Film Pitch

Created by Ben CalenoGroup: Jack Jordan, Ben Caleno and

Elise Franklin

Visual mood board of similar films and influences

A repetitive genre in these films is action, in the film Warrior is an action film and was an influence on the idea of the film.

Title

• The title of the film is: Fighting to Survive• I chose this because it fits in with the narrative

of the film. • I feel that the film title is catchy and will relate

to the viewers because they will fix on the “survive” part of the title and will get them asking questions on what the film could be about.

Narrative:

• The film is about the life of two boys, who both come from different backgrounds one of the boys is from a rich family who live in a massive house and pay for private education for their son. Whereas the other boy is an orphan who is living on the streets.

• These boys are from totally different worlds one is fighting with his siblings over who gets the better car for their birthday whereas the other is fighting with other people to “Survive”

• These boys meet one day at a boxing club and the richer boy makes fun of the boy living off the street, but then looses in the boxing ring to him and gets the other boy banned from the club.

Narrative:

• The story then turns to later life where the boy who was living off the street was picked up by an MMA scout and now is fighting in the UFC. Whereas the richer boy is in trouble because his mother and father died and left him with a whole lot of debt to pay for, he then realises that he cannot afford to pay it off and ends up bankrupt.

• He then turns to a local gym and starts to train for a big fighting tournament where the main prize could see him back in the life he knows.

• At the gym he becomes really close to another fighter and as they set up to fight each other in the grand final they realise who each other are.

Opening Scene • The opening scene will compare the lives of the two boys. It will show the

two boys waking up and their morning routine and how different they are. • It will show the two boys waking up and how one wakes up to a full English

breakfast whereas the other has to steal from a market stool for his breakfast.

• It then leads to the boy picking out his clothes that are all laid out on his bed and ready for him, whereas the other looking in a charity bin for a clean t-shirt.

• It then goes onto the boy running to his parents car to try and get front seat and the other running from a gang of hooded teenagers.

• The screen then goes merges and will show the boxing club/ school and the two boys walking into the club. It will show the richer boy with a group of friends whereas the poorer boy will be on his own.

Genre

• The genre of this film is action • The convention of action will be shown

through the scenes that will be action packed such as the fighting scenes.

• In the opening scene the poor boy is chased by a shop owner who he steals the food off of. This shows action from the beginning of the film.

Target Audience

• The BBFC certificate of this film will be 15. This will give me a target audience of older teenagers but it will also relate to adults also.

• My film will relate to the target audience because the beginning of the film is about people who are the same age group so they can relate to how would they feel if they were living on the streets.

• There will be a lot of violence and scenes that may not suit the younger viewers that is why I chose a 15 certificate.

Setting

• The main setting for the first part of the film will be mainly on the streets or at school, but there is one scene where they will be in a gym.

• Later on in the film the main settings will be the gym and the stadium where the competition takes place.

Themes

• Well even know its an action based film there are a lot of themes in the film:

• Anger, Belief, Regret, Happiness, Friendship etc.

Character profile • The homeless boy: • Gender: Male• Needs to be a quite a dark

sort of character about 16 years old.

Character profile

• Rich Boy • Gender: Male• Needs to look well off. Only

cares about money and expensive things.

• 16-18 years old

Textual Analysis

• I would like to include many camera shots as I can for example match on action shot and reverse shot.

• The sound will always match what is happening in the scene so if it’s a dramatic scene then there will be dramatic music.

• There will be editing and cutting to make the film look more professional and so it flows correctly and is easy to follow.

• The costumes will be important at the begging of the film because it will show the different types of class that the two boys have and will show how one is struggling to survive.

Institution

• Lionsgate• This company is use to making big films and is

known for the action films that they have created e.g The Hunger Games. They have exactly what I need to make this film a success.

Advertising

• I will use: • TV • There will be a trailer produced for the cinema

to be played when people are waiting to watch other action movies/ 15’s. This will then help get the film advertised to the target audience.

• There will also be a twitter and Facebook page which will have unseen clips of the film, talks with the cast and also a competition.