Our Pitch

​1. This pitch is the beginning of the story of a teenage boy where things always go wrong for him i.e. Murphy's Law. The opening credits will be scenes of his everyday life of bad luck, like forgetting his house keys when he thought he put it in his bag, even though he still always forgets them. The main storyline, which goes hand and hand with his constant bad luck, is about this boy who has drug-filled life and keeps almost getting caught, either selling or buying. The end of this short film will be a cliffhanger, like a policeman catching him or him accidentally selling to an undercover cop. Other features will be (unrelated to drugs) daily life things going wrong for him. We decided to do this idea because we have easy access to over the counter medications and grass as props for our film, as well as my group and I have seen plenty of films that provide good inspiration regarding this idea.

2. This pitch is the beginning of a kidnapping story. Our idea is that a girl is shopping with her boyfriend and a creepy guy is following her throughout the film. The film is intended to create a feeling of suspense and make the viewer wonder if the creepy guy will end up reaching the girl. At the end of the film, the creepy guy somehow manages to get the boyfriend away and takes the girl and kidnaps her. We are able to do this idea because we have easy access to shopping centers and we have the ability to find a private place, like the back of a building, to "kidnap" her. 

My group and I decided to do the first pitch idea because it is more unique than the common kidnapping story. We also feel as though there could be more in depth details and juicy scenes in this storyline, compared to the known "creepy guy follows and kidnaps girl" story. 




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