Arash's Film Pitch & Target Audience Profile (Edited)
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The document outlines a film pitch called "BLACKOUTS" about an ex-cop on a commercial plane where passengers are being killed one by one during intermittent blackouts caused by faulty lights. The majority of the film would take place on the plane with flashbacks providing character backstories. It proposes Sylvester Stallone and Mickey Rourke for leading roles with Michael Bay and David R. Ellis directing and Craig Berenson producing. The primary target audience is described as males aged 15-44 who enjoy suspenseful scenarios involving guns, knives and adrenaline while a secondary audience is females 15-25 interested in excitement and heroic male characters.
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- 1. My Film Pitch & Target Audience Profile For Film Name: BLACKOUTS
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- 4. Inspirations Inspired?: The cop in a panicking plane scenario Inspired?: Bad people/person on a plane