This document contains Michelle Dunbar's pitch for two short film ideas titled "Opposites" and "Knocking". For "Opposites", the 6-minute film follows an introverted girl named Maddie and extroverted girl named Megan who meet by chance and influence each other to step outside their comfort zones. For "Knocking", the 5-6 minute mysterious film follows friends Jess and Sabrina who hear unexplained knocking at Jess' house one night and investigate. Both films target 16-18 year old audiences and would be distributed online.

1. My Pitch
MICHELLE DUNBAR

2. Film idea 1
Working title
I would like to call my short film ‘Opposites’ because it fits in well with the plot of my
film. I think that my title will give the viewers an idea of what it is about because they
are more likely to want to watch it if the title sounds interesting. I might change the
name if I find one that is more fitting and eye catching because I want the viewers to
be able to make an assumption about what it is about without having to watch it.
Length of film
I would like my film to be around 6 minutes long because I think that I will be able to
fit in everything that I need to in that time frame and if it was any longer, I think that
it would drag. If I made it longer i think that the quality wouldn’t be as good.
Logline/Tagline
I want my tagline to be ‘They do say opposites attract’ because it relates to
the plot of my film and it summarises what it is about in a sentence.

3. Key Characters
Maddie
A 17 year old introvert who prefers to stay at home, she doesn't have lots of
friends and prefers to have a small but close group of them. She finds it hard to
fit in because she finds it difficult to talk to people first. She needs someone to
bring her out of her comfort zone and show her how to have fun.
Megan
A 17 year old extrovert that loves to meet new people any chance she gets. She
is a risk taker and isn't scared of the consequences. She likes to spend her time
outside and go out of her comfort zone to have fun.

4. Synopsis
Act 1
Maddie and Megan wake up and start getting ready for their day.(they are in separate houses but
the screen is split in half to show both of them at once) They spend their mornings alone and get
ready to leave the house. They leave their houses at the same time and bump into each other at
the park. Maddie is reading and gets approached by Megan who Is listening to music, it is very
loud and Maddie hears it and looks up before Megan reaches her.
Act 2
Maddie and Megan sit together and get to know each other with Megan leading the
conversation. They talk about their interests to each other. Megan tells Maddie that she needs to
do something crazy once in her life. Megan then suggests that try and steal a car during the night.
They wait till it gets dark and successfully get the door open to someones car. But just as they
open the door, the porch light to the house turns on and they run away, but first they grab the
CDs that are in the glovebox.
Act 3
They run away laughing, they stop somewhere to take a break from running, they look through
the CDs they took and thro them in the air, they then have a long hug.

5. Target Audience, Form + Style,
Marketplace
Target Audience
My target audience are going to be around 16-18. I think that my short film
will reach them because it is a teen film. On the NRS scale my audience
would be an E because it would be targeted at teenagers still in school and it
would be unlikely that they have their own income.
Form + Style
I want my film to have a modern feel to it as it is aimed at teenagers. There is
not a particular style that I want to film in.
Marketplace
I think that my film will be popular on sites like Youtube and Short of the
week, this is because teenagers are more likely to watch something if it is
online and easily accessible by phone. Also I think that teen drama is a
popular genre and that my film also be popular because of that. I don’t want
there to be a prequel/sequel because I just want it to be a stand alone film.

6. Script
The music I have
chosen is memories
from bensound
because it fits in well
with my film and I
think it would add a
good and upbeat
feeling to it.

7. Storyboard

8. Film idea 2
Working title
I would like to call my short film ‘Knocking’ because it will refer to something
that happens in the plot. The title will also give the audience an idea about
what will happen.
Length of film
I want the length of my film to be around 5-6 minutes because I think that it
is a good length to get everything I need in and for it to still be interesting.
Logline/Tagline
I want my tagline to be ‘something is knocking’ because this gives an insight
into what my film is about but also doesn’t give anything away so that you
still have to watch it to find out what the full story is.

9. Key Characters
Jess
A 17 year old kind and light-hearted girl who likes to stay at home and
watch films with her friends. She is scared of the dark and likes to be
home early. She is also quite nervous and gets scared easily.
Sabrina
A 16 year old confident girl who has a quirky dress sense. She is not
scared of much and likes to stick up for her friends, especially her best
friend Jess. She will back up her friends in any situation and will try and
keep them from harm when she can.

10. Synopsis
Act 1
Jess Is sat in her room, she hears a knock at the door, she gets nervous but it is only her
friend Sabrina, who arrived an hour early for their mvie night. Sabrina comes in and goes to
Jess’ room to get comfortable.
Act 2
Its dark and the girls are watching a movie, halfway through thy hear a knock at the door.
Jess thinks that it is her dad who is home early from work but when she goes down and
opens the door there is no one there. She goes back upstairs and thinks nothing of it.
They hear another knock and they get nervous and slowly walk downstairs together as they
think it is strange that these knocks happened more than once. They go and open the door
with Sabrina taking the lead, and once again no one is there.
Act 3
Jess calls her dad to ask if he knows who was knocking, he doesn’t and tells them to stay
inside. They hear more knocks and get scared, the door then creaks open and the screen
fades to black.

11. Target Audience, Form + Style,
Marketplace
Target Audience
My target audience are going to be around 16-18. I think that my short film will reach
them because it is a teen film. On the NRS scale my audience would be an E because
it would be targeted at teenagers still in school and it would be unlikely that they have
their own income
Form + Style
I want my film to have a mysterious vibe, I want it to also be relaxed until it gets to the
climax, where the pace will then increase. I would like to try and give my film a tense
feeling throughout as I think that will make it more interesting. I think that the name
of the film will also add to the tense atmosphere because the audience will be waiting
for the title of the film to make sense.
Marketplace
I see this film on short of the week and Youtube, this is because they are easily
accessible and are more likely to be viewed by younger people because it is
online. I think that there is rom for a sequel because of where I left the end of
my film.

12. Script
I want to make my own
backing track.

13. Storyboard