Teaser Trailer Pitch

Genre Research

Summer Research

Over the summer, I did some basic research into 3 sports films, they are the following:O InvictusO Cool RunningsO Balls of Fury

Further Sports Films Research

Link to further sports film research

Decision On Teaser Trailer

Before Starting my pitch, I’m going to explain the ideas I had for my teaser trailer. I had to chose between 3 sports for my teaser trailer, these sports were:1. Football2. Water polo3. Swimming

Here are the reasons why I couldn’t chose two of the sports.

Film PlotThe Main character has a terrible injury and struggles to get out of bed in the morning and needs help from his parents but videos of him get posted to the internet and watched online by a scout that would like to sign him up to their academy and they would like to see him play but he doesn’t want to tell them because it will wreck his life-long dream. The main character talks to a receptionist and says he has a problem about the meeting. Flashbacks of the accident are shown after the phone call. The teaser trailer ends with the main character about to open the door before the meeting.

Main Conventions of Sport Films

The main conventions of Sport films are:O Contains a Sporting narrativeO Constant State of emotionO EquilibriumO DisruptionO ResolutionO SuccessO FailureO Strong relationship between characters

Style Of Teaser Trailer And Film Genre

The style of the teaser trailer is based on several sport films, where there is a problem and how it is overcome by the main character and their journey towards that happening. It is a classed as Sports Drama in the film genre. A Sports Drama film incorporates dramatic elements into a sports storyline. These films tend to examine the gritty and intense aspects of the sporting world, they have more dramatic elements and appeals to a more mature audience. Sports Drama films involve not only the rise, but the fall of the particular subject as well.

Locations & Settings

The locations of the film have no been identified but I have created a mind map of the settings that I need to use in my teaser trailer.

Characters

After writing my script, I have worked out that I only need 3 characters throughout my teaser trailer. The 2 main characters needed are:O The Main CharacterO The Football Scout

Budget For Film

The budget for the is unknown as it is only being funded by one film industry at this time which is my company, but we have had some interest in the film from production companies so that will be able to boost the budget of the film massively if they invest.

Tagline

I have yet to decide a tagline for the film as I am still thinking through names of the film but the tagline will relate to the title of the film that has been chosen.

My Target Audience

My target audience is based on my questionnaire results about sport films. I’m going to aim it at people over the age of 16 as people under the age of 16 wouldn’t appreciate a sports drama film as much as people over the age of 16, enjoy drama in films more.

Who Would Endorse My Film?

I think Warner Bros. Pictures would endorse my film as the sport films that they endorse are always sport drama films were something shocking happens and how it is resolved throughout the film and this is the concept I want my film to have.

Which Media Concepts Have I Considered?

There are many concepts to consider, I’ve considered the following:O Codes and conventions of film genreO AudioO Print for the advertisement of the filmO RepresentationsO Stereotypes that may be usedO Target audience

O How they are going to be addressedO What would their response be to the film?

Does It Fit The Generic Conventions Of Sport Films?

My film will fit the following concepts of sport drama films:O Incorporates dramatic elements into a

sports storylineO Tend to examine the more gritty and intense

aspects of the sporting worldO Tends to appeal to a more mature audienceO Examines not only the rise, but the fall of

the particular characters as well