Initial Ideas

1st:

The whole plot of the film is the mystery of the missing girl-A single father has recently been separated from his 14-year-old daughter; unknown men have taken her. We follow the dangers and risks the father goes through to get his daughter returned back to him.

Opening Scene:

The daughter is home alone, her music blasting out from her bedroom, however a man is downstairs and the music in faded and he suddenly starts walking up the stairs but trips/makes some sudden loud sound. The daughter hears this sound and immediately knows her father would not be back from work at this time of the day. She throws herself into the cupboard watching the man’s every move as he enters her bedroom looking through the gap in the cupboard and the scene ends when the man is walking towards the cupboard and gestures to open it.

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Feedback:

I was given feedback on this initial idea. I will start by talking about the positive comments.

-The idea that the young girl is smart and straight away realises there is something suspicious going on so she hides in the cupboard.

-The idea that nearly the whole opening scene is shot through the cupboard, as you can concentrate and rely on the sounds.

-It was a good length and gripped you from the beginning.

-You could immediately identify it was a thriller.

-Clear characters.

Things i could improve on:

-My idea was a lot like the movie 'Taken', it followed the same story line.

-This was to maybe get the young female character to notice a unfamiliar car outside the driveway and hide in the cupboard.

-Alternatively instead of having the venerable female character in the cupboard I could put the man in the cupboard, watching her every move.

-Then again you could have the female in the cupboard but as the man enters the room the girl would jump out and attack the man eventually manages to escape and the rest of the movie would be based on why they were targeting this particular young girl.

-The kidnapping happens to fast during the movie, it would have to come in later, so the beginning scene would be the father training or working.

-The females should always be the victims in situations like these, change the roles, the young girl fights back.