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Initial Ideas

Our first idea was to have an abusive mother beating her daughter, the daughter is then cleaning up her wounds while there is a narration of the girl speaking about her life.

We chose not to use this idea as it was very cliche and would be a typical thriller film. We also thought it would be boring and unnecessary therefore we chose to change our idea to something easier to film which was more interesting. 

Plot-Group of friends going out together, joking about and having a good time. They are filming their antics, whilst filming, they turn round and they see a figure in which they start shouting and being rude towards the figure. They turn back round and the figure is gone from there. They turn forward and there is a man in front of them with a mask.

We decided not to do this idea for our main task as it would be too complicated and the camera work wouldn't show off as much camera work potential as we would have hoped. We tested this by asking a few people what they would think if they watched this. In addition, we linked this film to Chronicle and asked a few members of our audience what they thought of it. Most people told us that they did not enjoy Chronicle therefore we chose to change out idea again. 

We then chose to do another film which we called 'False Identity', this would be about a woman walking home from work through the woods and she feels like she is being chased, she then turns round and drops her bag, she picks up her bag but drops her purse with her identification in it. A woman then picks it up and claims to be her and forges her identity.

We decided not to do this film as when we did the pitch to our class it wasnt the best

Final Pitch (Maisie Walker and Theo Benjamin)

Maisie Walker 

Theo Benjamin

Title-It's Not Easy

Genre- Drama 

Location- Maisies house 

Characters- The daughter who is being abused by her mother, she is named Carly and the abusive mother who is named Julie. 

Plot Outline- The mother and daughter constantly have disputes whilst living with each other however, this gets extremely out of hand causing the daughter to move out after being abused by her mother. The two minute clip we show is where the daughter is packing her bags and leaving. This clip begins with the mother being extremely aggressive and screaming and Carly. Carly then decides that she has had enough therefore the runs upstairs, packs her bags and the final shot is of her walking away from the house without her mother chasing after her. 

Micro-features- 
Cinematography-

• Over the shoulder shots to show Carly packing her bags 
• Low angle shots of the feet of the characters as they are walking around 
• High angle shots of Carly when she is being shouted at and crying on the floor, this is used to portray her as more vulnerable than the mother. 

Roles-
Maisie Walker- Producer, actor, editor, sound design, storyboard artist 

Theo Benjamin- Cinematographer, writer, storyboard artist 

Georgia Skipper- Set and costume designer, director, location scout, actor

Audience appeal-
This will appeal to a wide range audience consisting of 15-50. This is because it is a drama and it is a neutral genre which is usually enjoyed by most people. We found this out by doing a survey in our class and asking our families. 

This film is different to most films we have watched before, this could be an attraction to our audience as most people would want to see something different. 

Group Roles

Maisie Walker- Producer, actor, editor, sound design, storyboard artist 

Theo Benjamin- Cinematographer, writer, storyboard artist 

Georgia Skipper- Set and costume designer, director, location scout, actor

Pitch 2 (Maisie Walker, Theo Benjamin)

Pitch

Title- False Identity

Genre- Crime

Location-Darland woods

Characters- Rachael, Tracy

Plot Outline- Rachael is walking home from work through the woods when she hears a noise, she speeds up and starts to get chased by Tracy (whos name we do not find out yet). Rachael drops her purse and Tracy steals it. Later on in the film we find out that Tracy has been stalking Rachael for a long time and knows her daily routine. Tracy becomes the new Rachael and starts to live her live as a new person. Tracy is never seen until the end of the film when Rachael finds out who she is, Tracy is only ever shown in extreme close ups.

Micro features- Cinematography and mise-en-scene

Roles-

Georgia-Costume, makeup and actor

Theo-Cinematographer, producer

Maisie-Director, Actor, editor

Audience appeal- This will appeal to all types of viewers because crime is a genre liked by many people, as we found out through a class survey. The certificate for the film is a 12 because there isn’t a lot of violence throughout the film. 

Pitch 1 (Maisie Walker, Theo Benjamin, Georgia Skipper)

Pitch

Maisie Walker

Theo Benjamin

Georgia Skipper

Title-Alone In the Dark

Genre- Drama

Location-Maisie's house

Characters- Daughter, Mother, friend

Plot Outline- Abusive mother, the mother abuses her daughter and the clip is the daughter cleaning up her wounds after being beaten up by her mother. There is a narration over this of the girl speaking about her life and talking about how she wishes should could be different. She thinks that everything is her fault and is giving up on life.

Micro-features-Cinematography, Mise-en-scene

Roles;

Georgia- Director, makeup and actor

Theo-Cinematographer, producer

Maisie-Actor, costume, editor

Audience appeal

This film is unlike any other film that any of our group has watched. It’s an emotional film and will appeal to our target audience which are mainly girls/women.  The certificate for our film will be a 15 due to mild violence and swearing. This appeal to our audience due to the fact that most people who watch films are teenagers therefore there is not a restriction. Our target audience is from 15-45 years old because older women will also understand and enjoy the story.