ASSIGNMENT 26:INDIVIDUAL PITCH

Toby Prichard

HOME INVASION (PSYCHOLOGICAL/KILLER)

• I have chosen to base my idea off this subgenre because I feel it’s a far more relatable subgenre for the everyday person which heightens the fear factor. I also feel it’s a very underrated horror subgenre.

5 MOVIES OF THE SAME GENRE

The Strangers You’re Next

Inside The CollectorHush

CONVENTIONS

• Introduced to main characters quickly, problems occur right after invasion happens.

• The invading antagonist dies at the end and the family resumes their life or begins a new one.

• There is usually quite a lot of violence and blood/gore.• The protagonists are usually a family or group of friends• Antagonist is usually masked or fully clothed to mask identity

CONVENTIONS (PICTURES)

MY PITCH

• Shows protagonist walking home down a street at night/evening • They notice a figure in the peripheral vision and they begin running • They get to their front door and opening it quickly hurrying inside slamming it• They close and lock the door only to turn around and see their back door is open • The light to the room with the back door turns off and a picture falls off the room• The protagonist startled runs up the stairs and into their room• A quick shot of the door opening showing the room in near darkness• A shot of them locking multiple locks (3/4/5) • Once the locks are secured an shot of the protagonist (chest up) which blurs slightly

to reveal the figure standing in the corner of the room hidden from the protagonist

HOW WILL I MEET CONVENTIONS

• Ill meet the convention that things only get bad after the invasion actually happens.

• The convention of the antagonists identity will be upheld by keeping them covered up in black

• How it’ll be different.

• Ill be keeping it unique by never actually showing the antagonist entering the house or even moving at all

• It’ll also only use 2 actors which I have not seen often

NARRATIVE ENIGMAS

• Who is the protagonist • Why has the antagonist chosen them to victimize• How did the antagonist know where their victim lives• How did get to the house first and hide before the victim• who is the antagonist and why are they doing what they’re

doing

MAIN TARGETS

• I want to really show the locks on the final scene to show the audience how the protagonist has accidentally locked themselves in with the protagonist.

• Another target is to keep the protagonist as covered as possible in black clothing to keep it a mystery.

• Getting the right street is important to the setting as I want it to be appropriate (lighting, size, area)

• Capturing the protagonists fear and then their feeling of relief would be very good