Film Pitch

Following the fall of our initial idea, our group have produced a new concept for the narrative of our short film which we are very pleased with. Below is a presentation containing an outline of the basic plotline, characters, etc. of our narrative which we plan to pitch to the rest of the class to discover their opinions of our new idea.

Change of Idea

We've just returned to college after the christmas break and have arrived with a change of heart about our concept for the narrative of our short film. Although we all still very much like the idea and feel, in the right hands, it would make a great short film, we feel that we may have over-stretched ourselves and been a little too ambitious with our initial thinking. The script would have required a large cast featuring members of a wide range of ages including those very young and those very elderly which, unfortunately, seemed unrealistic as none of us were able to provide such actors due to restricitons in our families and we saw no real solution around this problem. As discussion and development progressed with this narrative, more and more holes began to form in the concept and we all areed it was unlikely we would be able to pull off such an ambitious script. Therefore, we have made a group decision to abandon this idea from here on and work towards producing a new and achieveable narrative concept. Luckily, we have discovered this relatively early on and still have time to do so and thankfully, noone in the group has been disheartened.

Preproduction Pitch Feedback

Short Film Concept

This short animation provides a quick proposal for the narrative concept of our short film which we intend to show to our audience during our pitch. The video provides an idea of the basic characters, settings and props that our film will include as well as the scenes and shots that we will use whilst filming.

Exploring Narrative

Radio Trailer

Using my knowledge from studying radio trailers, I have had a quick attempt at producing my own on Garageband to promote an upcoming fictional film for release. I started by producing the basic music score which I then built on top of with dialogue. I was careful to make sure that the tone of the music was appropriate to the genre of the film - a coming-of-age story set in an American high school, meaning the tone of the music had a cheery, pop-music sound to appeal to a teenage audience. I followed all of the appropriate conventions such as the use of lines of dialogue taken directly from the film in order to give an indication of the narrative. I also used a voice over as narrator as most radio trailers do which pulled the trailer along and gave it structure, revealing the title of the film as well as its release date. The radio trailer includes quotes from reviews by reliable sources such as Empire magazine which provide the film with a positive reputation hopefully enticing audiences to the cinema.   

 

Practice Trailer Music

Here is my very first attempt at using Garageband to produce an original piece of music using the loops provided. The programme was completely alien to me at first though after a while it soon started to become natural as I started to learn my way around the icons, learning what did what. I'm quite proud of this short piece of music that I have produced which I feel has a true urban street dance feel to it meaning it would appeal to young teen audience. It would be appropriate for use on a radio trailer promoting a film of a teen comedy genre such as the upcoming '21 and over' or perhaps films of a dance/hip-hop genre such as the popular 'Step It Up' or 'Streetdance' franchises.