FILM PITCH: SANTAS LITTLE COMPANION Kelsey Bone

GENRE I believe for our preliminary task, we should show a seasonal film with regards to the season Christmas which is upcoming. With creating a Christmas film, we can have a wide range of audience; children, families and adults. This means it can be a joyous film for the special time of year that families around the Christmas tree can enjoy. Its also the right time of year to make a Christmas film as its nearly December.

PLOT For the plot, I believe it would be a good idea if one of our group members dresses up as Santa and acts the part of Santa. However, this year for Christmas Mrs Claus discovers Santa is too ill to deliver his presents to all the children. We go on a journey throughout the film to discover the best child for the job, to help Santa's deliver his presents.

OPENING SCENE In the opening scene, we see Santa in his office which we will use mise en scene to create with his wife Mrs Claus entering. Santa is sneezing vigorously, whilst Mrs Claus exclaims how he is too ill to deliver the children's presents. Santa then decides he needs a child to help him deliver the presents to all the children. This is where the enigma is created as the audience comprehend which child will become Santa's helper.

INFLUENCES My influences for the film idea have come from how the season coming up is Christmas and everyone has begun to watch Christmas films. I also received inspiration from the film ‘The 2nd day of Christmas’ for the beginning to start off with a shot tracking backwards from the Ferris wheel in Winter Wonderland. I also got inspiration from the film called ‘Hop’ as the Easter bunny goes missing and they have to find a replacement.

CHARACTERSWithin our film opening we will need the characters of:SantaMrs ClausChildren to help Santa

LOCATION/S The film opening is set within the famous Winter Wonderland as it helps build up the plot. It also helps indicate the genre for the audience as well as sets the seen for the type of year it is. Winter Wonderland is Christmas place where families will visit to receive the season vibe, and also to view Santa. We would also film in other places but that needs further discussing if we was to take the idea up.

MUSIC We will be including Christmas music to further make the genre evident but also yet again set the time of year. We would include the songs:

‘Silent Night’ to open up the film scene and other Christmas songs like ‘Jingle Bells’, however it needs to be further discussed with the group if we was to take up my idea.