Reactions to our Idea Pitches

Idea 1

Whilst the idea sounds decent enough, the idea is simply too overdone and obvious to stand out. The difficulty in making an original opening makes this idea pointless without a lot of modification.

Some problems we could face include:

• Filming in a forest means the lighting is limited, especially at this time of year when it gets dark early.
• Since the plot of the idea features a dog, we need to ensure that the dog can behave in a way we want it to. 

We were advised to watch The Blair Witch Project and Paranormal Activity as these are films set in a similar location and achieved great success with a very small budget.

Idea 2

The idea would be very entertaining if done correctly. We had asked Peterborough United F.C if we could use their stadium to film during the week, and they said yes on the premise that we make a donation to their children's charity.

Some problems we could face include:

• The stadium on match day would be very difficult to film in as there would be people in the way and lots of background noise. Our plot involves Peterborough scoring, and so if they didn't it would makes things quite awkward to edit in.
• We would be given a collection of club staff to act as extras during the week, but we would need to go to a game on the Saturday to film establishing shots.
• Filming someone getting stabbed convincingly would be very difficult.
• We would need lots of extras to make it look realistic during our filming in the week.

We were advised to watch The Football Factory and Green Mile as they are good examples of films that feature hooliganism in football.


Idea 3

This was the idea that had the most appeal, both in terms of critical opinion and the practicality in how we would shoot it. We felt before the pitches were presented that this would be the case, although we would need to make a few changes to the plot to keep the overall message we are trying to convey.

Some problems we could face include:

• The original story had the main character as an adult male with a family, but since we only have access to a 16 year old, we would need to change the plot to keep it more believable.
• Since some of the filming would take place outside, we would need to migate any continuity errors if the weather changed. 

We were advised to watch the first episode of Supernatural as it is very similar to what we want to do.