THE PROPOSAL OF ‘SIX’

By Sam Daniels -working alone

GROUP MEMBERS

Sam Daniels- I will be completing the disciplines of Camera work, editing,

sound and effects. Also director and producer.

Actors are as follows:-Vini Babinski, Daniel Morris, Samuel Rushmer, and

even a small cameo appearance by myself and Stewart Mitchelmore.

GENRE AND IDEA SUMMARY

My chosen genre is mystery thriller. The idea is about 6 students (who

all live in the same school) and did not return home from school. The

school are very scared of these vanishing students, and informs the police

straight away, however even the police are stuck. Call in Detective Rebus,

an expert in mysterious disappearances. He notices they all go to the same

school, with the same teacher. They enter the school but find that the

teacher hasn’t turned up to work since the disappearances. This is their

first lead in a film that will give you a journey full of twists and turns.

CONVENTIONS

I will try to follow conventions as much as I can, while still trying to make it unique

so it is not the same washed up idea everyone has seen. I must follow some conventions

or otherwise it would not be a mystery thriller. An example of a convention that I will

follow would be giving the audience subtle hints that could help make them work out the

puzzle along with the characters.

COSTUME

Detective Rebus will have a long black trench coat. This is stereotypical for

detectives and will help show the mystery behind this character well.

Detective Cooper, Rebus’ go-to-guy, will have smart attire along with a nice

trilby hat. This shows he is smart and ready for the job in-hand.

SETTINGS

Church- get some nice shots of an eerie looking church that will definitely

make my film more mysterious.

Office- Rebus’ room to divulge all the info and clues he has gathered to

work out the next lead.

Teachers house- This will be their first lead, in which they will confront the

teacher.

EFFECTS

One effect used would be the titles used. This will have to look

professional and proper for a mystery thriller.

Another would be the sound. This is vital to sell the film as a

mystery thriller and really makes it grab the audiences attention.

HOW WILL IT WORK?

The film will follow enough conventions of a mystery thriller to be

able to intrigue my target audience. It will be able to be achievable as

the setting (a school) will be easily achieved as I am in a school .

There is also not any ambiguous props needed so that will be easy to

do also.

BUDGET

As we are only making a trailer for a school media portfolio, we get

to use the equipment needed to film for free. However, I will need to

pay for certain props myself, such as costume or fake blood. I

estimate a budget of £20 sterling.

STYLE

As I can see this film being a mystery thriller a lot of people will

enjoy, I wouldn’t go for a small, independent company such as Warp,

no, I would go for the production company that has made brilliant

mystery thrillers such as shutter island and se7en. This would be

Paramount. They would give me the opportunity to have a much

wider audience than that of Warp.

TARGET AUDIENCE

The main target audience I'm trying to capture are males aged 18-

25. This is because these are the age group that talk and go out to

watch films the most, and then after watching it, enjoy socialising with

friends and telling them how the film was. I believe that this film will

give these people many talking points.

PERMISSIONS NEEDED

I already have the permissions needed for my soundtrack, as the

man on YouTube has ever so kindly granted me permission. I will

also need permission on such things like the setting, (for example

using an office in the school) and also permission to use the camera

equipment.