Pitch for Butcher

When a young and cocky police detective is kidnapped byjjhe"killer he'stracking, his department face a race against time to save him frombecoming the Butcher's latestjvjctirn.Butcher will appeal predominantly to males aged between 18 and 30years old and this is arguably a niche target audience; however the targetaudience is one to which a crime/slasher hybrid will appeal. The darknarrative and themes will appeal to the audiences masculiniry^as they aremore likely to be comfortable with the levels of violencetnan women.The film will be set in and around London7"where the police desperatelytry and rescue the kidnapped deteetive Pete (played by Jude Law). Therewill also be several scenes set in a^small, dark basement as this is wherethe Butcher takes his victims<^^^I have chosen Jude Law to play Pete because he's a welljaiown Britishactor on both sides of,the"Atlantic...and so the film will hopefully attract anAmerican audience' He is a versatile and bankable, playing theprotagonist in films from The Holiday to Enemy at the Gates, and hisyouthful looks will allow the,audience to empathise and sympathise withhim. I have also chosen.^PoInn Bell to play Police Chief Walker and LiamNeeson as the Butcher. ^^Butcher will be similar in narrative to thejiorror films Saw andUntraceable - both of which have been box office successes - andstylistically like £aw,JwKich is known for its frequent cut away scenesand graphic violence.Because of its low budget and niche audience, I would release Butcher inart house cinemas to minimise the jisk of the film failing.

Pitch Summary for Butcher

Logline: When a young and cocky police detective is kidnapped by thekiller he's tracking, his department face a race against time to save himfrom becoming the Butcher's latest victim.

Target Audience: 18-30 year old males, (interested due to the violentnarrative, controversial themes and male dominated cast.)

Genre: A hybrid of slasher, crime and thriller (a race to save a policedetective from a serial killer.)

Actors: Liam Neeson (established and well known British actor), TobinBell (known for roles hi horror-films) and Jude Law (versatile andbankable British actor."

Similar Films: Saw, Untraceable'''md Along came a Spider (narrative)Saw (style)

Where it would be shown: Art house cinemas (low budget,independently produced and a niche audience: there's a risk of it failing atthe box office.) M//'

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Pitch for Criminal Mountain

Log Line: 'Samuel L. Jackson is an imprisoned freedom fightejr'but foranswers, revenge and love in this all action blockbuster/ «/

Imagine a volcano erupts in Japan the city and its inhabitants areobliterated. Or so you would think/A news helicopter films hundredsof men in orange jump suits appearing from the volcano, but quicklydisappear when they spot the news helicopter. America sends in thearmy, but is it to help Japan or cover up a shocking/secret? The endresult is when Samuel L. Jackson flanks Bruce Willis and steals a boat,they then sail off into the sunset, Bruce Willis realises and bellows"prepare/the navy!" Just before the efid credits leaving the option of asequek/A film for older teenagers-^flS) anol up and up due to the fasttempo action genre, with an exciting wa/genre leaving the audienceon the edge of theit^eat unable to blink. Never a dull moment withthe huge-scale battles fought with brain noXorawn. The film issimilar to blockbusters such as the upcoming 'SALT/ and usesqualities from past greats such as the James Bond saga.

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Phil Turner, an experienced police detective/ is/murdered in his hotel room but as the story unfolds it

turns out that there is more than on eg' person wasinvolved,

/The film is a crime thriller/ which will mainly appeal to 15-50 year old males and possibly females, The beginningwill start with the end result; a police detective beingmurdered. The story then unfolds telling three different

/stories and how they ended up being involved in themurder. After following the different stories, the filmfollows the man who is murdered and reveals thateveryone has been set up. Only a group of three survive

/as they turn up at a mass murder scene and then the filmends on a cliff-hanger. Some stars who seem like goodactors are Vinny Jones/ Bill Nighy and Jason Statham as

have previous experience of this kind of film. This isan original yet thrilling idea, similar to the blockbuster'Reservoir Dogs7.

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GenreComedy thriller

Time PeriodContemporary

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Demographic FocusMale/female young adults aged 15-35

A conflicted young student is lured against his will into a nefarious ploi involving blackmail,death and strawberry milkshak^

A disillusioned young student, financially broke and confined to his desecrated apartmentipedroam after seventeen years of chasing deadlines, attempts to salvage the love of his lifewith one final, show stopping date. Things do .not go weil; he accidentally breaks his alarmclock and, as he drags himself through his morning routine an hour behind schedule, asequence of events is set into action with the potential to shatter his hopes beyond repair.Pnbeknownst to him, in the rural sanctity of a coffee shop not a mile from his apartment,level-headed peer Dianne is kidnapped by an insidious- hooded rogue with a penchant forstrawberry milkshake, leaving only her phone at the scene of the crime. Tormented by -guilt,David withholds the mobile and allows himself to be blackmailed, info a scandal thatthreatens to embroil all three of them .in a web of intrigue. His only salvation is to turn hismoribundjif^around by reconciling his relationship with deadlines and winning back the love

Jn- the tradition of classic crime thrillers, from Spy Games to The Bourne /dentjty^-thls is arousing, diabolically clever mystery tale that keeps the audience guessing. It promiseseverything that ff/m no/r has to Coffer scandal, romance, cloaked assassins and mind-boggling plot twists and surprises. 'More than a thriller full of edgy romance, heart-stoppingaction, nefarious villains and exotic locales, "Left" mixes/rf'aH with a generous helping ofteenage angst and the compelling comedy of blind lo

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