Our Film Idea Pitch

In the video below, our group pitched 2 ideas (each idea lasting around 30 seconds) of our film opening ideas to our Media class, who gave us feedback on the 2 ideas and they all voted for which idea they would rather prefer to see made; Idea 1, or Idea 2. Both ideas at this stage were simply the most basic concepts and only really held the main plot as to what would happen in the film and what would be shown in the 2 minute film opening, also included in the pitch is information about our Target Audience and any additional information that needed to be included in the two film openings of our chosen Genre

As the video states; our Target Audience is Males aged 35+ withing the A/B social class, aiming at people with careers in generally high class jobs (i.e. Bankers, doctors etc)

Concepts of our two film opening intros:

Idea 1: Murder Mystery/detective film.
Shown in a flash forward (to which the rest of the film will be shown in a flashback, with the events playing backwards up until the present moment in which the film began).
The film begins with an interrogation scene between the detective (being one of the main characters) and an unseen criminal (aimed towards the suspect in a recent crime). As the opening carries on, a narration from the detective begins as he explains the case he has been given, and ultimately, the reason for him being in an interrogation room with a suspect as the camera shows the location of the victims death which shows a white outline of the victims body as the narration is proceeding. As the narration ends, the detective will eventually find the murder weapon, ending the film opening and also giving him a clue to his progression in solving the murder case.

With the film genre being Film Noir, we will have to edit the footage so that it is shown in Black and White to keep as close to the conventions of the genre as possible without it seeming like some cheap, rip off of any other films.

As a twist to the film, our group agreed that we will not be showing the victim or the murderer's face, but to keep them hidden (e.g. the victim will be lying face down on the floor and the murderers face will be cast over by a shadow in the interrogation room which will be set with Low-Key lighting)

For opening titles, we had the idea of using a suspect board to show the different names of the actors and the main title etc. Possible props for the opening would include items such as a case file, a suspect board, some form of a murder weapon (still to be decided), possibly a gun which is more typical of a Noir film.


Idea 2: Jewel robbery/detective film.
This opening would start with an anonymous burglar stealing a precious, expensive diamond, which - naturally - will be reported into the police by the owner/s of the diamond. It is then shown that two suspects have been found for the crime and it is then up to the detective to figure out which of the two suspects, is the actual criminal behind the Diamond heist and to essentially find the diamond itself.

Not showing who the actual burglar is gives the opening some form of enigma for the audience and sets a slightly uncomfortable feeling in the audience because of the enigma of who the burglar could be and it becomes slightly more unsettling when it's revealed that there are 2 suspects instead of the typical 1 suspect.

As said in the previous idea, the film will be edited so that it will be shown in Black and White to stay within the boundaries of the genres conventions. Obviously one of the main props in this opening will be the stolen diamond, and the mask that is used to cover the burglar's face.



Feedback:

- We were confronted about the problem of trying to attract a certain amount of people to watch the film considering that the Film Noir genre is more typically a niche audience (a genre which has a smaller demographic for their audiences) which will make it slightly more difficult to appeal to more people. We're considering possibilities of making the film to look slightly more modern to attract a more younger audience who are unaware of the general genre but so that the film can still look interesting to them all whilst keeping to the criteria of the conventions of the Film Noir Genre.

- Because we are filming in Market Rasen, it's not exactly the perfect place for a Film Noir to be set which will make it difficult to stay within the conventions of the Genre which is typically held in Cities in America. We will try our best to get the settings to look like it's set in a City but it might be slightly more difficult to pass it off as a City in America.

- As we've noticed, Both of the ideas for our 2 minute film opening, run slightly more longer than 2 minutes, so we will have to consider cutting certain scenes out from the overall Idea so that it will fit in the time frame but still keep the plot easy to understand and still create enough enigma to keep the audience interested.


After the vote, The majority of the class preferred Idea 1 with the murder mystery plot.