Final Thriller Idea Pitch

Titles: 

THE LAST CALL

“Always lock your doors.”

THE HOSTAGE

NO EXIT

 Summary

Establishing shot of a large house, cars parked outside. We see young attractive woman running a bath. Then she hears a door slam downstairs, She thinks its her husband. Phone rings to distract her, we see shot of man in leather gloves turning off bath. Music starts to play. She thinks its her husband doing all these actions. Then she realises its her husband on the phone, so who is in the house? They say hello, she realises, then we see a shadow run behind her. End.

•Location: establishing a big mansion, expensive cars outside signifying money, possibly why they are being broken into.

•Character: woman inside the house getting ready for bed, preparing a bath, doing normal things. 

•Props: phone, bath tub, leather gloves

                 

•Lighting: night outside dark, inside cosy warm colours (cream, white)

•Costume: white dressing gown showing innocence and clean standards, killer in black

       

•Performance: naïve, doesn’t expect anything

•Sound: Silence to start, phone ringing, then happy music when the killer comes in.

Shot Lists

1.      Establishing shot of house, then we see car pull up.

2.      Close up Shot of her shoe sliding out of the car.

3.      Close up tracking shot of close up of her shoes walking up to the front door.

4.      medium close up of her side, unlocking the door.

5.      close up of hand unlocking the door. Door opens.

6.      close up of bag and keys onto work surface.

7.      tracking shot of family pictures.

8.      close up of hands turning shower on

9.      wide shot of shower filling up with steam

10.  medium mirror shot of her looking into mirror.(door slam) (phone rings)

11.  medium shot of phone ringing.

12.  focused on phone, we see her approach the phone.

13.  background mid shot of her on the phone. (dialogue)

14.  high angle shot of dogs barking. POV

15.  Medium shot, her reaction, confused, shadow in the background.

16.  high angle shot of dogs barking. POV

17.  Medium shot, of her on the phone shadow gone.(Dialogue)

18.  Wide shot of her entering another room (muffled sound of dogs barking)

19.  Medium close up of her on the phone (realises its her husband)

20.  extreme close up of phone falling out of her hand.

21.  Match on action shot, floor close up of phone. Phone falls into frame.

22.  Her reaction shot, medium close up.

23.  over the shoulder shot of the killer, facing womans back. She turns and gasps.