Perfect Pitch

Perfect Pitch

What is your film about? 

You need to create a pitch - A pitch us a concise verbal

First the pitch should be brief: One short sentence is perfect

Second, people shouls already understand the building blocks of the pitch: Buses, bombs, jaws, space, the seven deadly sins

Film pitch should have what the films about but also what it's really about.

Research

What is your genre?

What other films in this genre has inspired your film?

What other films are similar to yours?

Who is your films target audience?

When will your film be released? 

How much money will you film cost?

How much will your film make?

Who will star in your film?

Who will direct your film?

Notes: Audience and Institutions

Audience and Institution

Aims: To be able to indicate how films distribution works. To begin to understand the difference between the US and the UK film system.

Key Words

Producer

Distributors

Exhibitor

Studios



A film distributor is the link between the producer and the exibitor ( the cinema chains, TV networks) ; their aims are to get as many people as possible to see the film.The distributoe markets the film abd develops an appropriate advertising campaign. To market sucessfully the distributor has to target the appropriate audience. This can be easy if there is a star, but harder is the case of a low budget independent film.

Notes: Saul Bass

Saul Bass - Time Line


1920 - Saul Bass was born in Bronx District of New York


Bass studied at Art Student League in New York and Brooklyn College under Gyorgy Kepes, a Hungarian graphic designer.


1946- Saul Bass moved to Los Angeles to get away from creative constraints imposed in him in New York.


1950- After freelancing Bass opened his own studio, workig in advertisement


1954- Otto Preminger invited Bass to create a film poster for the film Carmen Jones. Otto was so impressed he asked him to create the opening sequence.


1955 - Bass created cut out arm for the man with the golden arm.

Notes: Title Sequence Dawn of the Dead

Dawn of the Dead - Title Analysis


How is the genre of the film constructed? The genre of the film the dawn of the dead is shown through the characters and the iconography. Iconography such as blood which relates to the horror genre, virus killing people can show the survivors as a victim. In horror there are always a victim in this case it is the human survivors. In the film the zombie are recognisable this also indicates a genre which is the zombie genre. The typography in this film is red and when it disappears its like blood being washed out with water, this also indicates a horror genre.


What do the opening titles show visually? The opening title in dawn of the dead shows zombies creating havoc and making people lives hell. It bring the question to the audience why are the zombies there?


How is the narrative enigma created here? The enigma is created through the audience’s curiosity of why/how the zombies are here and also what the final outcome is going to be?


Why has Kyle Cooper chosen to use news footage? Kyle cooper has decided to use news footage to involve the audience so they can relate themselves to the situation. Also it has been used to create tension for the audience.


Where do there shot position viewers? Due to the news footage being used it encourages the audience to empathise and take into consideration what it would be like to be in that situation and actual watching news footage as the zombies were present.

Notes: Title sequences

Order of titles (rule of thumb)

• Studio
• (Director)
• Stars(in order/reverse order of fame/status)
• Crew
• Editor
• Writer (screenplay)
• Producer
• Director

Catch me if you can - title sequence analysis

• Typography fluid and rounded edges
• Everything linked together
• Type writer font reflects the era
• Genre crime/spy

Se7en - tile sequence analysis

• Typography looks like its been scratched/written
• Images show genre
• Typography has irregular rhythm
• Messy/neat in title sequence shows confusion
• Regualr flashs shows it could be physchological film
• Title sequence shows low tech use looks old fashion

Whilst studying title sequnece I learnt the order of the title, this is useful because when it come to me producing one i then know what order they go in and how to construct one.

Notes: Title sequences

Title sequence codes and conventions

• Detail of the cast and crew
• The films title
• An introduction to character or character type
• Indication of place
• Indication of historical period
• Information regarding mood and tone
• Introduction to signature theme tune
• Information about genre
• Questions that the viewers find intriguing (set up enigmas)
• Patterns and type of editing that will be echoed in the remainder of the film
• Mise en scene and cinematography that will be echoed or elaborated upon later in the film