My pitch

I tried to upload my powerpoint presentation straight on to blogger, this didnt work, Slideshare didnt work either.
 I apologise for my pitch not being a presenatation anymore, but I had to turn it in to a word document.

My pitch was previously on Powerpoint and this consisted of 8 slides.

Genre

We are going to create a hybrid of the Thriller genre. It will comprise of both sub genres crime thriller and action thriller. We have chosen this hybrid because it is on the edge of your seat action.

THE PLOT

The year is 2015 drug related crime is at an all-time high. Law enforcement officers are struggling to keep the peace. It’s outer city Manchester, The Greater Manchester police department are out on patrol, when they are called out in pursuit of a notorious drug Lord. The film starts near the end then cuts back to 2 weeks earlier where many people have been dying due to increased drug use. Due to this increase Greater Manchester police have recognised this has to come to an end sooner rather than later leading them to tackle the problem head on. Intel suggested that there is a King pin in hiding within the local area who is the cause of the wide scale distribution of the drugs to various gangs. To tackle the problem the police put the most feared tag team on the case, there job is to go round each and every gang to collect vital information on the King pin to bring him down before it’s too late.

How will this appeal to the audience?

This will appeal to the audience, as it will be high action, none stop thrill ride, all the way through. It will keep the audience on the edge of their seats and they would not want to look away incase they miss a thing. The hybrid genre will allow the audience to experience a thriller at its best. The opening sequence has to grab the attention of the audience that is why we are doing an adrenaline filled opening to get the audience straight into the film.

Opening sequence

Are opening sequence will start at the heart of the action where the police duo have found the last gang member who has Intel on the where about of the King pin’s hideout, we are doing this because it is highly effective at keeping the audience interested and want them to keep watching to see the outcome and the events leading up to the resolution We are starting at stage two of Todorov’s theory of the story.

Introductions to the film

The opening sequence will introduce the main characters so the audience can build up a relationship with each character to help them understand the rest of the film. Also the audience will understand from the start the hybrid genre, which introduces the narrative at the same time. The narrative is introduced because having the end at the start allows the audience to know what's happened but not why, which creates confusion ( a thriller convention). The product doesn’t necessarily introduce the location because the hideout is supposed to be unknown but all will become clear throughout the rest of the film.

What are the representations?

We are representing some of the characters very stereotypically this is because the audience can decide for themselves if a character is the hero or the villain. The police duo are going to be like any other heroes but without the powers meaning they rely on their own ability whilst not appearing immortal which means that anything could happen to them at anytime. The villain is very similar but doesn’t understand the right and wrongs of the law making him a dominant force.  

What are we hoping to achieve?

  From the opening sequence we hope to set the tone for the entire film letting the audience know if the film is suitable for them or not. The mood isn’t going to be dull or sad, its going to be excitement due to the high octane action. Also hope to set the mood in the opening sequence and keep it like that for the entire film to stop the audience losing interest.




After the pitch we asked the audience to fill in an audience feedback sheet, from this we now understand that the idea wasn't suitable for the criteria and was to hollywood blockbuster. Although our new idea is aiming to be quite Hollywood we want to include more thriller elements, there the new plot creates a lot of confusion but sticking to our before element of excitement.


(Our new plot is to come on to my Blog in the near future)