Sunday, 31 January 2016

Session 1: Research & Ideas Pitch

Starter: SEe you soon 14 second horror https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaHmrpelNXA Compare with Visual Decay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ3qVmWe6AA

Opinions - which is more effective?
Describe - What is the Hook? Twist? Narrative? Genre? Techniques?
Explain - What is the USP? 

Advanced/Extension - Sub texts - What is the meaning of the film? 

Objective: To apply knowledge and understanding of your research into Trends, Box Office success in Horror & Thriller genre, Unique Selling Point & Short Films on YouTube

Task 1. Stand in corner multi choice the USP of the film?
DC Superhero Team Up
It stars Ben Affleck
It is not the Avengers
It has 2 iconic comic book heroes as enemies

It is made by Martin Scorcese
It is based on a true story
It has nudity, glorifies drugs, and uses the F word more than 150 times
It is Wall Street meets Goodfellas

It is the 9th film by Quentin Tarantino
It uses the N word
It is a Cowboy film
It features several old hasbeen actors used in QTs previous films

It is a horror
It is filmed in black and white
It was banned by the BBFC
It has 12 people sewn mouth to anus

It is in black and white
It is a silent film
It is a foreign film
It won an Oscar 
The dog actor is now dead

It is the 7th film in the franchise
It is the biggest grossing film of all time (pre adjustment)
It features the original cast for the first time since 1983
Han Solo dies

Task 2: 60 second pitch of your film - what is USP, how do you get one? 
Build on the questions - WHY, WHO, WHAT EFFECT - Trends
What is the twist? Why is this needed? What genres? 

Task 3. Trends Patterns in films & TV drama (Dystopia)

Watch the Trailer - What is the Trend?
Hunger games



Divergent



Maze runner



Why does this sell - what is marketable right now? What is the films USP.


Pass - Describe Similarities - characters, narrative/story, genre, style
Merit - Explain Themes which and purpose
Distinction - Meaning and Messages

What makes this relevant? Articles - real world scenarios - what have you looked into?

Extension
Task 4: 60 second pitch USP & Trends of your film - what is it, how do you get one? 

Plenary: Wolf of Wall Street Activity - sell me this pen?

1 comment:

  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R1I9WEDraY - why do we love Distopian films? Prep next lesson - discuss

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