadows in-between the trees. We would also get a POV shot of him looking around, again seeing shadows but this time there would be more. It would then cut to out side the woods and you hear him scream. It would then pan off like how it was when it started as if nothing happened.

Beckys idea
Becky came up with the idea of a person sitting in a small dark room with toys spread across. The person would be looking at a photo that he has in his hand. There would also be a music box playing in the background. You then hear the door opening slowly and the camera cuts to the door. You get a sense of relief when you find out that it was the dog that was coming in. It then cuts back to the person sitting on the bed. The door then slowly closes and the dog goes to lie down. The door slowly opens back up and the Dog starts to growl. The person sitting down asks what’s up but does not turn around. The cameras do a close up of the door and see someone coming in. You then get a POV shot of the attacker going up to the person sitting down. You see their hand slowly move around and then speed up to cover the Victims mouth before they can scream. As this happens the music box’s suddenly stops.

Audience research 2
To find out what our target audience would be we wrote out a questionnaire and handed it out to many people.

This is a copy of our questionnaire.

Y12 Questionnaire.
Media Studies.

Please tick the following boxes:
What gender are you?

Male

Female

1] what age range do you fit in?

-15 16-20 21-25 26-30 31-35 36-40 41-45 46-50 51+




2]What sub-genre do you expect from a thriller?

Action Thriller Supernatural

Conspiracy Legal

Disaster Crime

Drama Horror

Legal Medical

Psychological Spy


3] would you want a thriller to be believable?
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4]Where would you like your thriller to be set? (Please be specific about details to the set)
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5] Do you like your thriller’s opening to end at a? (if other please state)

Cliff-hanger Problem

Mystery Other……………………

Please answer this next question as fully as possible.
6] How would you like your thriller to begin? What do you expect from a thriller?

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7]Where you disappointed be any thriller film recently?
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We then chose the few that actually helped us identify our target audience.


The youngest age we asked was 16-20 year olds while the oldest was 36-40. Both male and female had the same questions and answered them sensibly.

We have found that the one sub-genre that the public like in a thriller is the action thriller and at the opposite end of the spectrum is medical.


The other, which consisted of only one person answering it, said they would prefer a twist.
So the main one was a problem.
Closely followed by cliff-hanger and mystery.
With this research it has helped me and the group come up with three pitches for our opening.