Film Pitch

BY CHARLIE AND TAYLOR

Summary

A teacher investigates a ghost that can only be seen on video

footage .

.The film is a Mystery Thriller with horror elements about a

superstitious teacher at a school where some students have

recently gone missing.

.The protagonist sets up a camera and discovers a strange

creature in the school.

.The protagonist then tries to get to the bottom of the

disappearances and discover how to stop the creature.

Paranormal Activity

We were inspired by Paranormal Activity in the sense that the characters use a camera for footage. The film had a small budget of $15 000 which is very small, and made a gross of $107, 917, 283. The filmmakers made "The Marked Ones" with that audience in mind, casting mostly Latino actors and bringing some of the usually claustrophobic action out into the city streets. We decided not to chose the producer Oren Peli as he has only produced three films in his career and felt this wasn't strong enough for our film.

The Purge

The Purge uses surveillance footage

for its title sequence which creates a

suburban feel - a convention of

Thriller film genre. We feel this

approach is suitable in our title

sequence - to involve footage from a

camera in a suburban area (school)

using post production editing in final

cut pro if we are unable to get a

camera used for surveying. The title

sequence only includes an eerie

soundtrack in the same way we

would like to only use distorted music.

'The Purge' title sequence

designer

Aaron Becker is a designer and director of title sequences, as well as founder of Filmograph(previously known as Becker Design.)

He has a BFA in Visual Communication from Washington University in St. Louis. After working at Prologue Films in Los Angeles and Digital Kitchen in Chicago, Aaron founded Becker Design in 2010, which evolved into Filmograph in 2012. He has designed and directed main title sequences for films such as Insidious, Deception, The Purge, and The Conjuring, as well as television titles including Bad Robot’s Alcatraz and HBO’s Clear History. His main-on-end title sequence for the film Sinister received Title Design Finalist recognition at the 2013 SXSW Film Festival.

The Purge: Title Sequence

Insidious: Title Sequence

Production

Produced by DNA Films

.DNA Films are best known for their British

comedy films and thrillers.

Some examples of thrillers and horror

films are as ‘28 Days Later’(and its sequel

‘28 Weeks Later’), Notes on a Scandal

and Sunshine

.Budgets range from ~$6 million to $45

million which is high budget for UK

productions.

Director

The film will be directed by

Danny Boyle.

Danny Boyle is a British director

that has produced films such as

Slumdog Millionaire, Sunshine

and 28 Days Later.

He works a lot with DNA films to produce his movies.

Cast

Christopher Eccleston will star as the main character. He has been in many Danny Boyle and DNA Films productions.

He is well known for being the 9th Doctor in Doctor Who and for starring in films like GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Thor: The Dark World and 28 Days Later

Eccleston is the only main cast member because the film focuses on him trying to figure out what is going on and not so much interacting with other characters.

Timing

Aside from Halloween and late summer, the

beginning of January has proved in recent years to

be a prime season for horror films. "Texas Chainsaw 3D" opened with $22 million, while, "The Devil Inside"

(which, unlike "The Marked Ones" and "Chainsaw

3D," didn't belong to a well-known franchise),

opened at $33 million.

In conclusion we intend to release our film in January

to have a hopeful come back from our budget.