One Page Pitch (Including Video)

So, let's get straight into it.

Alex and I have prepared our one-page pitch and are ready to deliver it to the producers. We're pretty sure this is the finished product and suitable to be presented to the producers. More blog posts will follow concerning our research & planning phase of our main task.
                              

One Page Pitch

Working title: PAYBACK

Tag Line: ‘Sticks and stones break more than bones’ (however still work in progress)

Film Genre(s): Crime Thriller

Approximate length of time: 120 minutes

Target Audience: 15 – 34, fans of Crime-thrillers, such as Jack Reacher and Taken.

‘What if’ premise: What if a vulnerable boy that had experienced an eternity of cyber bullying decided to stand up in a sadistic way, gaining vengeance on the girls that oppressed him.

The Story Synopsis: (work in progress). A girl is found murdered at her home by a mysterious wanted man in town only referred to as ‘The Lady Killer’. Recently promoted Detective David Monroe is left to tackle the case on his own – who is this murderer? What is his motive? Only time will tell.

Statement of Intent: We have decided to centre our film on the themes of bullying, redemption, vengeance and revenge. The purpose of our film is to ultimately convey the effects of bullying. This however extreme scale is a modern way of ‘scaring’ people into considering the consequences.

Secondly, we decided on creating this plot as a film rather than a TV series. This is because the pressure of a metaphorical countdown would be lost in a TV series as this would span over a longer period of time than a film. For example, a TV series could be 20 hours whereas a film could be merely 2 hours.

Visual Realisation: Starts out with a slow pace, however gradually speeds up later on in the film. The opening to the film is quite warm and overall appears normalised. However, soon there is a descent into darkness, showing a juxtaposition.

Audience Appeal: I believe that our target audience will enjoy the final piece as it conveys many similarities in plot to other films. Jack Reacher, for example, a crime-thriller, consists of a murder that sparks an overall investigation on a larger scale. Our plot similarly unravels as the Detective realises the purpose behind these tragic acts. Secondly, like Taken, there is a metaphorical clock counting down as the detective is trying to catch the murderer before more people die.

Ending: This is just an idea that we had if the film was actually made in full rather than just an opening sequence.

After a dramatic end, such as the death of The Lady Killer or even their victory, there is a rapid reverse to the beginning of the film where we see the victim from the opening sequence is sat alive and well at her computer. She is about to send a mean comment but then suddenly comes to a form of realisation. She deletes the message and a black screen wipes across the screen, following the cursor deleting letters. The credits start.

The fully edited clip is now available!