Fairytale research

After researching various fairytales, it has become apparent that the female protagonist almost always falls in love, which is the basis of the whole storyline.  The girl always finds her 'prince charming' or she falls in love with somebody who they shouldn't, for example a beast. The stereotypical girl is slim, pretty, either brunette or blonde and well presented. The male 'prince charming' often has dark hair, looks incredibly smart, slim, athletic and bright looking. Here are two characters i created using an online software, they conform to the stereotypical conventions of what a 'prince and princess' should be. Whilst casting, we must look for individuals with a similar appearance.

Exploring genre- fantasy

Fantasy is a genre that commonly uses magic and other supernatural aspects as a primary plot element, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place imaginary worlds where magic and magical creatures are almost always present.

Investigating fairytales- The little mermaid

Investigating fairytales- Snow white

Investigating fairytales- Rapunzel

CHANGE OF STORYLINE!

We have decided although we know it will be highly time consuming, and we are limited for time, we are going to add a fairytale twist to our story.

Twist idea two -terminal illness

'Twist' idea one- 'Murder'

'Murder'

Although this idea provides a gripping twist to the piece, and enables it to conform to the stereotypical 'drama' conventions,  it will be verging on the genre 'horror'. Therefore inappropriate for our 'family film' target audience. Also it will be challenging to create a lifelike murder scene without it looking unprofessional or tacky, as we have a minimal budget, it also will be challenging to find locations such as..

- A court room

- A 'murder scene'

- A hospital

There are more limitations with this idea then positives, but myself and my production partner will have a meeting at a later date to discuss whether we are to continue with this idea or select another.

Drama influences- shots

I looked at a drama ident 'itv-where drama lives'. It simply shows the most emotion provoking scenes, i assumed this may give me ideas for the 'twist' we need to add to our storyline.

Influences- what occurs in 'drama' themed pieces

I looked at an ident 'ITV, where drama lives'. It is purely a minute long sequence of 'dramatic' scenes from drama sequels. The shots i selected i believe to be the most emotion provoking of all scenes. I think it is highly important that we select the aspects that work well in other drama based productions and translate them into ours, so we can ensure that it will be appropriate for our target audience. We must ensure it meets the stereotypical conventions of a media film.

Deciding on our 'event'- meeting minutes

What main event should happen in our story?

We weighed up the pros and cons of both of our ideas to amend our story-line. We decided we would add to the story we already had, and create a main event within the story, the event will either be, a death, a birth, a marriage or a terminal illness of one of our protagonists. 

In the future, if making a 'drama' film, we would like to create a 'period drama', as this opens up the opportunity for interesting mise en' scene and various other elements throughout the production process, making it far more interesting and exciting to complete, due to extreme time restraints on us now, we simply do not have the time to amend our story-line to fit in with the era and gain ownership of any of the props required to complete this task.

Adding 'twists and turns' to our current storyline

Reconsidering our idea...

Researching 25 word pitches...

KATANA- “It’s KILL BILL meets BUFFY, about a teen girl who discovers she’s a reincarnated samurai, but would rather be breaking hearts than breaking bones.” This pitch is concise, it simply tells the audience the names of the protagonists and the main theme of the story, it is short snappy and keeps an audience.

Charlie And The Chocolate Factory- "Everyone wants the secrets of the reclusive Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory, but only one courageous boy will get them during a wild and hilarious adventure".This pitch is more intriguing. It doesn't give to much away, and words such as 'secrets' make the audience feel important and as if they are part of the storyline.  Descriptive words such as 'wild' and hilarious' set the entertaining, comical genre without giving too much information away.

Shoeless Joe- A holiday of a lifetime across the desolate heart of the Australian outback turns into a living nightmare for five friends.This pitch basically outlines the 'what and when', it also tells the audience about the relationship between characters, naming them as 'friends' It doesn't give too much away, but tells you of the the 'living nightmare' that they are to encounter, this somehow introduces some of the possible themes such as action, horror, drama or family.Storage- Terror stalks a storage facility. Survival for those trapped inside depends on the secrets in those endless units. But some doors are better left locked. The lexical field 'horror' introduces the films genre. By saying "some doors are better left locked" it gives the audience space to think and wonder as to what could happen if those 'doors' were to be unlocked. It makes the audience for intrigued to continue reading.

After looking at these pitches, it has become apparent that it is improtant to use descriptive language in order to set a scene, you can begin to either introduce characters or introduce or hint about the key events that happen throughout the film, without giving away to much infromation.Shoeless Joe- A holiday of a lifetime across the desolate heart of the Australian outback turns into a living nightmare for five friends.This pitch basically outlines the 'what and when', it also tells the audience about the relationship between characters, naming them as 'friends' It doesn't give too much away, but tells you of the the 'living nightmare' that they are to encounter, this somehow introduces some of the possible themes such as action, horror, drama or family.Storage- Terror stalks a storage facility. Survival for those trapped inside depends on the secrets in those endless units. But some doors are better left locked. The lexical field 'horror' introduces the films genre. By saying "some doors are better left locked" it gives the audience space to think and wonder as to what could happen if those 'doors' were to be unlocked. It makes the audience for intrigued to continue reading.After looking at these pitches, it has become apparent that it is improtant to use descriptive language in order to set a scene, you can begin to either introduce characters or introduce or hint about the key events that happen throughout the film, without giving away to much information.

25 word pitch ideas...

What should a 25 word pitch include?