THE ORIGINAL IDEA
Title and tagline:
TRANSGRESSION: Their fate belongs to the hour
Topic from brief (e.g. Modern-noir, Urban Life etc.):
Modern-Noir
Genre (and sub-genre if applicable):
Thriller, psychological thriller
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:
Gone Girl, in terms of the mentally disturbed protagonist.
Narrative structure for full 30-minute film – what happens and in what order (max 100 words):
The film will start with a bored group of teenagers going to their hangout place, where they invent a new version of spin the bottle, the objective of the game is to change your life within an hour if you have been chosen. They begin to play the game and the protagonist, who is mentally unstable gets chosen. With the hour he has been given he decides to invite a vulnerable and naive friend to join him, which she immediately does. The naive friend is unaware about what he is planning to do but continues to eagerly join him on their walk to the woods. This is where he brutally murders hers and disposes her body of. When the protagonist arrives back after an hour his friends ask where the naive and vulnerable friend is, he dismisses the questions and says she went home. Over the next 2 days people begin to grow suspicious, with Friend 2 starting to accuse him over her sudden disappearance. Despite this the group of friends decide to continue playing the game and when Friend 1 gets chosen, she is put under pressure by Friend 2 and decides to kill him before killing herself by self drowning in a river. The scene ends with a suicide note stating “Gone for an hour”.
Main protagonist, their desires, the conflicts they encounter etc.:
The main protagonist, who is the killer, has a manipulative characteristic which he hides through his charisma and charm, it could almost be argued that he’s mentally unstable. He desires power and attention, something which he lacked before he brutally murdered a vulnerable friend. His killing gave him a sense of superiority, but it also adds onto his paranoia. He faces several conflicts such as one member of their friendship group getting suspicious about his sudden change in personality, as his lies increase and increase.
Other characters and their role/audience appeal:
1) Grace: She’s quite naive and easy to manipulate. The quieter character of the group, her characteristics and tragic death will create some pity for her from the audience
2) Devon: Humorous character, he is quite lively and is the driving force of all their friendships
3) Lucia: She is quite reserved and laid back but pays attention to surroundings in quite a lot of detail. She is the character who gets suspicious, and her intelligence appeals to the audience.
4) Tyra Close friend of the vulnerable friend, she is who kills the protagonist. It is quite surprising for the audience as her friendly characteristics contrast the crime she commits and her sudden decision of committing suicide.
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 male and females would watch it, it has an appeal to all genders i.e. the friendship, the conflicts and the violence.
- Working class/middle class
- Those who are interested in thrillers with a psychological element to it, or who want an insight into the lives of teenagers with an interesting twist.
The three-minute extract you will make and where it would appear in the film:
The three-minute extract would appear about 5 minutes into the film. It will consist of the group of teenagers spinning the bottle and starting to play the game and the protagonist, who is mentally unstable (his friends aren’t aware of this) being chosen. He is given “one hour to change his life”, and this scene will consist of a shots of him trying to kill the vulnerable friend after leading her on. The scene will end with the protagonist walking away, which will create a cliff hanger and enigma codes on what happens next.
THE SECOND IDEA
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.:
Other characters and their role/audience appeal:
Target audience for your film (age, gender, social class, interests etc.):
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.
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.
THE THIRD IDEA
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:
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.:
Other characters and their role/audience appeal:
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.
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
- 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.
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