Film Opening Pitches

PITCH #1

Narrative:

The film opens with a tracking shot through a house, getting closer to the diegetic sound of a radio which is in the basement. The radio station is being changed repeatedly, so there is a mixture of static and juxtaposing music. The framing is symmetrical as the camera continues to track towards the basement, following a path lined with clutter (books, furniture etc). As the camera descends into the basement, the lighting changes from artificial bright white light to dark red/pink neon lighting. The title screen. Montage of extreme/close ups of items in the basement, diegetic sound continues. Credit screen's appear briefly. One of the close up reveals a calendar/piece of paper with 'phase one' written on it. The radio finally stays on a station, blank music plays. From behind a wall/staircase the protagonist appears and starts dancing. The dance is jerky and out of time with the music.

This mind-map exhibits the initial ideas and concepts we want to incorporate into our film opening. The narrative is yet to be fully established , but aspects such as the title and credit sequence and the genre are more definite. That being said, something we learnt after attending the BFI lectures was that narrative doesn't necessarily have to play a huge part in a film opening, as its more important in some cases to establish character arcs and introduce the tone and feel of the film.  Notably, media texts that have influenced our pitch are cited and these play an important part in the transformation of these original ideas to the final product, as these texts can provoke inspiration.

PITCH #2