Media powerpoint for the pitch

1. MEDIA PITCH
2 FILM IDEAS
LUCY CLAYTON

2. WELCOME
Welcome!
Today I will be talking to you about 2 film ideas. I will be going through the
synopsis, character profiles, target audience and any additional information
such as the marketplace and form and style of my films.

3. FILM IDEA 1- ‘ENIGMA’
ENIGMA:
A puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation.
LENGTH OF FILM:
A short film with a running time between 5-10 minutes.
GENRE:
Psychological thriller
TAGLINE:
Too many questions, not enough answers.

4. CHARACTER PROFILES
Main Character:
George, ‘The Man’
My film will predominantly include an adult male, with dark/grey hair and a slight
beard.
The clothes this main character will wear is a fisherman’s outfit, therefore beige,
waterproof type clothes with a hat and all of the equipment needed to fish. (Such as
fishing rod, hook, camping chair etc).
Throughout the film this character will be quite mysterious.

5. CHARACTER PROFILES
Policeman:
The policeman I will include in a couple of scenes within the short film, he will be an adult
male in police uniform, for the scenes where the TV shows the interview at the scene of the
crime.
The Wife of George:
This character will only be shown extremely briefly, and won’t necessarily even be seen, just
heard. For example, in one of the key last scenes, she will be sat with George, asking him a
question whilst watching the news.

6. SYNOPSIS
ACT 1
The short film will start with shots of the scene, a quiet, isolated but captivating lake, with a
lot of mystery behind it.
George is lying ‘dead’ on the ground, cuts and bruising over his face.
His fingers or eyes may flicker or move, revealing perhaps something secretive to the
audience, which then follows up with a blank screen or a quick switch to the upcoming
scenes.

7. SYNOPSIS
ACT 2
The next couple of scenes is what had happened to George, the main character and what
stands in his way.
It will include a news bulletin with the wife of George, with a television that is displaying the
scene of the crime with an interview, from a Policeman, where forensics are searching for
evidence of perhaps a murder or drowning that has been committed within the lake.
It will then lead onto the main scenes within the film, explaining what happened with dramatic
and nerve-wracking scenes of the fisherman, the build up of the pleasant quiet afternoon,
until everything goes wrong.

8. SYNOPSIS
ACT 3
Act 3 is in particular the most intriguing and thought provoking.
This is because these are the scenes that tie the whole plot together, concludes the crisis and
therefore makes the audience reflect, deliberate and reason what has happened and why this has
occurred.
The last scene for ‘Enigma’, shows the news bulletin on the television.
The wife will turn to George and say “Isn’t that where you went?”, to which he turns his head and
shuffles a little, moves his fingers towards his neck, where the cut in the beginning scene of him
lying ‘dead’ on the ground has now been exposed to the discussion that he was either alive, a
clone, or is the whole film and George’s life in a loop?
The audience’s imagination decides.

9. TARGET AUDIENCE
My target audience is for late teenagers/young adults – adults.
I have decided the target audience for my film would be for older viewers as they would be
able to follow the psychological side of my thriller and as a result appreciate the plot twists
etc more.
On the NRS Scale, I would put my target audience into the social grade category of C2-B
which is a skilled working class to middle class.
• The film fits into a target audience category on the 4cs Scale extremely well. The film fits
into ‘The Reformer’ or ‘The Explorer’ category.

10. FORM AND STYLE
The form and style of my film will be thoughtful and convincing throughout.
The camera angles I certainly want to include are some initial establishing shots of the location, a
close up shot of the man’s facial expressions or face scars, birds eye view shots, shots from the water
and possibly drone shots of the location.
It will be filmed on a Canon Camera, as it has high quality which is what I am looking for, and different
lenses to help with perspectives of the characters and lets the setting come alive.
The genre I want to try and recreate is a psychological thriller, this is so the film leaves the
audience even more interested than when it began, and leaves them with so many logical
questions and thoughts afterwards, making them want to watch the film again and again.

11. MARKETPLACE
Within the film industry market, I see my film being shown predominantly in cinemas, if it was
longer and turned into the same length as other cinema films. Other than this, YouTube and
‘Short of the Week’ would be a perfect place for this to be displayed also.
There is scope for a sequel or even a series to be made out of these short films, as I feel like
they would be able to be adjusted to any other type of character and not just a fisherman.
This also means that each film can be targeted more at the other genders, hobbies, likes and
dislikes so everybody gets a chance to enjoy these types of films too.

12. SAMPLE MUSIC AND PRE PRODUCTION
MATERIAL
FREESOUND- Scary Ambient Music (Kill Shock)
I have chosen this background music, as it is not extremely distracting from the
film, but adds tension and mystery to the audience. It has no lyrics as I feel as if
this would make it too off putting for the audience and also wouldn’t be able to
hear the dialogue over the top of this too.
ATTACHED: DRAFT SCRIPT AND STORYBOARD

13. FILM IDEA 2- LILO TO HELL
LENGTH OF FILM:
A short film with a running time between 5-10 minutes.
GENRE:
Psychological thriller/ comedy (comedic elements)
TAGLINE:
A tourist’s dream turned into one big nightmare.

14. CHARACTER PROFILES
Main Character:
Darren, ‘The Tourist’
My film will predominantly include an adult male, dressed in bright, tacky, tourist outfit such
as a Hawaiian shirt and perhaps tight swimming trunks.
The Children
The children within ‘Lilo To Hell’ include a boy and a girl aged around 5-10 years of age and
are also on holiday with Darren, their father. They are dressed in beachwear, swimming
costumes, hats, sunglasses etc.

15. SYNOPSIS
ACT 1
The location is quiet and seems to only have Darren, his family and only a couple of other people on the beach. The
film progresses where Darren is now in deep sleep, and slips into a ‘dream.’
ACT 2
The dream is an ideal setting for Darren and his family. It leads to him on the beach, building sandcastles and
having and pleasurable time with his family doing everything you could dream of on holiday.
ACT 3
A huge storm takes over the island, making the tone of the film turn deadly and tense, followed by an enormous
animal from either land or sea comes and attacks Darren. The end scene is when the ‘attack’ gets to the point
where the ‘dream’ that has now turned into a nightmare, is at breaking point and where a serious injury/death would
have occurred, before a quick sudden change to Darren, lying on his lilo, the exact same type clip and angle as the
beginning.
The plot twist is that there is the same scar/cut in the exact same place as the attack scar in the nightmare, or finds
a certain object that links to the nightmare, leaving the audience to think to themselves and ask themselves
questions such as:
Was this all real life? Was the nightmare real? What happened? Is he still in the dream? Is it all going to happen
again?

16. TARGET AUDIENCE
My target audience will predominantly be aimed at teenagers to young adults.
On the NRS scale, the target audience would be put into categories from D-B, which
represents working class to middle class, mainly because there is no class that isn’t suitable
to watch this.
On the 4Cs scale, the target audience would be aimed more for ‘The Reformers’ or ‘The
Explorers’.

17. FORM AND STYLE
The form and style of ‘Lilo To Hell’ would be clear, comedic, precise but also thrilling.
The camera angles that would be extremely interesting to work with and use, are establishing shots,
birds eye view shots and drone shots of the sea.
Another camera angle that would look perfect in a short film such as ‘Lilo To Hell’, would be
underwater shots and point of view shots.
It will be filmed on a Canon Camera, as it has high quality which is what I am looking for, and different
lenses to help with perspectives of the characters and lets the setting come alive.
The genre I want to try and recreate is a psychological thriller.
I also think a slight comedic element to the film makes the audience even more interested to
watch the film.

18. MARKETPLACE
Within the film industry market, I see my film being shown predominantly in cinemas or at
movie events such as movie nights with all of the family, ‘Short of the Week’ or even
YouTube. Therefore, it involves the whole family as it is something that can be enjoyed by
everyone.
I feel as if there isn’t huge scope for a series for this film, however something could be
changed such as the lilo, or the attack scene could be completely different to change the end
of the film, leaving multiple cliff-hangers for the audience.

19. SAMPLE MUSIC AND PRE PRODUCTION
MATERIAL
FREESOUND- Waters Of Cyprus - Beach
I have chosen this sound to add to the background of my film, as it
has the sound effects of waves which makes the location feel even
more realistic. It has no lyrics as I feel as if this would make it too
distracting for the audience and also wouldn’t be able to hear the
dialogue over the top of this too.
• ATTACHED: A DRAFT SCRIPT AND STORYBOARD

20. THANK YOU
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!
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