Practice Pitch

Our idea is to have a Women walking through London past landmarks, and well known places. Then six people will answer phones being worried and frightened this will be in flash backs throughout the opening sequence, then at the end the audience will find out that the women we are seeing is the person on the other end of the phone. The whole opening sequence will be black and white, and we will try to have our protagonist the only person in colour (red).

Title- The Red Caller 

Characters- A mysterious blonde, business woman wearing a red dress. Six victims who answer unknown phone calls.
Caller 1- Housewife
Caller 2- Business man
Caller 3- Pedestrian 
Caller 4- Somebody on their way to work, near a London landmark
Caller 5- Someone on a train
Caller 6- Someone in a coffee shop

Influenced by which director/films- Inspired by Alfred Hitchcock, from his 'Psycho' and 'Vertigo' films. We want to make sure our opening sequence has a 1930-1960 feel (black and white) that takes place in the modern day.
Also 'Schindler's list' from the idea of only one character being in colour.
'The Usual Suspect' as our film is going to be restricted.
'Salt' and 'Mr and Mrs Smith' as the main antagonist in these films are a woman.
'Pretty Little Liars' mystery of not knowing who the main antagonist is and also the use of there being a plot around a red coat.

What is the sub-genre?- Our opening sequence will be a mystery and a psychological. 

What is the enigma code?- Our enigma will be who our main character is.
Why is she the only character in colour?
Why is she making a phone call in a phone box?
Why are the six people called?
How are the six victims and the main character linked together?

How does it appeal to the audience- It's a quite unique thriller as it has a female as the main antagonist instead of a male. Making our sequence black and white will also be unique too as it is not overlay seen in films now. It will appeal to the audience because it is different.

How does it fit into the sub genre?- Because you don't know who she is making phone calls to or why. It'll be mystery because of the music, as it will be fast and exciting soundtrack.

This is our two minutes of test footage, we still need to add all of the titles and turn the video into black and white. This is an idea of what our opening sequence will be because this is not fully edited. if we'd planned more we would have edited it all.

Post By Sophie Gordon