Throughout the last two lessons we created a practice film pitch for a horror film called The Lurking.We decided and envisioned every detail of the film including the narrative and the cast. The main points which we had to concentrate on when creating this pitch were:
- Characters- Whether we have Antagonists/ Protagonists, who do we want to cast, who will be our supporting characters.
- Mise en Scene- Do the decisions fit the genre, does the setting portray across the feeling we want, do the costumes show the personality of the character.
- Audience- What would they want/ expect to see from a film of this genre, will people in the target audience enjoy the narrative and character choices.
- Genre- What would people expect- how does your film match genre conventions and does it go against them in anyway to make it niche.
- Plot/ Narrative- Have you used binary opposition, 5 stage narrative analysing, does the plot make sense, can it be followed.
- Title- Does it fit in and make sense with the rest of the film.
- Marketing- What type campaigns will you use, will any be aimed at your target audience.
While creating our pitch we tried to answer as many of these questions as we could so that our ideas could be understood in the clearest way possible.