My Film

Film Pitch Presentation GCSE Media- Individual portfolio.{Film FactsTitle: Playtime

Genre: Horror

Director: James Wan (Known for Saw/Insidious/The conjuring/Paranormal activity etc.)

Producer: Jason Blum (Known for Insidious/Ouija/The Purge etc. CEO for Blumhouse Productions.)

Movie House: Blumhouse Productions

James WanJason Blum

CastingMain Characters Protagonist: Grace Nielson -Female (Would appeal more to a female audience)-17 (My target audience for the film ranges from 15 year olds to younger adults.)-Brown Hair -55 (Around the average height for a 17 year old female)

Love Interest (Stereotypical in films): Jackson Reilly-Male -18 (In the same age range as the protagonist)-Brown hair (Stereotypical tall, dark and handsome)-59 (In a lot of films the male love interest is generally taller than the female)

Protagonists mother: Cathy Nielson-Female-35 (Had Grace at 18 - Important to the relationship between them)Blonde Hair 56

CastingOthers Teenagers

Protagonists best friend: Charlotte Drake-Female (Stereotypically, females are friends with each other than being friends with males.)-17 (Same as the protagonist)-Red hair-54

Love interests best friend/ Charlottes boyfriend: Tyler Scott-Male-18 (Same as his best friend, a little bit older than his girlfriend)-Blonde hair-54 (Opposite as tall, dark and handsome like Jackson)

SettingThe setting I have chosen for my horror film is a house. A lot of horror films has a house as the setting (normally one the characters has just moved into.) These are some of the reasons why I am using a new house as the main setting:-The protagonist has just moved into it so they arent familiar with it (makes the character more vulnerable when they are in danger.)

-I can interpret the stereotypical haunted house in my film.

-There is normally a story behind the house (or a part of the house/object in the house) that can be included in my film.

Short plot summaryGrace and her mother, Cathy move to a new house in a small town in the summer holidays. Grace meets Charlotte and her boyfriend Tyler in the town a few days after moving in and hangs out with them. She is then introduced to Jackson (love interest.) Grace and her mum finish clearing up the house and un-packing. Grace finds a china doll in the attic with a tag round its tag reading Play with me (hence the title Playtime.) Grace puts the doll in the bin instead. Jackson tells Grace about the history of the house and how everyone who has lived there has mysteriously disappeared. Throughout the film Grace has dreams involving the doll and someone she knows (her mum, then Tyler, then then Charlotte) and when she wakes up that person is none to be seen. Her and Jackson then have to defeat the doll. The film is left on a cling hanger and leaves the audience wondering if Grace and Jackson survived.

The font of the title, star names and website name for both of these teaser posters will be the font BOOPEE (for example, PLAYTIME) as it looks a lot hand writing which links to the tag on the dolls hand in my film.

Flat plans for my Teaser postersMovie TitleRelease dateFilm logos/websiteStar namesMovie TitleStar namesRelease dateFilm logos and websiteThis poster meets genre conventions by the colour of the poster being black because its dark like the theme. The colour of the title would be red (linking to the blood/horror theme) which would give the audience some insight of the genre. The rest of the font would be white (to make the title stand out more.)The colour of the title, star names, Release date and film logos/website would be black (linking to the dark/horror theme) which meets genre conventions. The blood on the knife is used as a genre convention and to stand out to the rest of the poster.

Movie TitleStar namesCredit blockLogos and website

Credit blockMovie titleStar namesStar namesLogos and websiteFlat plans for my Main posters The font of the title, star names and website name for both of these teaser posters will be the font BOOPEE (for example, PLAYTIME) as it looks a lot hand writing which links to the tag on the dolls hand in my film.

This poster meets genre conventions by the colour of the poster being black because its dark like the theme. The colour of the title would be red (linking to the blood/horror theme) which would give the audience some insight of the genre. The rest of the font would be white (to make the title stand out more.) Also having the villain as well as the star on the poster meets the genre conventions.The colour of the title would be black (linking to the dark/horror theme) which meets genre conventions. Also having the villain as well as the stars on the poster meets the genre conventions.Distribution of my movieI intend to distribute my movie in the big cinema. My intended audience is teens/young adults, mainly females (due to the protagonist) ,but the horror genre can appeal to lots of groups of people. Places other than the UK (especially America) have a big/ varied audience for horror movies so I wouldnt have my movie only in local cinemas. People like to watch horror movies in the cinema as its the right sort of atmosphere (its dark, the speakers used are amazing for loud jump scare noises generally used in horror movies.Thank You for listening to my Film Pitch Presentation.By Abby Moynagh