Pitch presentation By Roshane Matthews, Lauren Penman, Sarah

Elenge and Georgia Mersh 

Our film Our film title at the moment is called 'Stalker', it is a working title at the moment. Our film is about  a man who is struggling in life and develops an intense obsession with a woman who appears to have everything. This obsession takes over him and kidnaps her, leading to a police investigation.

Key themes:• Obsession• Jealousy• Resentment• Kidnapping• Crime  

Character information One of our main characters is a female character, played by Sarah Elenge, named Michelle. As a group we wanted to portray her as someone is is very independent, dominant and assertive. We also wanted to portray her as someone whose life was near to perfect, to seem as though she has everything in life. So when that’s all ripped away it more impactful to the audience as they really get to see  how envious the stalker is towards Michelle       

Our other main character has no name at the moment but is referred to as 'The Stalker'  to really emphasize the fact that the stalker is really detached and disconnected from the rest of the world and their surroundings. We also wanted to portray this character as someone who is mysterious, obsessive and over baring. We want these different key features to be a center point of our thriller film 

Ideas for title opening sequenceWe are hoping to include a range of different shots in our opening title sequences which would begin to establish the thriller genre. For example, including over the shoulder shot, showing that someone is being followed to reassert the fact that our film is based upon stalker thriller films. 

We also want to include different iconography and props to show the audiences the clear division of status in society for both of the main characters. One being our characters being of a higher status, and the other of a low status, which begins to form the basis of our narrative. Showing why the stalker is so envious of 'Michelle' and begins to show how obsessive he becomes towards  her. This division in society also begins to depict the kind of lifestyle that they both have , one living more luxuriously and the other not living in the best conditions. Allowing us to build on the type of story we want to convey to an audience.   

Illustration of ideas. A film that we keep referring back to as it is a prime example of the kind of stalker film we want to create is ' Fatal attraction' . Although our 'Stalker' isn't sexually attracted to the person they're stalking like in 'Fatal attraction', the obsessive and intense nature that is portrayed by 'Glenn close' is what we want to capture and take from this film and apply it to our own. Incorporating the way in which Glenn closes' character develops is what is key for our film, even though it is a title opening sequence we want the key features of the 'Stalker' character to come through to the audience   

Target audience profile Our target audience is someone aged 16- 30. Although because thriller is becoming a much bigger genre , with many different sub genres our film is open to people older and younger than the ages we have specified. Also our film is targeted at both male and females as we don’t to just segregate the film only to one gender as we feel like our film can appeal to both genders. We feel as though the type of person we want to attract is someone who is enthusiastic about a little mystery and suspense. Also someone who wants to delve into the world of our film and really stay alert and present to what it happening throughout the film, wanting to understand the significance of the story and really grasp what we are trying to convey .Further more we want to attract people who are generally interested in TV and film, even if thriller isn't their favourite genre. It will allow the audience to see the similarities between that particular show and the film we're trying to create and the story we are trying to get across to our target audience.     

Appealing to the target audience

Our film opening will appeal to  our target audience in a number of way. First of all we aim to provide tension and mystery throughout our opening sequence as a way to draw audiences in. This will allow them to want to further watch the film as it should be engaging to the audience we are trying to attract.    

Feedback

1.How do you think we could improve our film opening, from what you have just heard?

2.Do you think we have a clear storyline and/or narrative.

3.From hearing what you  have just heard would  you want to watch the film if it were to come out in cinemas