Pitch
Narrative (Todorov)
—Equilibrium - This is where Jack, the protagonist, is
at school, his mum is a single mum, they are not well off and Jack has an
interest in football but he is unable to fully pursue his dream of being a
professional footballer due to the fact he doesn't have good football boots
and has no encouragement. His PE teacher acts like a father figure to him and
encourages him to keep on following his dreams. He has a contact who is a scout
for Tottenham Hotspur and organises and trial for Jack. Jack then gets signed by Tottenham and has the
financial support he has always lacked, allowing him to buy nice football boots
and clothes.
—Disruption - Jack starts to let the fame get to
his head and some of his friends start to lose patience with him.
—Disequilibrium - Jack gets injured playing for Tottenham and the
person who injured him was one of his bullies from Secondary School. Jack
breaks his ankle and is out for a lengthy amount of time, whilst he is
recovering a friend of his visits him a lot and they get closer.
—Attempt to restore Equilibrium - Jack is recovering
from his injury and is striving to hit the form he once hit. His aim is to
return for the cup final. His girlfriend says to him that she doesn't want him
to behave like he did before.
—New Equilibrium - Jack returns for the cup final,
against the team in which he broke his ankle against. Jack scores the winning goal.
Production Company
Our film is an independent, British film and this means that there will be multiple production companies in order to generate the funding for the film. We chose these production companies because we believe that these will both fund and market our film effectively and successfully and help us be successful at film festivals and at release. The production companies we have chosen to produce our films are;
- Antenna Pictures
- Baby Cow Animation
- Creative England
- Grass Roots Media
- TVE
Genre and Similar Films
Our film fits in the genre of a drama and it fits under the sub genre of sport. We believe that it is a drama because the film includes scenes that focus on issues such as single parenting, lack of financial support and bullying. it also includes a romantic sub plot in which the protagonist has to choose between his girlfriend and his footballing career. Examples of similar films to ours are;
- Goal Trilogy
- Creed
- Fight Club
- Moneyball
- Bend it like Beckham
Cast
—Jack (Protagonist) – Tom Holland
—Young Jack – Jacob Trembley
—Iris (Love interest)– Candice Patron
—Mr Jackson (Jack’s PE Teacher) – Alan Shearer
—Jeremy (Bully 1) – Miles Teller
—Kaan (Bully 2) – Ahmet Calik
—Director/Producer – Frank Darabont (Tolani)
—Costumes/Make-Up – Lindsey Pugh and June Brickman (Jack)
—Cinematographer/Lighting – Maryse Alberti (Tolani and Kallum)
—Editor- James Haygood (Kaan)
—Music Advisor – Jason Alexander (Kallum)
—Graphics Editor – David Carson (Kaan)
Audience Profile
—As a football film, the target audience of the movie will be young male teenagers. The main reason being that most teenagers play football and always dream of becoming a footballer. Teenagers will be the primary audience as well as football fans. I would argue that the secondary audience of our film will be young adults. This is because the films' sub genre is drama, so they will take the film a bit more seriously compared to young teenagers who would mainly be going to the film because of its sports genre. We also believe the secondary audience of this film would be young adults because some of the issues in the film could be similar to things those people are currently going through/have gone through and they can relate to the charter in he film.
Budget
—The budget for our film is £3,500,000. We believe that it is a suitable amount in order to make a successful film and our target in the opening weekend is £1,500,000 and we hope the final total gross to be £4,000,000-£4,500,000. We hope our multiple production companies will market our film successfully as well as organizing for our film to feature at at least two film festivals, which would hopefully lead to a positive critic reception and nominations for awards.
Director
—The director of our film is Frank Darabont. We chose this director because he has proven himself as a very successful director with directing films and series such as The Shawshank Redemption and The Walking Dead (2010-2011). His successes in drama was vital to us because that is the main genre of our film and some of his other works have been with films with small budgets. This proves that he can make a good film with a small budget. His success with films and series with different sub genres also attracted us to use him because it proves that he is not limited to one sub genre and is very flexible.
Release Date
—We have chosen the release date for our film to be Friday 14th of April because it is during the easter holidays and therefore this will mean kids are off school so we hope that this will increase the gross overall and the gross during the opening weekend. We have also chosen this time of year because it is just before the summer, which means that film festivals will be looking to nominate films for awards. We hope that our film will be considered for nomination and even possibly have a chance at winning an award. This is because one of the main successes for an independent film is to feature at film festivals and receive awards. In addition, many film critics will be at the film festivals and independent films also look for positive critic reception.
