60 Second Pitch

Pitching an idea for a film comes during the development phase of filmmaking. Pitching the idea to film executives and production companies determines whether your film will receive the funding necessary to make the film or not. This is what me and my group had to do for this task. As the project's producers, we had to create a story for a teen horror film. We worked together to prepare a synopsis of what the story would entail. We gave details of the main character, including: her name, her personality and her motives. We wrote a short script which we then preceded to film ourselves presenting. In the 60 second presentation, we gave a brief overview of the story arc, but made sure to include all of the necessary information to appeal to the audience. We will then find out if our idea receives a 'green light', which subsequently means pre-production can commence. During the development phase, we thought of many different concepts for a horror film. For example, we thought of honouring the traditional horror convention of having the villain as a male, and the victim a vulnerable female who is reliant on a male counterpart. We also had to consider ratings when planning the premise for our horror film, which effectively omitted several of our ideas.