60s pitch - Emily Roberts - 27/10/15

60 SECOND PITCH

Emily Roberts

Initial ideas - Genre

■ Core genre: Drama ■ Sub-genre : melodrama in that the events are less ‘everyday’ than normal

drama films■ Theme: Coming of age film■ Audience: Teenage audience■ Format of production: Independent, low budget film

Drama Genre moodboard

Coming of age films mood board

Narrative ideas

■Core idea: a narrative relating to doppelgangers/lookalikes

– Idea 1: Teen girl finds out that her twin sister was taken whilst on a family holiday aged 7. Decides that she wants to find out if she is still alive. Finds a picture of a girl that looks like her online and sets out on a journey to find her. Plot twist that when she finds her the girl already has a life and doesn’t want to come home etc.

– Idea 2: Girl is writing a blog to put towards her english portfolio for university. Trying to find a story to write about. Comes across quote on the internet that states that we all have 7 other people in the world that look like us. Finds a website to send her photograph to – sets out to find her doppelganger whilsst also writing an article

Target audience■ Primary target audience: young adults (both male and females) aged

13 – 25 with a particular interest in drama films■ Secondary target audience – females aged 12 – 30 (because of the

femal protagonist)■ Films that already have this established target audience:

Targetting a teenage audience

■ Appeal to a teenage audience through narrative/themes that audience can sympathise with

■ Film trailer has stereotypical teenage characters that are easily relatable to by teenagers

■ Content of film has to match personal culture of teens

Location ideas■ Rural areas, trains, towns, possily café shop, beach