Proposal
Introduction
Introduction
In this proposal, I will be talking about my pitch and sell the idea to producers so that they can get the film made and screened in cinemas and distributed to Netflix etc.
I carried out both primary research through social media asking the people within my audience and looking at their YouTube profiles what they like about thriller movies and what they would like to see more of in thrillers. I carried out my secondary research which included looking at news articles and short stories and movies to inspire me and help me get into the mood.
Film synopsis
The name of my short film will be called 'One After Another' and the genre of this film will be a thriller.
A deadbeat criminal stalks and kills victims so that he could retrieve their identity. He is soon spotted by a passerby detective leading to a hot pursuit. The twist will be whether the detective captures the criminal and brings him to justice or will the criminal escape. The hook will be what weapon the criminal uses to decapitate the criminal. The tagline will be 'You could be next'. I was influenced by an online article regarding the growth of identity theft on BBC. I was also influenced by the movie Point Break to include a chase scene.
Film Rating
Film Rating
I will rate the film 15 because it contains violence and behavior which can be mimicked by people who watch this and end up doing the same in real life or even worse this is normally affects impressionable teenagers. There is little to no dialogue which means barely any bad language and I can prevent discrimination. There will be no gory scenes because it is a thriller. If i was to include pain in my short film, then it will not be emphasized on.
Primary Research
I used the short horror playlist to find out which short film had the most views and likes etc which turned out to be 2AM The Smiling Man had over three million views and over 28k likes.
I was looking at the comments and their profiles but I couldn't find any of their ages so I considered them to be adults but I cannot be too sure about the gender because I looked at most of their profiles and there was nothing about their age nor their gender. So my intended audience would have to be adults and I will be looking at an audience of both male and female. I will gather data by talking to them on social media platforms as it is the best way for me to accumulate data rather than going out and asking people on the street for the purpose of questioning them.
So I decided to use social media to question them about what they liked about thrillers and what they would like to see more of. The reason as to why I chose to do so is because I can consider these when putting together my short film.
This is the feedback I received from the first person I interviewed.
The first person I interviewed said that Psychological stuff and suspense would rather be seen more than blood and gore and distortion in people's minds and flashbacks to tell the story.
The second person I asked gave me a similar feedback
The next person I interviewed was said that they preferred a developed story-line and tension building up to engage the audience.
The third person I interviewed favors suspense and the development of tension on specific scenes rather than tension throughout since it is overused and losing its meaning.
The fourth person would like to see a piece of what happened at the start and then investigations to find evidence and the pursuit and in the end the criminal is brought to justice. To summarize the fourth person prefers to see more of mystery in horror films.
Secondary Research
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/LegSle.shtml
The legend of sleepy hollow was one of my favorite short stories because of the headless horseman. I found it inspiring because of the way he sends his victims to the here after and it was suspenseful as well. I was engaged throughout the folklore and found it worth mentioning on my blog. After reading the short story, it made me wonder whose name he was going to call next.
The research I gathered was overall useful and I learnt from the primary feedback is that thrillers should contain no blood and gore at all but mystery, suspenseful scenes to engage the audience rather than focusing on the vulnerability of the human body.
There is a trend in the thriller genre in terms of chase scenes the movie Bullitt was released in 1968 and it was one of the first movies to have a chase scene and then came another movie which is called The Driver which was released in 1978 and that movie also had a chase scene then modern movies like Casino Royale which was a James Bond film also had a chase scene so what I have learnt is that chase scenes have become incredibly popular ever since and more action movies will tend to have chase scenes included. The audience for Bullitt and the Driver were mostly adults but as time went on chase scenes were glamorized to make it look amazing and inspiring for a teenage audience such as Casino Royale.
Summary
Judging by my research overall target audience for my short film will be around people of ages 18-30 and the gender will be predominantly male because the majority of women scare easily when it comes to thriller and horror films in comparison to men but however it may be a female audience because both characters in my film are male. Also people of ages 18+ also go to short film festivals in order to get their name across the market and to have their film shown internationally. Also it helps to generate advertisement ideas, or even get a job offer from famous businesses.
USP
The USP of my film will be that it is based on a real life article which regards the amount of Identity theft happening in the UK and how it has increased by a third. The narrative structure will be linear and I will maintain continuity to tell the story and make it look like a professional piece.
Budget
There will be a budget for the production £20-£25
Camera and Tripods provided by the college
Macs are provided by the college for editing
Food will be £15
Props will be £10
Transport will be free because we can use our Oyster Card Travel for Buses. However, we might be using trains which will cost around £3.00.
The first person I interviewed said that Psychological stuff and suspense would rather be seen more than blood and gore and distortion in people's minds and flashbacks to tell the story.
The second person I asked gave me a similar feedback
The next person I interviewed was said that they preferred a developed story-line and tension building up to engage the audience.
The third person I interviewed favors suspense and the development of tension on specific scenes rather than tension throughout since it is overused and losing its meaning.
The fourth person would like to see a piece of what happened at the start and then investigations to find evidence and the pursuit and in the end the criminal is brought to justice. To summarize the fourth person prefers to see more of mystery in horror films.
Secondary Research
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/LegSle.shtml
The legend of sleepy hollow was one of my favorite short stories because of the headless horseman. I found it inspiring because of the way he sends his victims to the here after and it was suspenseful as well. I was engaged throughout the folklore and found it worth mentioning on my blog. After reading the short story, it made me wonder whose name he was going to call next.
http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/LegSle.shtml
The legend of sleepy hollow was one of my favorite short stories because of the headless horseman. I found it inspiring because of the way he sends his victims to the here after and it was suspenseful as well. I was engaged throughout the folklore and found it worth mentioning on my blog. After reading the short story, it made me wonder whose name he was going to call next.
The research I gathered was overall useful and I learnt from the primary feedback is that thrillers should contain no blood and gore at all but mystery, suspenseful scenes to engage the audience rather than focusing on the vulnerability of the human body.
There is a trend in the thriller genre in terms of chase scenes the movie Bullitt was released in 1968 and it was one of the first movies to have a chase scene and then came another movie which is called The Driver which was released in 1978 and that movie also had a chase scene then modern movies like Casino Royale which was a James Bond film also had a chase scene so what I have learnt is that chase scenes have become incredibly popular ever since and more action movies will tend to have chase scenes included. The audience for Bullitt and the Driver were mostly adults but as time went on chase scenes were glamorized to make it look amazing and inspiring for a teenage audience such as Casino Royale.
Summary
Judging by my research overall target audience for my short film will be around people of ages 18-30 and the gender will be predominantly male because the majority of women scare easily when it comes to thriller and horror films in comparison to men but however it may be a female audience because both characters in my film are male. Also people of ages 18+ also go to short film festivals in order to get their name across the market and to have their film shown internationally. Also it helps to generate advertisement ideas, or even get a job offer from famous businesses.
USP
The USP of my film will be that it is based on a real life article which regards the amount of Identity theft happening in the UK and how it has increased by a third. The narrative structure will be linear and I will maintain continuity to tell the story and make it look like a professional piece.
Budget
There will be a budget for the production £20-£25
Camera and Tripods provided by the college
Macs are provided by the college for editing
Food will be £15
Props will be £10
Transport will be free because we can use our Oyster Card Travel for Buses. However, we might be using trains which will cost around £3.00.
Budget
There will be a budget for the production £20-£25
Camera and Tripods provided by the college
Macs are provided by the college for editing
Food will be £15
Props will be £10
Transport will be free because we can use our Oyster Card Travel for Buses. However, we might be using trains which will cost around £3.00.
Regulation & Certification
The BBFC are a non-profit organization who certify films shown in the UK by organizations across the world. The BBFC will take a look at my short film and certify my film depending on the content. In order to get my short film across to the BBFC for certification I would have to apply for my film to get certified but whether my short film is certified or not depends on the decision of the unit in the BFI. One issue about my short film is that the BBFC would be unable to certify my film because it will be distributed onto YouTube which is an international organization.
Changes of idea
I had to seclude having dangerous weapons as a prop since it wasn't workable. It wasn't workable because you needed to have a license in order to shot in public with dangerous weapons meaning that the idea wasn't within my boundary and the ending will be ambiguous so the audience can wonder what happens next.
Locations
The locations I have chosen for my short film will be in Bromley South or in Downham so a recce is required in order to gather details about the location.
Distribution
My short film will be uploaded onto YouTube after using Final Cut Pro for editing because it is what we have to do for our coursework and so I can earn views. Youtube is an international organisation meaning that the BBFC cannot rate short films. Then I chose to show my short film to the Raindance film festival. In order to do so, I would have to submit my short film to the short film festival by filling in a submission form. When the submissions are open for the Raindance film festival. I would have an opportunity to show to the short film festival so that I can get ratings and have the film distributed to Netflix. In order to get my short film to be shown in Netflix it needs to have a large amount of titles for my short film to be available on Netflix.
References and bibliography
http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/LegSle.shtml
http://www.bbfc.co.uk/what-classification/15
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102685/
http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/film-festival.htm
Regulation & Certification
The BBFC are a non-profit organization who certify films shown in the UK by organizations across the world. The BBFC will take a look at my short film and certify my film depending on the content. In order to get my short film across to the BBFC for certification I would have to apply for my film to get certified but whether my short film is certified or not depends on the decision of the unit in the BFI. One issue about my short film is that the BBFC would be unable to certify my film because it will be distributed onto YouTube which is an international organization.
Changes of idea
Changes of idea
I had to seclude having dangerous weapons as a prop since it wasn't workable. It wasn't workable because you needed to have a license in order to shot in public with dangerous weapons meaning that the idea wasn't within my boundary and the ending will be ambiguous so the audience can wonder what happens next.
Locations
Locations
The locations I have chosen for my short film will be in Bromley South or in Downham so a recce is required in order to gather details about the location.
Distribution
Distribution
My short film will be uploaded onto YouTube after using Final Cut Pro for editing because it is what we have to do for our coursework and so I can earn views. Youtube is an international organisation meaning that the BBFC cannot rate short films. Then I chose to show my short film to the Raindance film festival. In order to do so, I would have to submit my short film to the short film festival by filling in a submission form. When the submissions are open for the Raindance film festival. I would have an opportunity to show to the short film festival so that I can get ratings and have the film distributed to Netflix. In order to get my short film to be shown in Netflix it needs to have a large amount of titles for my short film to be available on Netflix.
References and bibliography
http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/LegSle.shtml
http://www.bbfc.co.uk/what-classification/15
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102685/
http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/film-festival.htm
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102685/
http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/film-festival.htm
P2: learners will produce a report in the appropriate context that contains information relevant to the topic being studied. Their use of language will be sound but somewhat basic and restricted more to description rather than exemplification and may contain some basic errors of spelling
ReplyDeleteWT M go beyond mere description and provide more detailed exemplification using your research ie trends, USP, if there is a market for it and why/how you would distribute it
Discuss which film festivals and why this is necessary for distribution
ReplyDeleteYou need to establish who the audience is for this both age range and gender
You will need to'poduce an itemised budget
You need to identify locations and filming equipment
You need to expand on regulation - what else is an issue an refer to the BBFC as the certification
You need to correct the above to secure M2 you must "present a structured and detailed media production report which conveys information and explains conclusions with clarity"
To get D you need to argue using your research that there is a market/audience for this film idea based on research
Merit
ReplyDeleteYou have presented a structured proposal with some detail which conveys most information and with some explaination of conclusions with clarity and some detailed exemplification based on research. the use of language is good, going beyond mere description and providing some detailed exemplification and makes attempts to justify the idea in order to persuade the reader to invest.