This document provides a synopsis and production details for the film "Blood Cries". The film follows two friends in a South London gang who have a falling out over a girl, leading one to join a rival gang. This results in the death of the younger brother of one friend, who was targeted due to his brother's actions. The film will be an urban crime drama directed at ages 15-24, with a budget of up to £120,000. It is slated for production in mid-2014 and release in early 2015.

1. The Big Pitch
By Ben Tedeku

2. Blood Cries

3. Synopsis
• Film follows two friends part of a gang in South London.
There is tension in the area between two rival gangs not far
from each other.
• The friends eventually fall out over a girl the two are involved
with leading to one of the friends siding with the enemy.
• This results in the death of the younger brother of … who was
innocently targeted because of his older brothers actions. The
film focuses on “the effect of gang culture on innocent lives”

4. Genre/Target Audience
The film Genre is an Urban Crime Drama/Drama. Similar
comparable titles are of the same genre and focus on things that
not everybody knows about on urban streets.
The target audience for this project is individuals from the age of
15 – 24. I feel that the individuals in this age bracket are who the
film will impact the most and most of the viewers will be from this
age bracket. Therefore the film rated a 15.

5. Comparable Titles
£100,056
£3,247,651
£297,735
£550,213

6. Comparable TV Shows

7. Director(s)
The Hughes Brothers

8. Producer
George Tillman Jr.

9. Writer(s)
Levi David Addai

10. Actors
John Boyega
Malachi Kirby
Dan Jay Green
Bernard Mensah

11. Film Festival
British Film Festival

12. Funding/Cost
I plan to work in conjunction with Microwave Film London and take
advantage of their funding for debut film makers. The challenge is to shoot a
full length feature film for up to £120,000 including cash and in-kind support
£120,000

13. Production Dates
PRE-PRODUCTION: June 1st 2014 – 1st August 2014
PRODUCTION: 5th August 2014 – 25th September 2014
POST PRODUCTION: 1st November 2014 – 30th December 2014
RELEASE: January 2015