One Page Pitch

THIS IS OUR ONE PAGE PITCH FOR OUR THRILLER OPENING...

Working Title: Fact or Fiction?

Genre: Supernatural/ Conspiracy Thriller

Length: 2-4 minutes

Target Audience: 15-24, as we believe this audience will be large   enough, while still interested in what we are trying to portray.

Tag-line: Seeing is believing

‘What if’: Have you ever ignored a chain-mail post on Facebook? Have you ever scrolled past with no worries of the consequences? Do you consider it fake?                                What if it actually found you?

Story Synopsis: Typical teenage girl is sat on her bed, scrolling through the internet when she comes across a chain-mail scare-post. She ignores this post and brushes it off as a fake, going to sleep after turning off the light. In the middle of the night, a mysterious figure seems to be loitering outside the girl’s house. It appears at the end of her bed. The girl wakes up to see nothing is there. That night, the girl dies.

Spreading fear and anxiety throughout the girl’s social groups, suddenly these chain-mail posts are everywhere. And everyone is sharing them. In a twisted turn of fate, these people are then also punished for believing such a conspiracy. It seems no one can win, either way.

Cindy, the girl’s close friend, is traumatised and confused. She won’t go on her phone, on her laptop, anything, for she fears the worst. Cindy won’t let herself be met by the same fate as her friend or any other victims. She just locked herself away in her room…

Intent: The film is based around the scare-mongering posts which incite fear and are used for personal gain through internet reputation. Our idea is to give that ‘what if’ feeling, in order to leave the audience contemplating what they do/post on social media. As these chain-mail posts are quite popular in the 21^st century, it would create more fear as it’s a relevant topic.

Visual realisation: Our film will have quite a dark ambience, with a very fast pace. This will increase the amount of an emotional reaction we receive from the audience. Other films have also explored similar territory, such as ‘Unfriended’, however these films do not venture into the areas that we want to. Yet this is still a very relevant example of what we are trying to achieve. The dark atmosphere and frightening camera work is quite similar to the look we want in our own thriller opening.

Audience Appeal: As our film will revolve mostly around modern technology, we believe our audience would be no older than 30. The idea of using social media to create horror would entice this audience as this type of technology is something they would use every day. Another selling point is the use of the Supernatural; younger people usually believe in these types of conspiracies more than the elderly ages, therefore we can appeal to these audiences through the genre of Supernatural.