pitch for ‘dyers list’

Pitch for ‘Dyers List’

Joseph Dunkerley, Joseph Inns & Thomas Nelson

Genre

• This Film will be an hybrid of Action/Crime/Thriller

• There will be elements of a darker side creating un-expected moments

• Contains criminal underworld

CertificateWe have decided to award our film an age rating of 15. This has been done because our film is intended to be a crime/action/thriller movie and shall therefore include some scenes which are inappropriate for children (e.g. fight scenes, guns and inappropriate language). However we are going to make the trailer a 12 so that it can be advertised to a larger audience.

Narrative• The narrative for our film is based on a man in

his mid 20s who has a serious gambling addiction. In one rigged match he loses all of his money and is send spiralling into poverty and hardship. Upon discovering that he was cheated, he writes a list of targets ands sets about killing them for what they have done to him.

Characters

• Main character – Gambling addict which is out for revenge(name undecided)

• Several characters targeted by main character• Unseen contact that provides information• Various ‘bad guys’ for fight scenes and such

Central Characters

• One main character apart from the never seen contact that provides him with his target (almost like a conscience always commanding him)

• This main character is seen to be unstable with sudden bursts of violence

• Possible mental issues making him uncomfortable to spend time with

Main Movie Scenes• Scenes of gang crime/murders• Gambling scenes/Russian roulette• Hand to Hand combat • Car chase• Mental breakdown scene• Main character hunting the others down one

by one• On foot chases • Phone call with contact

Unique Selling Points

• Combines the genres crime, action and thriller to give a unique feel to the film

• Representation of the problems of gambling

Title of the Movie

• We have decided to call our movie ‘Dyers List’ because the main character’s surname shall be Dyer and the movie shall revolve around him eliminating targets from his list. Also it is short, catchy and sound as though it could be a professional movie’s title.

Location/Setting

• Dark alleys, low light rooms, field, metal shelter (located in Pembury)

• Streetlit roads• Avoid filming in the school• Church (Pembury)• Tunnel

Main Problems/Obstacles

• Debt• Poverty• Men out to kill him• He has to kill them first• On the run never safe adds urgency to it

Sound Effects

• Gun Shots, Explosions, shouting, telephone call tones, ‘punching’, Dripping, crunching, footsteps

• We would have the audio file of a phone call with a list of names, times and locations being read out which is a reference to the names on the list that the audience will see in the trailer.

• The voice will be either a formal woman's voice or a rougher cockney accent to add to the criminality of it.

Props

• Playing Cards• Masks• Money• Fake Guns• Other Weapons• Etc.

Inspiration

• Stolen• Drive• Blitz• The Sweeney• Taken• Bad Boys 2• Oceans 11

Pacing

• The trailers pacing shall be based upon the music used. It shall start slow with some relaxed music and will become faster as the trailer progresses (also the music shall be changed to one with a faster tempo).

Special Effects

• Muzzle flare for gun shots• Blood splatters for bullet hits• Sound effects to improve the realism of the

fight scenes• Colour correction