The Pretender
Executive Summary
The genre of my product will be crime/thriller. It will be shot throughout Barnsley and Sheffield in South Yorkshire. The narrative for my trailer is as follows. After his father is killed in an unsolved murder case, a young detective becomes emotionally involved in finding the killer. After the case is officially closed, the protagonist refuses to give up his hunt but ends up getting deeply involved in a criminal underworld that he never thought he'd be part of. He must blag his way through a once unknown world and do things he never thought he'd have to in order to bring his father's killers to justice. He must become, the pretender. The target audience for my trailer will be both men and women between the ages of 18 & 30 from the higher groups of the NRS social scale. I have chosen this target audience, as my film will feature key characters of both genders, so it appeals to both genders. It will feature some violent scenes and will use strong language throughout; it is therefore not targeted at people outside of the previously specified age range as those people will be either too young to witness such scenes or too old to find it culturally appropriate.
Statement of Need
The trailer I create will help promote the main film by enticing the audience using multiple action scene and footage of intense dialogue.
Product Description
My trailer will be filmed in the suburbs of Barnsley and in more urban areas of Sheffield; specifically the area around the park hill flats. A number of DSLR cameras and various lenses will be required to film my trailer. A tripod and a horizontal slider will also be needed. In terms of the crew, I will only require a director and a cameraman, as this is a low budget production. I aim to have all filming completed within three weeks of starting production; I will then take a further five weeks to edit the footage into the trailer. As the trailer will be filmed in a residential area, there are a number of legal and ethical issues that must be taken into consideration. I must make sure anyone who appears on the film footage has signed a release & consent form so I can use their image in production. When filming in the park hill flat area especially, I must make sure that the cameras don’t focus too heavily on people's actual property so as not to pry into their private lives.
Budget
I do not intend to film on any property that would require rental or a sum to be paid to the owner of the property. My cast and crew would be moving sets via local buses. As they are all students this would only cost 80p per journey, per member. The crew wouldn’t require monetary payment, as this is a college project if they help me in filming my product I will help them in filming theirs. They will be repaid with service.
Production Company
Director – Jacob Wylde
Producer - Jacob Wylde
Screenwriter - Jacob Wylde
Editor - Jacob Wylde
Sound technician – Frazer M
Cameraperson – Joshua Gray
All crew members are either friend of mine or people who do the same college course as me.
Potential Client Questions
- What is your production about?
- Who is it aimed at and why?
- Where are you going to film it?
- What equipment will you need?
- What crew will you need?
- What is your budget?
