My Pitch

 Hello, in this blog I will discuss my two pitches and which one I ultimately chose. Due to the opening sequence of my film being allotted 2 minutes, I knew that I had to chose a genre of film that could create suspense and grab the attention of the viewer. I thought about showing the ending of the film to start it off, but that posed a multitude of problems. For one, I wouldn’t be able to show the truly beginning of the film, which would go against the rubric. Secondly, it would be hard for audience to have a sense of relief for the ending the character received due to them not being familiar with this character and no bond being established. Thirdly, I was still on the edge on whether I wanted my protagonist to get the upper hand on my antagonist or nobody wins and everyone loses. The only thing I knew for sure after considering what would grab the attention of the viewer was that I wanted to create a horror film. I reached this conclusion due to the fact I completed a PowerPoint on the thriller genre (which is closely related to horror) earlier in the school year. The two pitches I came up with are extremely similar yet differ in the most vital ways. My first pitch: A boy left home alone is forced to defend himself against a serial killer who has been stalking him for the last month. My second pitch: A mother chased down her sons kidnapper in an attempt find her son after being adducted from a park on his birthday. I would be highly interested in making both films but when considering which would be easier to film, I will be carrying out pitch one. I chose the first pitch because I found the single setting of a house easier to film at versus the multiple settings of my home city. The first pitch wouldn’t have moved away from the setting of my house and would have required a limited amount of actors, complicated shots, and no permission to film in public areas. Whereas the second pitch would have been shot all around my city, used a combination of complicated shots and angles, and I would’ve had to ask for permission to film in public places. Even though it was admittedly a better pitch, it simply would’ve been harder to film the second pitch that is why I chose the first one. In the end, due to difficulty complications, I chose to execute my first pitch: A boy left home alone is forced to defend himself against a serial killer who has been stalking him for the last month.



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