MEST2: Film pitch and audience focus group

MEST2 Film Pitch

Title and tagline:

The title of the movie is 'Who was it?' and the tagline of the movie is 'The more prettier, the more dangerous they can be'.

Topic from brief (e.g. Modern-noir, Urban Life etc.):

The topic that we have chosen from the brief is 'The Secret'.

Genre (and sub-genre if applicable):

For our 30 minutes film, we have chosen two different genres we will try to work around and they are 'Action and Horror'. We have also taken into account that we may try and add a little bit of 'comedy' too but there could be a possibility where we may take it out as it is quite hard to make a movie with comedy.

Logline – one sentence that sums up the film and hooks people in (25 words or fewer):

A hidden, silent detective who is on a case to find a mass killer in the town, Greenford.

Other successful films that are similar to yours:

The films that have inspired us to do this movie are the following:

• Casino Royal
• Sin City
• To Kill A Mockingbird
• The Hitch-Hiker (Beginning)

Narrative structure for full 30-minute film – what happens and in what order (max 100 words):

At the beginning of the movie, there will be numerous gunshots. The boss will go to the main characters (detective) office and report the case. The detective will then start the case of who is the murderer. This is a hard task for him as he has a hidden identity and doesn't speak at all. There will be some hard times for him, as everyone in the city is very quiet. However, there is a new girl in town that no one has never seen. The detective gets quite close to her until he finds out that she's the one who did all of this.

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

• The Main Protagonist is going to be the detective in this movie

Other characters and their role/audience appeal:

• There is also the boss of the detective who only has a short cameo scene in the movie as he is only reporting the case to the main protagonist.
• We will also have a 'femme fatale'. She is going to be a main character in the actual movie but will only have a cameo in the 3 minutes film.
• Many different suspects which will be there. They are going to be questioned by the detective. When this part is happening, it will almost be a stare-off with the suspect and the detective as the detective cannot speak.

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

From what we have made this film noir into, we would think that this film is located to people that are aged between 10 and 35. This is because this isn't an ordinary 'Film Noir' ; Its is more of a parody as there are some scenes of humor involved in our version too. We would also think that this is aimed at mostly male because there isn't much that female can relate too as this film is only based around men and one female. Therefore, the majority of viewers of this film would be male. People who like comedy and thriller would find this film more enjoyable than the people who would like horror or action.

The three-minute extract you will make and where it would appear in the film:

In this extract, we will be filming the beginning of the movie because I believe that this is the more effective bit of the movie.