Thriller Introduction Pitch

This doesn't give all the information about the introduction or plot, but I tried to shorten it for the pitch:


Before I talk about the introduction, I shall talk about the basic plot of the thriller. It is a psychological thriller about a journalist called Daniel Moore, he is a 24-year-old man who used to work for a local newspaper for 2 years, but when he became 23, he set up his own newspaper. He called it ‘The Daily Reveals’, because this is no ordinary journalist, he reports on killers and murder cases in the area, giving out information about the cases which he shouldn’t. For example, he writes about who he suspects the culprit may be. After writing about them, he kills said suspects using tricks and blackmail to lead them to him.


The introduction starts in a dark room (Daniel’s bedroom), and we see the shape of a body lying in a bed, which we assume to be Daniel. On the desk is a desk lamp, and under it a copy of a newspaper, with the title ‘CLOAKED MURDERER REVEALED’, and a picture of a man in a cloak, with a suspicious pose. The picture then fades into a live action clip of said murderer, breaking into Daniel’s house by picking the locks on the doors. He then walks into Daniel’s bedroom, and sees the body lying down on the bed. There is then a close up of a gun pointing at the head of the body lying in the bed, and the gunshot; causing the audience to believe Daniel Moore has just been shot. The camera shot is then in front of the ‘dead’ body’s head, showing that it is in fact a manikin, but the murderer cannot see this. The shot then goes to behind the murderer, showing his triumphant pose, but then scrolls down to his feet, showing under the bed; there we see Daniel Moore, lying under the bed with a gun pointed up at the murderer. The screen blacks out with a gunshot, and a voice over of Daniel saying, “Kill or be killed”

By Dominic Noble