Film Pitch (Edited)

Title and tagline:
The title of the movie is 'The Equation Part 2' and the tagline of the movie is 'Expect the unexpected'.

Topic from brief (e.g. Modern-noir, Urban Life etc.):
The topic that we have chosen from the brief is Modern Noir.

Genre (and sub-genre if applicable):
For our 30 minutes film, we have chosen to make it a "Thriller" with a lot some slight emphasis of it being a "detective movie" where it is riddled with a lot of enigma codes and generally gets the audience thinking and hopefully ends with a cliff hanger that leaves the audience asking for more.

Logline – one sentence that sums up the film and hooks people in (25 words or fewer):
A psychological thriller that explores the division between reality and the false distortions through the eyes of dysfunctional teenagers.

Other successful films that are similar to yours:
To Kill A Mocking Bird and Sin City, the fact we will be using the black and white layout and having a quiet introduction in the beginning.
House of Cards, different depths and variety of things being in focus/ out focus, foreground/background etc
Whiplash, use of colours and palettes
Run Lola Run, use of solid colour tint overlays which helps to drive the narrative and multiple personality or narratives of characters

Narrative structure for full 30-minute film – what happens and in what order:

At the beginning of the story, there was this detective who was on his way to work. Once he got to the office, his manager told him there were numerous gunshots in different places; He was sent to a scene downtown and a couple of other detectives around the city went to the other scenes. They believed it was just the one person who did this mess and it was hard to find her as the CCTV cameras weren't working. He tried many different solutions but non of them hadn't worked. Therefore, he went back into to time and re-try different solutions. On the fourth time he went back into time, he felt like he was getting even closer. One night, he had a dream about how a homeless man had whispered something in his ear and it was, "Think the unexpected". Once he had woke up, he kept this saying in his head despite it being only in his dream and is only a fantasy. However, he stuck to it and thought about it long and hard. Then, he went to a discrete located pub where he would think that people who don't want to show their face because they may have done something bad to a public. Once he went their, he saw this glamorous lady (femme fatale) sitting there and was quite odd because you wouldn't expect a lady sitting in a discrete pub. She looked as if she would spend most her day in a casino but she didn't which was odd for the detective and felt something didn't feel right. They both started talking to one another and suddenly, she shot the detective after playing one round of 'spin the bottle'... (Story left on a cliffhanger).

Main protagonist, their desires, the conflicts they encounter etc.:

• The main protagonist will be the detective
• The antagonist is going to be the femme fatale but she will only be shown at the end of the film. 

Other characters and their role/audience appeal:

• There will also be the detectives manager who tells him the job and situation
• Another character is the different suspects the detective finds before going back into time.
• Also, there will be a bartender which will only have a short cameo scene.

Target audience for your film (age, gender, social class, interests etc.):

• The main target audience would be for young adults 15-24, hence the 15 certification of the film  
• I believe males would watch it simply due to the fact we will have a femme fatale in it and the fact that men are attracted to things like this.
• Working class/middle class
• Those who are interested in film noir/'olden days' movies.

The three-minute extract you will make and where it would appear in the film:
The part we will be using from this film is where the detective and 'femme fatale' meet up in the pub and when she shoots the detective and is left at a cliffhanger. The fact that this will be left at a cliffhanger, obviously states that this will be at the end of the movie.