Final Proposal

Introduction

The purpose of this report is to get pitch and sell the idea to producers to get my chosen short film made. From the research I have collected, I have come to a conclusion that there is a wider audience of women that tend to enjoy horrors and thrillers. This is due to the fact that men enjoy action movies such as avengers and batman. Women like horrors and thrillers more than men because they like the Adeline rush that is given from the films they watch. The one film that influenced me to make my desired short film is The Possession (2012). This film is a supernatural horror film and has been rated 5.9/10 on IMDb which is quite a good rating, as it has been based on a true story.

Shot Film Synopsis

A group of friends find a weird looking box on their travels and take it to one of the friends house. When they get to the house they go up to the attic and look at what is inside of it. (Things such as hair, bones, antique jewelry etc are in the box). They find some sweets and one by one they eat it. Once they all finish eating the sweets, they all become possessed.

Twist: they all become possessed

Hook: the hook will be the box and what is inside of it
Short Film Idea name: The Box 

My idea was influenced by The Possession as the girl becomes possessed and attached by the box and the group of friends in my shot film will be possessed by the sweets in the box.

This screenshot shows the box office for the possession. There is a total of $49million dollars. This shows that I am able to make my short film sell because this film had a wide audience and sold 
Film Rating

From reviewing the BBFC guidelines, I have come to a conclusion of rating my short film as a 12 or 12A this is because my short film is a horror and will scare younger audiences. This is to make sure no one under the age of 12 is allowed to watch my short film or any film. If the short film is 12A then the younger audience would have to be accompanied by an adult. It may possibly be a 12A because the BBFC may not know whether to rate a 15 or 12. My short film will be classed as a 12 or 12A as BBFC certify/pass horror films from this category. On the BBFC website, it says that in 12A films 'moderate physical and psychological threat is permitted at 12 or 12A and the overall tone is not disturbing.' This implies that my short film cannot be certified for a 12 or 12A as my short film is based on horror and does not have parts where it is not horror related. For a 15 certificate, it says 'At 15 there can be strong threat and horror as long as there is no sustained focus on sadistic or sexual threat.' My short film will be a 15 because it will not focus on any threats as it will not be suitable for audiences. 

Primary Research

The age range is from around 16-25 as most of the comments are either jokes or reviews; and the gender is mainly males, I know this because I have looked at the names and profile pictures.My target audience will be aimed at both male and females because my short film is about teenage girls and I think that young teenagers (which are of the male gender) will be interested in my short film.

Budget

For my budget, I have picked a cost which will be between £50. This is because I will have tom pay for the food for my cast and crew, props costume and also transportation. With this amount of money I will have money have left over because I am not planning on spending a lot of money on food. In order to make this short film successful, I will put my idea on Kickstarter so that I am able to raise money to make my short film successful. With the money that will be raised from Kickstarter, I will be able to pay for a camera and editing suite. But because I am a student, I will just have to hire a camera and tripod from Mr French and use the Mac Suite for free to edit my film.

Summary of Research

In conclusion, my summary is that my initial and final idea of my short film will be from the film the possession as it will make the audience jump many times form the jump scares. Another reason is that it will appeal to my target audience, which will be thriller/horror lovers at the age of `16-25.

Unique Selling Point

I am very confident that my short film will be successful as it is targeted at my desired audience, which is horror and women. There is a wide number of people that watch this genre of film as I have researched the overall rating of the film, and how much it sold. Overall, the possession made $85,446,075 worldwide. And I feel that my unique selling point is that horrors tend to have a supernatural beings attacking humans where they feel safe at most. Which is at home.

The budget breakdown for my short film will be the following

£15 for transportation

£10 for props

£15 for food

£10 for make up

I will be able to borrow a camera and equipment from the school’s media department so I will not have to pay to buy a camera of my own. I will not need to pay to hire an editing suite too due to the fact that there is a mac editing suite in the school that I can use for free

Regulation & Certification

The BBFC regulate movies that will be either shown in cinemas or put onto DVDs. the BBFC will not regulate my short film as it does not meet the regulations, which are; if it will be shown in the cinema or put on to DVD. My short film will be put into the short film festivals and YouTube, and BBFC do not regulate films that enter film festivals. If the BBFC was to regulate and certify my short film, it will be 12A.

Location

The location for my short film will be based in a attic as I have decided that my short film will only have one scene.

Distribution

My short film will be distributed onto the film festivals such as Rain dance Film Festival and London Short Film Festival. My short film will also be able to be shown on Netflix and AmazonPrime, because they regulate short films.Also, with AmazonPrime, for every subscription an account holder or filmmaker gets, they get paid every time.

Bibliography 

http://www.bbfc.co.uk/what-classification/cv