GBHSAS

Final Movie Pitch

As a group we all collectively chose to go with my idea. The below is both mine and Connors film ideas we pitched to our group.

Connor's -

I would name my movie Freedom to Fail and i believe the genre would work best as a TEEN DRAMA. This would work well as we would have the correct resources actor wise to produce it. The movie would be ABOUT a struggling youth battling the grimy realities of a city. He is introduced in various scenes of him walking through the city, looking lost emotionally. It shall be SET IN London, but is not limited to the London settings, meaning we can film in locations similar to this area. The THEMES of the movie is to display the dramas and struggles that modern day inner-city youths are forced to encounter, for example drugs alcohol and violence. The films MESSAGE, is that everyone goes through struggle, often not winning. I feel the TARGET AUDIENCE would pay to see it as it would effectively emulate and amplify their problems and they would be able to relate to it. I would put an age rating of 15 on this sort of film as it would contain too much explicit content to be rated any lower, thus meaning the target audience would be middle of the line teens to people in their middle twenties. The OPENING SEQUENCE will relate to the rest of the film by addressing the setting and some of the films key characters. It'll also capture the genre well by using a specific arrangement of Mise en Scene. This will include locations that often signify youths bad behaviour and costumes specific to the age range E.G. hoody's and caps. I feel good camera work and constant changing of angles will create a great opening. Although the character will only be partaking in minor events, if filmed correctly, the film should be engaging to the audience. The STYLE and MOOD are similar, both should be grimy and dark, this paints the image to the target audience that no one around this area is well off, and it is an overall struggle. The titles will be integrated in many ways, many shall be embedded in the picture and various graphical techniques shall be used to create a visually artistic opening sequence. I feel that DIALOGUE will be kept to a minimal in order to achieve my idea, this is due to silences connotations of loneliness and fear. CONTINUITY PRINCIPLES will be followed to create a fluid, medium length scene opening, I will eliminate fast scene changing as it would make the pace seem fast when actually it wouldn't be. SOUND will be primarily used in the form of music, I feel the music choice will be vital for my opening. I feel that this movie would be good as it WOULD NOT CONFORM to how movies often end: with a light at the end of the tunnel. The main character would not overcome his problem.

Nathan's -

I would name the title of the film, the name of the group, which at the staged I did not come up with as I did not wanted the rest of my group input as I believe no great idea is created by one person; however I thought the name of the group would work best for my chosen genre, a MOCKUMENTRY. This would work best because it would follow the lives of a failed duo trying to make a comeback with this new film and doing research ALL movies about singers or performers included the title of them or the band, followed with a sub-title. For instance - 'One Direction - This Is Us'. This movie would be about two struggling performers who had great success with their two previous albums and had string of big hits; however they was dropped from their record label because a big story exposing one of them lost them their fame. So now, with their new album coming out, a tour, a movie and putting their past behind them, hopefully they'll succeed and reclaim their throne of pop power once again. Do they get their? It shall be set in various places, as I did not want to limit myself to vast opportunities of places we could film. For instance, one shot could be of them in the recording studio and another could be them walking around their local supermarket. The themes of this movie displays the struggles of a fallen stars and the rise back to the top and its illustrates what they have to encounter on a daily basis, for example delving back into their private lives which heavily centred round dugs and alcohol. The films message is that everyone goes through a struggle no matter what walk of life you come from. I feel my target audience is from the ranges of 15 all the way up to 30 as I feel this would most likely be the bands fan base and I feel they would pay to see this film purely because it would be them breaking the fourth wall and viewing the band as they have never seen them before. I would put an age certificate of 15 on this short film because the film contains traces of drug abuse and a few explicit content to be rated any lower. The opening sequence is going to consist of a variety of different shots and scenes and it will address the setting and the two main characters; it will capture the genre of this piece by using Mise en Scene. This will include locations that you would typically associate a recording artist at (recording studio, album cover shoot, interviews) and costumes specific to the characters (sunglasses as they think they are global success') The style and mood are both going to work well together, quite laugh out loud but believable, as we need the audience to truly believe that these people are actually famous. The titles will be integrated in many ways, many shall be embedded in the picture and various graphical techniques shall be used to create a visually artistic and stimulating opening sequence.

As a whole I am happy that we chose to go with my idea as I feel this would work best in the sense of that it would be easy to film and if we did it right then it would be the best in our class,

Final Film Opening The Disciples Back on the Block