Initial Idea - Rush

Proposal - Rush

Title

The title of our film is Rush. This is because we see our thriller as very fast paced and people rushing about a lot, so we thought the name Rush was apt.

Treatment

Jack, the stalker, is seen texting on a phone. The protagonist, Vicky receives said text “If you want to see your friend again, you have 60 seconds. You’d better rush.” We then see a shot of Vicky running to the scene.

In between cuts of her running, we see distressful scenes at the house, such as broken objects. This is when we’ll have the subtitles appear of cast and crew members.

It then cuts to the house where we see the Jack and Becky, which is short lived as it then fades back to Vicky, running frustratedly. We see Vicky reach the house and get in. The light then flickers and we are left viewing 3 silhouettes of the cast. The light fades out and a gunshot is heard. When the lights come back on we don’t see anyone there other than a puddle of blood coming from behind an object and the titles “Rush” appear.

Our thriller is inspired by Scream, for example we see someone in danger after receiving a phone call, and in our we see our protagonist getting a text.

The purpose of this film is to keep the viewer in suspense throughout. We don’t want to give too much away, and we want it to be enigmatic throughout, and keep the audience guessing.

The purpose of the opening of a film is to engage the viewer, to make them interested in what you’re showing them. We feel our opening will do this as it ends on a cliffhanger. Only we know who’s actually died and it leaves the viewer wondering and wanting to continue to watch.

Audience Profile

Our main age range for Rush is 15-30 year olds, and is not specific to gender. This is because we feel that students would like a thriller with people their age as they can relate to the characters. We don’t feel it would be suitable for under 15’s due to violence and gore. Our demographic focus would be groups D and E. This is the general student area and target age. Our psychographic audience will be mainstreamers as it’s a very broad film and we feel it’s using a trending storyline so people will want to watch it.

Exhibition of Rush

Our film will be exhibited to other students at the college in the classroom and people who find the thriller on YouTube.