Pitch and ancillary tasks
- 1. Pitch
- 2. Institution For my trailer coursework I decided to a psychological thriller trailer, we decided to do this as it is a genre that not many people do as it is a movie about the mind of normal people who have a psychological problem. As it is normal people it is relatable for the audience which appeals to them more. We believe New line cinema would be suitable for our film trailer, doing research into the psychological thriller history we found that many of the top thrillers were made by your institution. When we found this we decided to research new line cinema to see if they would be suitable for our movie and trailer. Your institution has distributed many other films that are of the same genre for example number 23, A nightmare on elm street, The conjuring, final destination 5 and the butterfly effect. All of these are in the top psychological thrillers and have all been popular in the cinema as making a big profit from all of them. We want this for our trailer as we want the trailer to get a good response and to be distributed by your company as they have produced other films like ours and have also got a good response. As you are an American based studio you can broaden our area which means our film can appeal to more appeal.
- 3. Plot The conventions of a psychological thriller would be that it is based around ne main character who has a psychological problem. As the story progresses we realise that the character either is unsure of what he is doing or goes insane. A brief outline of our story is that it is based around a man who has schizophrenia which is related to the theme of psychological. He is married but unfortunately their little girl was murdered but the murderer was never found. As the man is trying to find out who killed his daughter he starts to go crazy trying to find out who done, he uses a shed to write down everything that he finds but he writes on the walls so it is easier for him to look through everything as he is going crazy. A consequence of him going crazy he starts to argue with his wife and as he is getting agitated with trying to find out who killed his daughter he tries to kill a man who he thinks killed her. In the last scene he is in his shed as he is unaware of what he is doing now, he starts writing down everything he knows but both sides of his state to try and find out who done it. At the end we find out that he killed his daughter as he has schizophrenia and is sometimes unaware of what he is doing. We believe this is conventional as it based around one character with a psychological problem, another convention that we believe fits the criteria is that there is a big plot twist as we find out that he was the one who actually his own daughter.
- 4. Target audience Our target audience is for both male and female but doing the genre research to find out who our target audience could be the females were slightly higher but 10 %. The age range would be 18-32 as this is the age range that would watch it as it relatable which makes it more appealing. We chose the status would be students or workers as this is also makes it relatable for the audience. The psychographic would be that they like to listen to music and watch movies as this is what the majority of people in our age range do and watch movies to show that they would want to watch this film. As the age range is also young they also will go out with family and friends. As it is a about a person who has schizophrenia it appeals to the target audience as they are fascinated which appeals to them which they would want to watch films about them.
- 5. All of these are in the top psychological thrillers and have all been popular in the cinema as making a big profit from all of them. We want this for our trailer as we want the trailer to get a good response and to be distributed by your company as they have produced other films like ours and have also got a good response. As you are an American based studio you can broaden our area which means our film can appeal to more appeal. Name of film profit Butterfly effect $96,060,858 Number 23 $77,566,815 Final destination $157,887,643 The conjuring $137,190,000
- 6. Title of the magazine, it goes with the theme of green and black. As it is in the route of the eye it will be the first thing they see. As it is one of the top film magazine they will recognize it. At the sides they have what else is in the magazine as a teaser to show the audience the main articles in there. It uses typical magazine effects, such as 3 sections and route of the eye. These are both used to appeal to the audience as both of these rules attract the audience to the magazine. Extreme close-up of the main character to draw attention to the magazine as they will remember him from a movie which would have been in the film charts at the time. The title of the film that is the main article of the magazine is underneath the title of the magazine to appeal to the audience as once they know the magazine they can see straight away what is in the magazine.
- 7. It uses typical magazine effects, such as 3 sections and route of the eye. These are both used to appeal to the audience as both of these rules attract the audience to the magazine. The title of the magazine is the main title of the front cover to make sure the audience knows what magazine it is. Above the title is slogan from the main film of the magazine. After they see the title and the slogan it appeals to the audience as they will want to read on to see what is in the rest of the magazine. At both sides they have text boxes with more information about what’s in the magazine. This appeals to the audience as they want to give examples of what other articles are in the magazine to appeal to the audience. As they are using principle of thirds they want it to look ordered and professional so they can also see the main image and titles. Extreme close-up of the main character to draw attention to the magazine as they will remember him from a movie which would have been in the film charts at the time. The title of the film is at the bottom, as they are using the route of the eye once they have seen the title of the magazine and the main image they will then see the title of the film article. As the cover is ordered it makes it easier for the audience to understand what's in the magazine.
- 8. It uses typical magazine effects, such as 3 sections and route of the eye. These are both used to appeal to the audience as both of these rules attract the audience to the magazine. As this is above the title it appeals to the audience as they use of the route of the eye they will see this from the beginning. It is an eye catching statement as it is colourful and appealing as the audience wants an exclusive. The title of the main article is on the side at the bottom. As they use route of the eye after they see the title and the main image, they will see the title of the film. As the audience wants to see what articles are in their if they is one about a new release it will appeal to them more. The main image is of a character from a new film release. This is to appeal to the audience as it is a new film they will want to read up about it. The image is of a still image from the film which attracts the audience as it looks more powerful. It is in front of the title of the magazine which shows that they want that to attract the audience. As it is a mid shot it shows the costume of the character so the audience recognises it. They use subheadings at the sides to show the audience what else is the magazine that could appeal to them. They don’t reveal too much information to keep the audience wanting to read the articles.
- 9. It uses typical poster effects, such as 3 sections and route of the eye. These are both used to appeal to the audience as both of these rules attract the audience to the magazine. As a well known actor is in the film they use this as people will recognise him. If they see a well known important actor is in the film they will want to look it up to see if they want to see it. They use an extreme close up of the actor to see the writing on his face as it shows he is in distress. As well as showing his emotion to attract the audience. The title is on the side at the bottom as they will see it while using the route of the eye as it is in a place where the audience are more likely to look first to attract them. They use a slogan that at the end of using a route of the eye they will see this. As it is a slogan that catches the audiences attention they will see this and want to know more about the film.
- 10. It uses typical poster effects, such as 3 sections and route of the eye. These are both used to appeal to the audience as both of these rules attract the audience to the magazine. They use a principle of thirds, in the middle section they have the name of the title as this is the section without any pictures so it is on its own to make it more visible. As the slogan says “seven deadly sins” they have a list of them to show what they are to let the audience know. As a well known actors are in the film they use this as people will recognise them. If they see well known important actors are in this film they will want to look it up to see if they want to see it.
- 11. It uses typical poster effects, such as 3 sections and route of the eye. These are both used to appeal to the audience as both of these rules attract the audience to the magazine. As a well known actors are in the film they use this as people will recognise them. If they see well known important actors are in this film they will want to look it up to see if they want to see it. There is a crack in her face to display it is a psychological thriller. It could show a scar to show she is emotionally cracked . They have put a rating on the poster, this shows that it is a good rated film. As people can see it is rated a good amount it will influence people to see it as it now seems more appealing.
- 12. Ancillary tasks
- 13. Title of magazine Title of my film Picture as the main background to draw attention to the audience as they will know it is a film magazine and be attracted to the picture The picture will be a mid shot of the main character in the shed writing on the wall Information on what's in the magazine
- 14. Review Title of my film Fine print