UltimatumFilm Pitch

by Luke Shuttleworth

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Elliott Taylor is a newly enlisted marine,

doing his first tour of Afghanistan,

stationed at Fort Deen, Sangin. All is as

well as it could be [in a war] until a mass

Taliban assault on the base renders

hundreds dead. After escaping a mass

grave Elliott is seduced and then

captured by the dangerously beautiful

Jessica F. He is taken to the Taliban

leader ‘A’ where he learns that his family

has been captured. ‘A’ orders him to

choose between his family and his

country, to spare his and their lives he

must detonate a small nuclear weapon

outside MI6 HQ. Elliott accepts. Jessica

accompanies him on the risky journey to

England. Border control discover him at

Heathrow and Elliot is forced to drive to

London Jessica in tow evading police.

Upon arrival the car crashes leaving

Jessica with minutes to live, during which

she orders for the family to be freed.

Once safe Elliott realises the bomb

strapped to his chest had a remote

detonator for which the countdown left

three minutes. Elliott races to the London

Eye, ascends, calls his family and then

jumps off, saving London.

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As with most action-adventure audiences my

primary target will be male, largely within

the age bracket of 14-24 purely due to the

desirable alpha male, in my case played by

the established Matt Damon an

accomplished actor renowned for his fit with

the stereotypical 'action man'. Speaking of

which the Target Audience will similarly also

target older women, from 24+ like the

audience of the Bourne series, this group are

young enough to see the film through

attraction to the man but also due to the

plot. High-octane action will fuel the film for

the men and accompanied by the beautiful

Angelina Jolie in a Lara/ Evelyn-esque role

they will also see a suitable female to satisfy

what they are looking for. Such a woman who

is ultimately good in the end would also be a

positive for the secondary female target

audience who will admire the reprisal of a

strong woman. The emotion is an emphasis

in this film therefore I will not really target

younger people 14 and under as they would

not feel the value of the sacrifice involve.

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1. The unique selling point of my film is that

the morality and ethics of the characters/ film

is completely foreign, we are shown the

'good' in supposedly 'evil' people and this

warps how we see the people. Through the

princess we see the pov of the ‘enemy’ and

find that they are feeling the same as we are,

attacked by foreigners, making extremism

feel not so extreme.

2. A summer blockbuster if no other films

were around would suit this film perfectly,

this would probably maximize potential

viewings. Throughout the springtime the

advertising campaign would crop up over the

lives of the TA i.e. in buses and on billboards.

A website would not be the emphasis due to

the genre although would encourage a

community and spread word of mouth.

3. As with the main actor being portrayed by

Matt Damon and the protagonist as a soldier

our main focus will be to set up a muscular,

brutal man so that the film can be

recognizable by the hero similar to a bond,

the hurt locker, or Jason Stratham in ‘taken’.

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Hero: Elliot Taylor (Matt Damon) Princess/ False Friend/

Helper: Jessica F (Olga

Kurylenko) Villain: ‘A’ (Richard Armitage

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Due to their roles in directing two of my similarly themed inspirations my directors would be:

Marc Forster (The Hurt

Locker) Kathryn Bigelow (Quantum of Solace)

Insp

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Due to their success as

action-adventure films

and creation of the characters/ scenarios I will

be using my inspirations

are: The Hurt Locker Strikeback (Book and TV

series) Quantum of Solace The Bourne Series And many more…

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