Once I got my general idea for a short film out the way and detailed down, I'm able to think about a pitch and a method for pitching it. The synopsis is the basic outline I'm going to use to talk about and get my pitch across, and allows met to talk about the full story and reveal any hidden surprises or twists and explain the full story. I'm going to open with this so people no the idea and hopefully they'll be intrigued or on board. After that the next slide in my presentation is going to be a mood board of all influences or inspirations, this is going to show characters, shows and films that have used something similar to how I envision the project. This will mainly focus on shows that have successfully captured the tone I would like to use and characters that have similar and effective methods to how I folded mine. Television shows like Breaking Bad, Mr Robot and True Detective have played a big part in the development and unfolding of the story and writing process. After I've added more depth to the story and more detail for people to understand, I'm going to introduce the film festival I want to enter and why I think both the festival and the short film or suitable for each other and would provide a high success chance for screening. Through research and checking I landed on a festival called the British Independent Film Festival, which seemed to offer both a suitable category in which similar pieces of work have strived, a realistic deadline that is manageable and achievable and also has the screening before the module ends, and also not extremely costly. I think not only my short film but also other students ideas for short films may fit nicely in this festival.
After providing details on the festival, I will be moving on to suitable and local locations where to shoot. The film takes place in one area which helps make it more manageable and easier to organise but its still all about finding that one location, I provided a list of a few possibilities to show there are plenty of options out there if it gets green lit. After locations is a focus on the characters and details to use for if we cast them, just short details like age and features, to show they should be easy to cast and plenty to audition when it comes to it. The final slide in my presentation is going to discuss clothing for the characters and props used in the film, this is to make the tutors comfortable knowing that I've thought of what we need and that it all seems manageable and achievable in the time we have to get them, many of the props are quite common in films and we can use from previous productions, some clothing will be asked off by the actor playing and if they don't have any, they can be found and provided for them, this is just to save any money in the budget that could go to paying actors and transportation. Hopefully my presentation will go smoothly to the rest of the class and that the idea is universally like or interesting enough to gain interest for the production. I understand that the piece relies on a lot of dialogue and is not overly ambitious or out there but I feel it's something that would require a lot of thought and quality behind it and would produce a tight quality final piece, but I fully understand if it doesn't get picked, as there is a lot of great ideas circulating the class which could provide a greater challenge than mine.
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