Final Film Idea Pitch (Commissioning Interview / Team Pitch)

In this post I am going to be taking you through our team interview to determine whether our film idea got commissioned or not.

Below I am going to embed our team interview and I am also going to be evaluating it, you will also find out whether our film idea got commissioned or not;



So after watching the video you will have found out that our film didn't get commissioned I am now going to evaluate it and explain why.

Throughout the interview we talked about our film idea including the plot, character profile, costume, locations, props etc.

At the end of the interview we all received feedback for the teacher telling us what we needed to do to improve our film idea and he also asked us questions to clear up a few things that he didn't understand.

The reason our film didn't get commissioned was because we didn't have "enough meat on the bones" of our plot. There were many parts of our film idea that were very good and certain aspects of our film that we could make look very professional. However, there were certain aspects of our film that weren't so good. For example, the part of the story that involved the teddy bear wasn't very well thought out. We had to make sure that no one would get confused about the significance of the teddy bear we had to try and strategically make it clear that the bear represents Carly and the fact that she is no longer in Jack's life.

After we received the feedback we then had to go away as a team and talk through how to improve the film idea and put more "meat on the bones."

Here I am going to embed the presentation that we used for our short film idea;

My Film Pitch by Anonymous lrhZifQ on Scribd

My next post will be the update of the commissioning interview and talk through the improvements that we have made as a team.

R&P Schedule

Now that we have decided the idea for our film and we have decided on our production team name and logo, then next thing we did was give each other individual jobs to do in order to get the work completed effectively and on time. We all talked through our strengths and weaknesses and then decided on the tasks we were going to set each other.

Here is what we decided for each member of the group;

R&P Schedule

 
R&P Schedule - Emma and Elisa by emma on Scribd


My next post is going to be the final film pitch idea (commissioning interview / team pitch)

Presentation of Each Individual Members Film Ideas

In this post I am going to be talking through each members individual film pitch idea from my group. I am going to be talking through their ideas for their short films and evaluating each of their ideas. I am then going to reveal which short film we have decided to use for our A2 Media project.

The first one I am going to be talking about is my own short film idea. My short film is titled body image. The basic plot involves two women, one called Sophie aged 19 who struggles with her weight and another girl called Hollie also aged 19 who struggles with her anorexia. My short film follows both of their stories and how they become friends in the end and help each other through their issues.

I am now going to embed the pitch I did explaining what my short film is about;



I did have a few problems with my film idea that were made clear at the end of my film pitch and here they are;

How are you going to find two actors that will be willing to portray the characters?

To overcome this problem I would't find an actor who is overweight and one who is anorexic. I would just find two actors that were slightly different so you would be able to see the contrast between the two, instead of finding two actors that are miles apart.

How are people going to be able to tell the difference between the two characters?

People will be able to tell the difference between the two characters because there will be two voiceovers, one of Sophie and one of Hollie. Viewers will be able to tell which voiceover is which because when Sophie's story is on the screen, the voice over of Sophie will be playing. In turn, when Hollie's story is on the screen, the voice over of Hollie is playing so you will easily be able to distinguish between the two characters.

Will the short film be 5 minutes or less?

My short film will be 5 minutes or less because even though there sounds like a lot of things going into it, there isn't. At the start of my short film most of the live action will be in the form of a montage showing the day to day lives of both Sophie and Hollie. This will shorten the film by quite a lot ensuring that it will last 5 minutes or less.

The next short film I am going to be talking about is Elisa's. Elisa's short film in titles Grief. The basic plot of the film involves two friends, one called Jack and the other one called Carly. The film shows them going through day to day activities together such as, going to the cinemas, going for walks together etc. We then find out at the end of the film that Carly is dead.

I am now going to embed the pitch she did explaining what her short film is about;



There were a few problems with her film idea that were made clear at the end of her film pitch. She then explained what she would do to overcome these problems.

The next short film I am going to be talking about is Nareece's. Nareece's short film is based on her own experience. It is about a girl called Lucy who goes for a job interview, the day doesn't go very well. It ends up raining and she ends up being late for the interview. A woman then goes up to Lucy and hands her a penny which makes her feel better and she starts feeling happier.

I am now going to embed the pitch that she did explaining what her short film is about;



Again there were a few problems with her short film idea that were made clear at the end of her film pitch. She then explained what she would do to overcome these problems.

The final short film I am going to be talking about is Sarah's. Sarah's short film is titled the Darkness within. It is about a boy called Otto, when his mother died he started getting bullied by his friends, family and strangers. He has witnessed things such as mental, physical and cyber bullying, which has all taken part in the reasoning behind the mental state he is in now. An older version of himself appears in front of him and tells him that life doesn't have to be like this anymore. Throughout the film we see the older version of himself trying to reunite with the younger version of himself and get himself back to a normal mental state and get on with his life.

I am now going to embed the pitch that she did explaining what her short film is about;



Again there were a few problems with her short film idea that were made clear at the end of her film pitch. She then explained what she would do to overcome these problems.

I am now going to reveal the short film that we have decided to use for our A2 Media project;

We have decided as a group to go with Elisa's short film idea. The reason we decided to go for this one was because we felt like we could do a lot with this film and that there were so many options and paths we could take with the film. We all liked the idea of trying to bring across the idea that Carly was once in Jacks like but she no longer exists. We thought it was a very creative idea that we could do a lot with and that has a lot of room for fresh new ideas.

We didn't go for Sarah's film idea because we thought it would be too complicated to do and also we thought it would be hard to condense all of the story down into just 5 minutes. This is why we didn't choose Sarah's film idea.

We didn't choose Nareeces idea because there would have been too many obstacles to overcome. For example, in one scene in her short film we needed to film in a train station. It would have been very hard to get permission to film on the train station because of the large amount of people that would be walking past, we couldn't get everyone's permission for them to be involved in the short film. Also one scene we needed to film Lucy standing in the rain. This would have been very difficult because we would have needed to wait for a day that was raining and it might not. Also it would have been very difficult to find a actor who would have been willing to stand in the rain and get wet.

My next post will be the R&P Schedule.

Production Team name and Logo

So now that we have talked through our film idea and we have talked through our individual strengths within the team. It is now time to come up with our team name and logo.

The first thing we did was come up with a name that had meaning behind it so we came up with Primal Embassy. We all had a discussion about it and we thought it was the perfect name for our team and here's why;

Primal - The word primal is of very high importance and is very strong and powerful. It means we can work effectively together as a team and represents the work ethic of our group.

Embassy - A group of people who work together to represent themselves. This describes our group very well. We are working together as a group to present ourselves and our group work in an effective way.

After looking at the two definitions and applying them to our group we thought this would be the perfect name for our production team. After deciding on the name we then came up with the logo. Sticking with the primal theme here it is;

My next post will be the presentation and evaluation of each individual members film ideas (individual pitch).