Proposal corrections

Introduction

This is my proposal i have spent time in researching all the things necessary that will impact my short film heavily. I have gone over my idea for my 1 minute short film thoroughly and i have definitely made sure that it is a thriller. I have also gone over the target audience as they are the most important part of my film.

I have also looked online at many articles that may have given my one minuet short film a boost and to make my story more interesting.  

Film synopsis

My 1 minute short film is about a detective who has come across this brutal murder of an innocent girl he soon realizes that his partner in crime is the one who committed this brutal act of violence and as the shock sinks in he finds that his friend he has known for years has knocked him out with a baseball bat this can be filmed in 1 minute as the time it takes for the detective to realize it was his partner is at the start of the sequence and the time it takes for his evil friend to sneak up behind him takes about 30 seconds. The hook my idea is the incredibly eerie atmosphere and the idea that the detective is scared out of his mind this creates suspense and this also creates a hook for the audience The twist is that te detectives best friend is the killer.

film rating

In my 1 minute short film it will be a 15 and for a very good reason as i wanted to target more of an audience i decided that a good idea was to make this a 15 so it protects the psychological make up of younger audiences and it also doesn't have any hard drug use it does not contain much gore and also does not have any nudity or sexual scenes.

primary research

when i was doing my research i was looking at a range of short films the reason being is that as my film is only 1 minute i thought using major pictures might be a bit problematic but this wasn't the case and reason being is that the major picture i looked at was the Silence of the Lambs this film was around 20 years ago and does not fit in with trends but most of the people i have talked to who are 18 and 15 watch older film and this is because this film was very effective but i also looked at a TV series this TV series was called Luther this program was about a detective with anger management issues. This was helpful as the main character played in my film was a detective.

this TV series about a detective with anger management took BBC by storm the episodes in series 3 got around 5 million views and this rate is climbing rapidly due to the popularity of the Luther series this is also thriller which is why i saw this as a great example.  

secondary research

For my other research i was looking into some short film festivals such as the London short film festival i thought that it would be a good idea as i can see what people have made and done i can check ratings from these. this is very effective as it helps me to understand how to make a very effective short film.

Summery of all research (conclusion)

Unique selling point

My USP is the most important part of my short film as i am actually basing it off of a real life story that happened back in 2001 this was the murder of Chandra Levy this was actually a really sad story as in 2001 the disappearance of Chandra Levy happened and her body was not found until eight years later this was was really upsetting so i decided that i should use it in my short film and the USP also has a plot twist.

Budget

the budget the maximum amount that i would use for my short film if i was using a budget would be a maximum of £500 this pays for cameras and props. but as we are getting funded by the collage Christ the King St Mary's Sidcup so the Budget i would have for my short film will be £100 or props make up and other things such as locations and the prices.

Regulation and certification

as the age rating is going to be a 15 it will contain mild a amount of blood and violence this makes it classified be a 15 by the BBFC this will not contain sex scenes, nudity, gore, hard drug or bloody violence.

Revisions and changes

The changes i made from my original idea was that in the normal version the detective is not attacked and i only recently found te article of the murder in 2001 these were only minor changes and it also helped me a lot to get my USP up to a higher slandered.  

Locations

The locations were very important there were many areas were it looked good to film and i wanted to make a list a narrow down the places were i wanted to film. one of the main places that would be suitable was Christchurch woods because it  offers the perfect scenery which is needed. This is very effective for me as it makes it easier for me to get around and my whole sequence is filmed in the woods this makes the short film a bit more dull but seeing is its a 1 minute short film i don't have much time space to add many areas.

Distribution

distributing my film is a vital part of my short film this is because this is how i would make money in the industry but one of the main ideas that i had was to put it on YouTube this way I could get views depending on how many i would get i would then place this on a Netflix waiting list so that it could then get shown on a more stream film site.

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