25 word pitch development

We came up with our original pitch after brainstorming initial ideas as a group. This pitch is shown below:

However after developments to our idea our storyline has changed, luckily this change is only minor and doesn't affect any other work we have done so far. Our storyline still contains 'two men' and 'one girl' however the protagonist is no longer in a situation where he has to 'run away fast' however he does have to run fast to save the woman he loves.

 

In order to make the pitch match the developed synopsis I simply removed the word 'away'. Now both the synopsis and pitch match and work togther:

 

His love for her is strong enough to kill.
Two men.
One girl.
One Obsession.
One love and One cynical plan.
Run  fast.

 

 

The Result....

 

 

 

The poll has been on our blog for a week and is no longer taking any responses. These are the results from the poll for the title of our film. It shows the clear winner...

 

 

 

 'Race Against Time.'

Influences - Genre

 

Production Logo Ideas

General  Production Logo Research

We began by looking at current production logos that were not specified to a certain genre (branded logos).

Examples of general production logos included:

All of the examples include the name of the production company and are fairly basic. Universal studios logo contains an image of the world which could suggest its global appeal and variety of genres of films that it produces. Working Title contains a circle which may suggest unity and finally Warner Bros. contains the initials W B and has a background of clouds which makes it easily recognisable to an audience and may make them watch the trailer being advertised due to its association with the production company. 

Black Magic and Millions Productions are general production logo's that can be used universally for any genre.

Changing Faces and Chasing Cars are branded logo's for specific genre's such as 'Action' or a 'Drama'  although, it could be argued that they could also be used universally as they are not relating to a story line and are therefore not restricting.

Black Magic Productions: We thought that this logo could be used widely as a general logo due to its simplicity. However, the name of the production company could imply that the films produced by the company are children/magic films. Therefore we have decided not to use this as our production logo.

Millions Productions: this logo could also be used as a general logo, but unlike Black Magic productions the name of the production company is not restricting to the genre of films that can be produced by the company. We felt tha
t this would look more effective if the name was animated and that the name would be in gold lettering so that it would glitter. We feel that this will look original without looking too distracting for the audience.

Chasing Cars Productions: This branded logo reflects the genre of the trailer that we would like to produce. This would however restrict the company to just action/drama films. Therefore we have decided not to use this production logo.

Changing Faces Productions: This branded logo is more accessible to other genres as the dramatic masks can represent films as a whole. We also feel that this logo isn't too complex as to distract the audience from the trailer itself.

We feel that Changing Faces Productions and Millions Productions are the most suitable for our film trailer as they don't take away attention from the actual film trailer.

Full Synopsis Development

The Prezi below shos the steps we went through whilst coming up with our final synopsis for our film:

 

 

 

 

After going through these steps and discussing our ideas we finally came up with our final perfected synopsis:

 

Two men. One girl. South London. Scott Reynolds has been in a close relationship with Layla Jones for 3 years. Despite their sexual chemistry, Layla keeps their relationship strictly as friends. Scott's dark past comes back to haunt him as his schizophrenia returns and his obsession makes him take a drastic decision: kill the woman who won't love him back. Scott hires a hit man who poses as Grant Smith, a shady business man who engages in a sexual relationship with Layla to reel her into a death trap. When Scott has a moment of realisation, Scott finds himself in a life and death situation with a race against time to save the one he loves from himself.

The Vote....

As a group we dicussed possible film titles which would fit with our idea and film synopsis. We came up with six different ideas. We tried to connect each of the ideas to an aspect of our film. I then made a poll and sent out the link to a variety of different people and asked them to read our synopsis and choose the name which they believed suited  our films synopsis the most. Below is the poll which I made, the poll will be open for a week untill we annouce the film title which has been chosen most popular.

Initial Ideas 2

Above is our spider diagram of our initial ideas for our film trailer, we came up with the name 'Runaway' after discussing vague plot ideas. We also included ideas for characters, shots, the age certificate and props. We will use these ideas as a basic guideline for our trailer.

Full Synopsis

          
Two men. One girl. South London. Scott Reynolds has been in a close relationship with Layla Jones for 3 years despite their sexual chemistry, Layla keeps their relationship strictly as friends. Scott's dark past comes back to haunt him as his schizophrenia returns and his obsession makes him take a drastic decision, kill the woman who wont love him back. Scott hires a hit man who poses as Grant Smith, a shady business man who engages in a sexual relationship with Layla to reel her into a death trap. When Scott has a moment of realisation, Scott finds himself in a life and death situation with a race against time to save the one he loves from himself.

Influences

The presentation above presents our influences for our trailer and why they are similar to what we wish to eventually create. The type of genre we were looking at was a romance, drama or action so we decided to do all three and have a hybrid genre for our film.

We looked at 'Taken' and really liked their use of camera angles, costumes and sound, such as the shot of Liam Neeson running, the variety of flash shots they used and the two shots, were visually dynamic and stuck to the fast pace of the genre and story of the film.

We also looked at 'Obsessed' for a similar trailer structure, we got the idea of our character Scott Reynolds being obsessed from the 'Temp' character in the film.

0:06 - Production logo
0:07 - Aerial shot of location
0:12 - Shot reverse shot, introducing the characters
0:15 - Flashing text 'An office flirtation'
0:16 - POV shot
0:18 - Medium shot reverse shots
0:23 - Close up of leg and skirt, seductive
0:24 - Over the shoulder shot to reverse over the shoulder shot
0:25 - Medium shot of men at meeting
0:26 - More text 'An innocent temptation'
0:33 - Various quick shots, fast pace and desperation
0:49 - More text
1:02 - More text
1:03 - 1:13 POV shots
1:14 - More text
1.24 - Shallow to deep focus of the 'Temp' character
1.26 - black screen fade
1.29 - Flash backs
1.34 - Text 'This Spring'
1.46 - More text 'Where fact'
1.48 - Flash backs
1.49 - More text 'Becomes fantasy'
2:01 - More text 'Where reality ends'
2:02 - Shallow focus of 'temp' character
2:06 - More text 'Obsession begins'
2:23 - Fast pace short lengthed shots
2:27 - Film title appears
2:28 - 'In theatres' and release date

Mood Board - Juanita

Above is my mood board for my initial ideas and thoughts on what we might want to do for our trailer. The board contains a selection of images including film posters and scences from films which intrest me and relate to the genre that we discussed as a group that we might use.I feel that the variation of genres, themes and moods withing the mood board will be and interesting starting point for our trailer.

25 Word Pitch

His love for her is strong enough to kill.

Two men.

One girl.

One Obsession

One love and One cynical plan.

Run away fast.

Mood Board

These are some images I have used to portray my thoughts and idea's for our trailer. The lack of colour in my mood board and the silhouettes portray mysteriousness which I would like to portray in my trailer, I would preferably like to do a teaser trailer so I can keep the plot a mystery and keep the audience guessing.

The violence shown on my mood board present's my ideas of making my trailer present the action genre, the gun helps support this and perhaps makes the audience believe that it may be a thriller or even a spy film (James Bond) because of the guns and silhouettes similar to the the famous 'James Bond' opening sequence.
  
I also looked at a sequence from 'Catch me if you can' which uses silhouettes as well as some of the 'James Bond' films, I really like this effect as it is an alternative and unique way of presenting a film. The clock represents how I want my trailer to create suspense and a sense of panic which I believe is key to any teaser trailer and what makes the audience sit on the edge of their seats.

My chosen words 'Runaway' and 'Obsession' I believe these words wil help create the idea of a film which will be dramatic, encapturing and have a dark twist. 

Moodboard

Using the initial ideas as a starting point, I have created a mood board in order to portray visually, possible ideas for our trailer. The main themes in the mood board are the genre (Action films) and films and TV programmes that may have similar story lines to what we want (The Event, Taken).

Initial Ideas

Before we begin producing our trailer we must first compose initial ideas in order to find an idea to use in the trailer. Above, is a brainstorm of possible ideas for our trailer including:

• The genre, which we have proposed could be a drama-action
• Target audience, which could be suitable for both male and female (12A)
• Institutions, similar to Working Title (British Independent)
• Props and costumes: including a phone, tie, watch and shirt
• Films, such as Taken, In Time and Total Recall

What is a trailer? What is a teaser trailer?