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Year 11

Developing your Pitch and Synopsis

LO

To deepen understanding of the conventions of movie trailers To make a list of these conventions and identify which you will use in your trailer

Conventions
Narrative conventions Binary opposition Characters (representations) Inter-titles (star credits, reviews, narrative pointers) Multiple locations Short shots and fast editing fade to black and fade to white transitions non linear (not always in time or story order) enigma codes diegetic and non-diegetic sound brief dialogue - helps narrative and sets up characters sound bridges mise en scene ts genre music and sound fx

Developing your Pitch


A pitch is a brief over-view of the lm idea which is designed to catch the imagination of the potential producer In your case it has to get us excited about wanting to make your lm trailer.

Dead-tention Detention should be forever. 1 night which will change all their futures.

Preparation
You have 20mins to rene your pitch idea and complete the HW set. Tomorrow you will ALL have the chance to pitch your ideas. Tips: make it visual - show us you are serious and well planned

Watch

Shadow People Evil Moonrise Kingdom

Plenary

How will you convince us that your ideas is worth making and that YOU are the one to do it?

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