Film Pitch - White River

This is my first attempt at a film pitch. We were given the genre of Action with the audience of teenage boys between 13 and 17 years old. After much difficulty we finally decided on a plot for our film.

I found this task quite difficult because there are so many different routes that a classic action films take, so coming up with a plot was very challenging. However, when we finally decided on our plot we were really pleased with the uniqueness of our narrative.

This task has taught me a lot about creativity and working in a pair. Jack and I often had different ideas and opinions for the plot and direction of our film pitch but in the end we came to an agreement and were really pleased with it. I am very used to working on my own so working with someone else was a change for me, but I enjoyed brainstorming ideas and working in a team.

I will apply my new found knowledge of the film industry and film pitches to my first film opening task.

Peer Evaluation

We received a generally positive response from our peers in relation to our film pitch because many liked the unique narrative and how it challenged stereotypical action genre conventions. Many responded that they particularly liked:
-How the narrative was different to other action films
-The brother and sister dynamic
-Our choice of cast and the thought we put into our casting
-How we described our film's appeal and suitability to the target audience
-Our choice of marketing strategies and use of social media

However we did also receive some criticisms from our peers, these included that:
-We did not include our film's BBFC rating during our film pitch presentation. It was because of this that our peers were confused as to the level of violence that would be included
-We did not go into enough depth when explaining our narrative and our media company's involvement
-We could have included location shots to show where our film would be set
-Some of our statements contradicted each other, for example: we explained that we would use 20th Century Fox to distribute and fund our film but we also said that we would use a small trailer campaign. These two statements are in contradiction of each other because if we were to be funded by 20th Century Fox we would release a huge, worldwide trailer campaign as well as street marketing and internet campaigns.

These were the main positives and criticisms that we received from our peers after having presented our film pitch to the class.