Pitch

Once a writer has developed an idea for a new film they will present it to film producers in the hope that they will be give the money to make the film. Last week we were given the task to create a pitch for our own individual film openings.

Our Pitch

Our thriller will be called Corrupt and is a political/ government corruption thriller. We wanted our thriller opening to be simple but effective. Male are usually over represented in government corruption/political thrillers. Because our group is female dominated we decided to stray away from this and add something different to this genre.

The general idea for the thriller opening is to have a woman (Stephanie) who is a government agent on a “mission”, this will be given away by her mise-en-scene. First we will begin with an establishing shot of the Tower Bridge.



We will slowly pan across the bridge to establish the location and setting. To link back to the genre we will have another establishing shot of government or political related buildings such as the MI5, House of Parliament, an Embassy or the Big Ben.



Our next shot will be a long shot of a busy street; slowly Stephanie will come into the shot and be the main focus. We will see Stephanie walking along this street until she gets a phone call and is given instructions from an omniscient character. At this point when editing we will add a voiceover. In the voiceover we will hear a man giving her instructions to collect a file; he will state the name of the building, the number of the floor, the office name, the name of the file and the time she must collect it by. Throughout the opening we will see shots of the places he has mentioned. This is to create tension so that the audience knows she is getting closer and closer to the end of her “mission”.

When the omniscient voice mentions the time we will then switch to a shot of the Big Ben to show the time, this will also add to creating suspense because the audience will know that she hasn’t got that much time left to complete the “mission” and will be curious as to how she will get the file without being caught.

Next we will track Stephanie walking and then have a shot of the building she will enter. We will then see Stephanie approaching the building and then going into the lift. Next we will have a medium close up of the floor number and then with the camera on the floor Stephanie will walk towards the camera. The camera will then pan up the door to focus on the name of the door. At this moment the audience will be on the edge of their seats with nervousness itching to find out what’s going on next.

We will then get a shot of the office and once again slowly pan across the office to establish the setting. Through a range of shots we will see Stephanie approaching the filing cabinet, searching through it and then finally holding the file. We will then have a shot of the computer and Stephanie on the computer. Suddenly there will be a loud bang of a door slamming and we will have a close-up of Stephanie’s face. However we will not see the person coming through the door because we want to leave the audience in suspense so they will be thrilling to continue watching. The close-up of the expression on her face will show that she has been caught.


Throughout the opening we will use natural light. A wide range of shots will be used but mainly close-ups and point of view shots to create suspense. Point of view shots create suspense because we are left in suspense also. Along with the voiceover we will also have subtle sinister music to create suspense. Our thriller film will be aimed at women aged 18-40 but also men. This is because they will love to see women in action, for example Lara Croft movies.