thriller planning

Thriller planning.

Characters: Tom, Anna and Charlie.

Tom and Anna are dating each other, Charlie is both Anna and Tom’s best friends, and Charlie is secretly in love with Anna but obviously can’t tell her because she is dating Tom.

Charlie is the killer, who is trying to impress a cult of serial killers; Charlie has to prove himself by murdering people in the local area. Tom and Anna are Charlie’s next victims, both Tom and Anna are unaware of the cult or that Charlie is targeting them.

Background:
Its set at dusk, the three characters have spent the day together hanging out, the characters relationships are shown when they are all saying goodbye, this shows that Anna and Toms relationship is more then good friends. The camera follows Anna home, then there is a cut and we see Anna doing everyday tasks such as having dinner, watching TV and getting ready for bed. There is a blackout as she turns off her bedroom light. The doorbell rings which wakes up Anna she looks out of the window but she can’t see anyone outside, she goes back to bed and there is another blackout. The doorbell rings again, cuts to Anna who goes to open the door whilst holding a knife in her hand, but again no-one is there, so she closes the door, then hears loud banging and shouting at her front door, she opens the door again this time to reveal Tom who has been chased to Anna’s house. Anna sits Tom down, then goes back to close the door, she doesn’t notice that the knife has been taken off the cupboard. Anna then locks the door. They go up stairs so that Anna can get her mobile, they both hear smashing and banging downstairs, Anna goes to the place where she left her mobile phone only to notice that it has gone missing, this makes them realise that someone else is in the house. Tom and Anna hide in a slated cupboard so that the person can’t find them but they can see what’s happening. The killer comes upstairs; when he comes into the room both Anna and Tom recognise the killer is Charlie, which causes Anna to gasp. This reveals the hiding place of the couple to Charlie; however he goes downstairs and pretends to leave. Tom says he’s going to check things out downstairs and assures Anna he will only be 10 seconds, Anna closes her eyes and counts down from 10 then opens her eyes; the killer is now standing in front of her.

Props:
Knife
Costumes: Anna-summer dress, light pyjamas/ Tom-white shirt and jeans/ Charlie: black shirt and dark trousers
Slats
Black paper
Street light
torch