Cheeky Pitch

On Thursday the 27th of March my producer Victoria Wilson and I gave our pitch in a meeting room in BMC, Springvale.  I decided it would be better to use a unique technique to pitch instead of just reading from a page.  

I took the role of presenter and Victoria was my contestant on 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire'.  Every question I asked Victoria was something to do with our film.  Every correct answer (sound effects included) told you something new about what you could expect from our new short film, Dislocation.  

After we did the Who Wants to be a Millionaire skit we gave the spectators a hand out which included the information we went on to describe, only in more detail.  I feel that this allowed them to read into topics they wanted to know more about at their own discretion while giving us the opportunity to talk about everything evenly in our pitch.  Some of the topics we discussed can be shown below. 

Title: Dislocation

Genre: Comedy Horror, Magic Realism

Time/Setting: Set in present day in Northern Ireland

Theme: Satire battles redemption.  Two Geocaching friends search for an evasive cache deep in the forest.  Will they find their surreptitious reward, or will it find them?

Actors:

Josh Sugar: Richard Andrews

Dan Groves: Ryan Sloan

Groundskeeper: Dave McCaughey

Chelsea: Hannah Gallagher

Old Man: Patrick Allen

Locations:

Car: Andy’s Car

Road cutaways: Hillsborough

Forest scene: Hillsborough forest park

Graveyard: Blaris cemetery

Open field: Hillsborough

Cabin int: Studio BMC
Cabin ext: Hillsborough

Props:

Binoculars, backpacks, costumes, fake wounds, blood pellets, make up, fake gun, metal box, cigar, shovel,

Provisional Shooting Date: 7^th and 8^th of April

Intended Audience:

Young adults over the age of 15 that enjoy comedies such as the Inbetweeners and How not to live your life. 

How does it fit into Dislocation:

Set in the middle of nowhere, Dan is a hero; he is cool, slick and adventurous.  Josh is a lesser version, always in the shadow of his best friend.  He tries to be like him so much but always ends up getting it wrong.  When Dan is killed, the spotlight is thrust onto Josh, he is being forced to become the hero that the audience expected Dan to be.  Josh is in uncharted territory in this front and centre role, scared, determined, dislocated.