Idea(s)

 Main Idea

- Murder mystery thriller

- The leader of a group of investigators is murdered - the remainder of the group makes it their mission to bring the killer to justice

- The killer is actually one of the members in the group

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Picture and Poster Ideas:



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Title Ideas:

- Betrayal in Blood (scrapped) 

- After the Fall

- Where Shadows Bleed (scrapped)

- Twisted Reflections


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Props Possibly Needed:

- Dagger (used)

- SFX/Fake Blood (used)

- Mask (scrapped)

- Camera (used)

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Scrapped Ideas

- Murder mystery where the killer and investigator are actually related - settling a long-running dispute - scrapped over preference for the chosen idea

- Detective-style thriller - scrapped early on due to a lack of ideas for it

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