Final Pitch idea and my reflection on the pitch idea

Storyline

-inside a science laboratory, three scientists are working on a special formula
{wearing lab coats and lab goggles}

-scientist 1 writes up some calculations before saying  "I think I've cracked it" 

-retrieves a vial of black liquid from a the store room and adds a drop to the main formula vial.

-formula is finished. 

-sound of a car pulling up outside the laboratory causes the scientists to get into a panic

-scientists carefully put it into 3 vials and put those into a foam lined briefcase.

-close up of man getting out of car outside lab [close up of door opening, and feet hitting the floor]

-scientist 1 hands the guy the briefcase.

-exits via the rear of the building with the briefcase, leaving the scientists in the lab.

-shots of the guy walking calmly away from the building.

-cut away to the lab where two men proceed to detain the two scientists.
 a third man enters the building and says to the scientists  "where is it" 

-one of the scientists replies  "its gone" 

-third man whips out his mobile phone [with credits on screen]

-calls a number and says  "its not here" 

-cut away to guy on other end of phone (boss)  "well...you had better find it"  [shot of only the lower quarter of face and mobile phone]

-cut back to the lab. third man says "lets go. bring one with you, deal with the other" put potato sack on the first scientist head, 
 take him outside, and put him in the back of the car, then go back into the lab, shoot the other scientist
 then return to the car, and proceed to drive away.

-camera behind car as it turns the corner

-match on action of the briefcase guy coming round the corner [front view]

-fade back into the scientist walking down a street, mid-afternoon/ evening, with the briefcase in hand

-proceeds to turn down an alleyway and walks a few meters,
 at which point he looks behind him and sees the silhouette of a man in a hat behind him.

-he turns his head back and sees the silhouette of another man in a hat  {so he is effectively trapped}.

-he stops and begins to asses his options, at which point the two men begin to walk towards him.

-the scientist begins to panic, and drops the briefcase onto the floor, revealing the three vials.

-the men in suits and hats increase their pace towards the scientist as he desperately tries to pick up the vials 
 and place them back into the briefcase.

-final shot. an Ariel view of the two men in suits on either side of the scientist [one in front, one behind].

Personally I like our idea because it is new and innovative compared to a lot of the student films that I have already scene, it shouldn't be to hard to film as we know exactly what time of day we need to film each scene at and we have easy access to all of the locations 

Institution Research

A film distributor is a company or individual responsible for the marketing of a film. The distributor may set the release date of a film and the method by which a film is to be exhibited or made available for viewing: for example, directly to the public either theatrically or for home viewing

Kaleidoscope Film Distribution (KFD)

based in Soho, London. 

it has released more than 250 titles to date

Launched in November 2008, Kaleidoscope Entertainment (KHE) is an integrated audio‐visual content business, with worldwide physical and digital entertainment distribution capabilities. It is the UK’s fastest growing film distributor year on year.   It sells, markets and distributes its own portfolio alongside third party labels in the UK and Ireland making it a very strong player in the Home Entertainment, Digital, Video On Demand and Television sales arenas also. 

 Including the following thrillers

 

Log line
Based on a genuine Twitter account, iKllr is the real and shocking story of a young woman’s abduction, documented through a series of anonymous clips posted on the internet.
 














Log line A career criminal breaks free from his gangland life only to find himself the target of retaliation.

 

Thriller - Genre

Thriller - Genre
The thriller genre uses suspense tension and excitement this keeps the audience gripped to the film an example of this is panic room.
There is often a specific scene where it makes the audience feel uneasy and they are put on edge.
There is a lot of low key/Dim lighting which adds a lot of shadows this can add a lot of dark and scary atmosphere or it can show an inner darkness in certain characters
The editing usually uses quick cuts and specific camera angles 
The sound usually uses music that gives tension
Characters - soldiers spies law enforcement officers stalkers criminals psychotic characters innocent citizens that get dragged into danger
Themes - crime spies chase suspense assassination terrorism political conspiracy supernatural events psychological mind games
Iconography - cars weapons urban settings tension building music
Feelings - excitement anticipation nerve wracking tension anxiety uncertainty

Examples of Thrillers
Sin City, also known as Frank Miller's Sin City,^[2] is a 2005 American crime thriller film written, produced and directed by Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez
Salt is a 2010 American action thriller spy film directed by Phillip Noyce

Audience Research

Recently I asked 10  people between the ages of 10 to 48 the following questions for my audience research

Are you Male of Female?
Male 6
Female 4

How old are you?
10-15 2
16-21 5
22-27 1
28-33 0
38 +  2

When do you usually watch films?
Mourning  0
Afternoon 2
Evening 6
Night 2

Where do you watch films?
T.V. 4
Smart phone 1
Games Console 2
Computer 1
Cinema 2
Other 0

What is your favourite genre of film?
Horror 1
Thriller 3
Romcom 3
Action 1
Scifi 1
Other 0

How often do you Watch Films?
Every day 2
2-3 times a Week 5
Once a month 2
Other - Depends what day of the week it is

Do you usually keep up with the latest films?
Yes 3
No 4
Sometimes 3

What is your favorite Hobby?
Listening to Music 5
Watching TV 2
Watching movies 3
Sports 0
Other 0

Do you prefer to watch films made by independent companies or major companies?
Independent 0
Major 2
Both 8

Fed The Fish - Preliminary sequence

To make the sequence we were firstly given a script and from that we had to create an idea and decide mainly what locations we were going to use and what costumes we would have. Some of the factors we would have to consider were that we would have a limited amount of daylight and if we filmed some of it in the daylight then some of it in the night there would be a continuity error and especially filming outside then it would be hard to see the film. Also whether we could use the locations like the sports hall at the time that we needed it as other people may be using it.

Class feedback
I think that our preliminary sequence was a success because I thought that the general idea and concept was innovative and different. The editing included lots of match on action and continuity editing. Some good points are the long shot to close up at the beginning of the sequence because we have an establishing shot to a mid-shot of the character showing her facial expression then

To improve the sequence I think that we could improve some of the cuts and make them longer so that the match on action is correct and to make sure that it 'looks right' in terms of not having 1 or 2 frames being cut off at the start or the end of the cut. Also definitely the dialogue could be improved because when I watch it back it seems like there is too much cut off the end of the cut.

Group Discussion 08-01-12

Today we discussed what our logo for our production company would look like and we looked at potential settings and what the costumes would look like. We thought about using suits and filming in in Kingston town centre

Oceans 12

Here we used our knowledge of continuity editing to change the way the original sequence was edited as it was staged edited and visually it looked boring and I didn't interest me as an audience member. We used jump cuts and match on action so we could show a clear image of the characters facial expressions and to show how the characters react.