THE PITCH

FILM PROMO 

THE FINAL PITCH 

Group members: Suhail, Kevin, Hayyat

Chosen genre: Gangster crime thriller

Title of film: A Hounds Prey



OUTLINE OF IDEAS


Tagline of film: Money leaves a BLOODY trail.


Basic plot synopsis:
An innocent outsider discovers that he has a massive debt to pay within a week and has no money to pay it off. He decides to go for a walk one day in the park/forest to stop thinking about it and whilst walking he sees a dead body on the floor and next to the body he sees a briefcase so he decides to open it and see what is inside, when he sees there is money he has the choice of taking the money or reporting the police, however he decides to take the money to pay his debt off. He tells his girlfriend about the money but she is against the idea and tell him to report it to the police, he says no and walk away from her but she still ends up telling the police. The police go to the crime scene and from the ID find out that it’s the underground boss right hand man that was killed. So there was an indication of a drug deal gone wrong. The police who is corrupt works for the underground boss and tell him about his right hand man being killed and the money being taken. It becomes a cat and mouse chase between the underground boss and the innocent man, with the innocent guy getting away. Until his girlfriend was traced and held captive. He now has the choice of giving the money or seeing his girlfriend dead.

What type of characterisation will you have? 
The innocent guy will be a black guy, who is going to be a teenager. We chose a black guy as we are subverting the conventions of a movie as the black guy is always shown as being the bad one however this time we thought of showing him as the innocent one. His also been shown as a teenager as there are shown as being more innocent and also to see how a teenager would react to the situation. The underground bosses: Asian guy who is the leader behind all the drug dealing Right hand man: the guy who is dead with the briefcase in the beginning scene Girlfriend: against the fact of the innocent guy going ahead with his plans Corrupt detective: who is part of the underground bosses crew The underground bosses army: the guys who will be after the innocent guy to get hold of the money.

Describe the Mise En Scene to be used or any visual motifs? Our main scene would be in the forest where the innocent guy finds the briefcase so we will have some scenes shot in the forest such as Epping Forest. Then we also have the urban areas such as street corners which is controlled by the underground bosses, and an office where the underground bosses meet up and have discussions Suits will be worn by the bosses or more smart clothing to show they are more superior then the others. Normal clothes to be worn by the innocent guy to show that he is a normal civilian who doesn’t have a clue about what is happening.

What are your ideas about Cinematography/ photography?
Pan shots of the landscape of the forest showing the scenery High and low angle shots showing that the underground bosses have a higher status than the innocent guy this also makes him look less superior. Close up shots of facial expressions Fade-outs during scenes

conventions of trailer/posters/film magazines you plan to reinforce or reinvent? 
for our project we will be sticking to the conventions of each publicity format with regards to it layouts such as logo, title of film, age certification, website, and social media links, character inductions, music, tagline, release date, and time of trailer conventions being reinvented: black guy being the innocent guy and white guys and asian guys being drug dealers which will subvert the conventions.

What resources will you need?
Benjamin- protagonist (innocent black guy) underground boss will be an asian guy props will be things such as guns knives and fake blood costumes will be suit for the underground boss to show his more superior then others and normal clothes for the innocent guy.

Film influences:
the films we were influenced by was true romance and no country for old men due to the briefcase of the gangsters and being chased down by powerful criminals The other film we were influenced by was ill manors due to a modern depiction of crime in London

 Unique selling point: looking at organised crime from the perspective of an outsider similar to the raid. Also having a black male as the protagonist which in traditional cases they tend to be the vilian