The Pitch

For out AS media coursework we had to design an opening sequence for a horror genre style film. As our idea came together, we finally agreed. We wanted to do something similar to ‘The Dark Knight’ in one of The Joker’s scenes. Our killer would video tape his hostages himself to police in order to get money/attention or he would murder them. Also the idea from ‘Seven’ with the seven deadly sins, which links to why we called the film ‘Lucky7?’ At the beginning, Jack, our main actor, will use a hand held camera to show that he is using and videoing it himself, as well as using a tripod as we intend to show the murderer teasing the hostage. We want to use a dark loft in order to get a creepy, out of the way effect, so that no-one could hear him scream. The mise-en-scene we intend to use, clothing will be simple but covered up, no props are used other than the natural setting out of the loft. At the end of the opening sequence the audience should understand that the murderer will kill the hostage through his dialogue, having this at the end just before the films begins will get the audience drawn in and wanting to watch more. For the rest of the film there will be another 6 murders, each ruling out the deadly sins, done in different ways, each maybe getting filmed in first person. Also showing the police’s constant search for the killer, finding out where he has been each time, breaking in but discovering the body of which he murdered. Towards the end of the film we think because it is certificate 15, that the murderer does not get caught, therefore it leaves the film open for a sequel.