FEEDBACK ON THE PITCH

What was Said

After showing our pitch, the audience were impressed with our presentation and thought process, however there were many things pointed out that we need to work on. This includes scrapping ideas and including other elements to our film which may help it be the best it can be. Here are the following things we will fix and how we will progress with our idea.

Props

In general there was nothing bad to be said about the plots we have chosen, as they are all appropriate and show that we have thought a great deal about what we should use. We questioned if the use of the flowerpot was too comical however we agreed it was a good idea and it would be realistic as well as create a dramatic death in our film.

The Plot

We have decided to change many things with this as our audience gave good feedback which helped us reflect on what we could do to improve it.

Firstly we would change the idea of beginning with a Dolly shot and instead change it to something more easier and interesting like simply filming the car drive past which would work well. There are other shots we will change now and shall only start considering the actual camera actions we want to use once we have made our storyboard and had a proper talk of what we think will work best.

The flashbacks that we were going to continually use throughout have been let go of. This is due to the fact It would make the film to confusing and the scene would look much better without so many different changes. We also had to consider the timing which was pointed out to us by the audience as the clip could only be two minute’s long, which would not have fit with our plot.

We will still keep many aspects though as we were told and believe ourselves we have some good ideas which could lead to hopefully an impressive piece of film.

Actors & Actresses

Originally we put in the Pitch we would use 6 actors, however once discussing this with the audience and giving our reasons for why we would need this amount we decided there was no need for a friend of the female relative as there was no proper use for her and the film would stay just as good so we managed to narrow it down to 5 with one less actor.

This works well and keeps us from having to find two women to play the characters.

Location

The Location does not need any changes.

After talking to our audience about this everyone agreed that this was a good place to film and that it would suit the idea we had for our piece.

The location we will use is the same house we used for our preliminary task. This works well as it has a long drive through and a good use of space to film in.

Music

After discussing what music we would use, the audience liked our choice and agreed that it would work well with the mood and dramatic theme we are trying to go with. We got inspiration from the Man On A Ledge soundtrack, as this was like the kind of film we wanted to make, sharing the same genre so we thought this would work well.

The piece of music we have looked at ‘The Getaway’ involves a mixture of mystery, suspense and drama so this suits our film very well and will be good to set the theme with.