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

Certificate

We 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 to hire a hitman to assist him in killing them for what they have done to him.

Characters

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

• Hitman who assists him to kill the targets who have been written on the list

• Several characters targeted by main character

• Unseen contact that provides information

• Various ‘bad guys’ for fight scenes and such

Central Characters

• Hitman – who is a violent, tough character

• This main character is seen to be violent and has the typical “hardman” look about him

• Gambler – in his mid 20s, has a gambling addiction which leads to his problems

Main Movie Scenes• Scenes of gang crime/murders

• Gambling scenes

• Hand to Hand combat

• Main character hunting the others down one by one

• On foot chases

• Phone call with contact

• POV violence

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 (Hitman) 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

• Bats

• 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 an ambient piece of movement creating tension 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