The pitch is for a short film noir set in a futuristic dystopia about a man dragged into a life of crime by an obsessed femme fatale. The story would follow the man as he sits alone in a diner, until the femme fatale enters and robs the waitress at gunpoint. They then embrace and walk away together holding the gun. The film will be shot in the style of gritty 1940s crime films and aim to cast three actors to play the main roles on a low budget.

1. A2 media film pitch;
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A film noir set in a futuristic dystopia.

2. Storyline – Archetype, a
gritty crime noir
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A young man sat alone in an all night diner, a trilby on his head
and a steaming cup of coffee at his table. He sits alone reading
the news paper/or an iPad. A voice over begins and he explains he’s
been dragged into a life of crime by a women he is obsessed with.
As his voice over talks we see a young woman walking past the
window of his booth, his eyes follow her as she walks into the
diner and his voice over stops. The young woman is dressed in a
trench coat. (a classic femme fatale) she sits in a booth opposite
him and they nod at each other, faces stern.
 With that she stands and puts her hand into a pocket, we see the
tip of a gun. She moves over to the counter slow and confident
before threatening the waitress, at first the waitress disagrees
and causes a stir. The male stands abruptly and knocks the table
back in a threatening way and throws his hand into his pocket and
producing the tip of a gun. The waitress then agrees and hands all
the money from the till. The femme fatale leaves the diner with a
smug face and the male slowly follows after. They join in the
streets at the end of a dark alley-way and embrace before slowly
walking into the horizon both holding the gun between the two of
them.

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 Characters: we’ll preferably need three actors;
A femme fatale, A male and a waitress.
 Actors: we’ve got a possible actor to play our
male and are using the various websites to
search for other actors.
 Location: an all night diner/bar. We could use
an old café or a chain fast food store like
McDonalds or Burger King.

4. Style.
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 A gritty crime noir. For example Reign
of death –
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aa9O5PTNct
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 Or The bloody olive –
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMgbMnAmv2
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 Or Tell-Tale –
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsbNS4M1Eb
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5. Influences.
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 The things that we as a group have been
influenced by are the 1940’s visual styling’s
along with the themes that run throughout the
short such as crime and romance.
 Another thing that influenced us was the
futuristic style of the setting though we most
likely wont use this in our short film.

6. Contingency plan and
costs.
 Back up:
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 Location: if we don’t get permission to film in a diner or
café we plan on changing the story slightly and having it
set in a park or a small shop.
 Actors: we’ll ask several actors to star in our film and
use some as back-ups and under-studies.
 Costs:
 Props: we’ve set a budget of £50 for costume and props
most of which can be purchased from charity shops or from
our own wardrobes. Though we may have to put more in for
the mis-en-scene such as the 1940’s styling.
 Actors: We’ve agreed that if asked we’ll pay for the
actors travel etc. and food.