Initial Thriller Idea

1. The Pitch or Outline

• The film follows a young girl walking home from school who believes she is being followed 

2. Audience

• 15-  A small amount of violence and threat

3. Narrative

• The audience sees a girl say goodbye to her friends and begin to walk home
• They begin to hear loud footsteps before seeing anything, then dark boots appear, clearly not her shoes
• The shot's begin to crosscut between a close up of her face and the shot of his boots
• More of the follower is gradually revealed though the audience never see his face
• The opening could span over multiple days 
• It will play of the idea of paranoia, and whether the follower is really there of if the girl is imagining it
• It will end with the girl looking back, though the audience will not see what they sees and instead just her a loud scream before it cuts to black

4. Style and Tone

• Dramatic tone
• Very dark, maybe with a slightly red tint to hint at blood and danger
• Shot changes start slow as she is with her friends then the editing speed will increase gradually throughout the film to a high speed editing climax just before the scream

5. Characters, Costume, Props

• The young girl - wears a red blazer/hoodie to highlight her from those around her
• Everyone else very bland, dark clothing, though very few passers by to increase the ideas of isolation
• Following man/woman - you never see his face, he is dressed in black, we mostly see him as a silhouette 

6. Graphics

• Titles could appear on the paving stones as the girl walks past, disappearing as she steps onto that paving stone

7. Sound

• Non diegetic sound - quiet and minimal at first, begins to build and crescendo during the opening to a loud climax
• Diegetic sound - not much but enhanced footsteps, heaving breathing and a loud scream at the end