PITCH: A MYSTERY CRIME FILM

Acidic EncounterIncursionFoul Play

Conventions of Crime Mystery

•Unsolved crime at hand•Antagonist to catch •Crime scene •Tense music •Clues•A detective •Mysterious events that creates an enigma

•Sergeant Robert Johnson seeks for justice after he is set to investigate various acidic attacks against women in the busy streets of London.

SUMMARY

Todorov’s TheoryEquilibrium

• A woman's body is found on a train track- face is heavily disfigured following an  acid attack.

• After a shift, Robert is seen following a business woman  to a spa• Woman is later found dead.

Disequilibrium• Next day, the spa is shown as a crime scene and Johnson and

Moore are shown to be investigating the case.

• Robert follows another woman to a hairdressers and sneaks in, unnoticed.

New equilibrium•  In an underground station, a dozen police officers, lead by Catherine,

surround Robert.. • Robert ultimately jumps into the tracks- his death is left ambiguous.

INSPIRATION

TARGET AUDIENCE

Primary Audience: 18 to 35 men

Why: Crime mystery films tend to be targeted towards men due to the violence and action involved.

The target audience was chosen as the majority of the films we researched were certified 18 and featured graphic scenes of violence.

RELEASE DATE

CAST : DANNY DYER

Main lead: Robert JohnsonBorn: 24thJuly 1977, Canning Town, London

CAST: JOANNE FROGGATT •Main Lead: Catherine Moore•Born: 1979, North Yorkshire, EnglandReceived Emmy nominations in 2012, 2014 in her role in Downton Abbey

DIRECTOR: NICK LOVE • Born 24th December 1969, London,England• Love is notable for his use for first person narration which coincides with our film

DISTRIBUTOR: VERTIGO FILMS (2002)

•Both a production company and distributor, indie studio, Vertigo Films backs ‘commercially ambitious films’ of films from a range of genres.

• Co-founders: James Richardson, Allan Niblo; managing director Rupert Preston

•Least successful film: •Box Office: $186,506

Most successful film:

UK: $4,835,465Total: $20,788,483

PRODUCTION: VERTIGO FILMS & BFI FUNDING

•As well of funding from Vertigo Films, we would also apply for funding from the BFI- British Film Institute

•Our film will be suitable for the BFI cultural test

•Average budget of Nick Love films: £2 to £3 million

£3 million £2.5 million

£2 million

BUDGET •£3 million

•Estimated gross: £6 million

TITLE SEQUENCE•Prologue of

lead up to first victim’s death