Pitch

1. PITCH
By Shannon, Maddy and Belle.

2. Logline of “Grey”
• The world is black and white until you meet your soulmate, but will it stay
like that forever?

3. Proverb - Subverting

4. Extended plot.
• The opening scene is in an office of the main character Marcus and is
colleague, Peter.
• Marcus can see colour but Peter cannot – Marcus begins to explain what
colours are like and how he met Lucy – what he plans for their future.
• Marcus is trying to explain it and jokes about getting fired as Marcus
receives a phone call that Lucy is in critical condition in hospital – unknown
family member
• He runs out of the building and as he runs down the street colour drains
from the world. Totally grey and he stops – sad times, receives text
• Grieving - another woman walks past – catch each other's eyes. Colour
begins to come back – smirk.

5. Characters.
Main: Marcus, 22, works in an office, in a relationship with his soulmate
‘Lucy’. Costume: Suit and tie (office attire).
Colleague: Peter, 23-24, childish, costume: Suit and tie (office attire).
Female: Unnamed, 21, costume: Possibly revealing

6. Structure.
World is coloured for Marcus,
but grey for Peter
Convosation
about colours
and soulmate
Phone call –
about her
injury
World fades
complete
back to Grey
Sound of
high-heels
Makes eye contact with
other woman – seems
like a pig

7. Locations and props.
• Scene 1: Office where Marcus and Peter work (college room). Stationary,
laptops, desks, natural and artificial lighting. POV shots
• Scene 2 (running shots): Montage of shots throughout the building and
getting onto the street i.e. stairwell, corridor, bumping into colleagues
• Scene 3: Street – focus/pan around Marcus to focus on emotion, phone, high-
heels, background characters

8. Sound and audio.
• Scene 1; mixture of dialogue and voiceover (to understand characters
emotions etc.)
• Scene 2 & 3; no dialogue.
• Soundtracks: Piano/acoustic romance –music intensifies as the colour drains

9. Conventions and narrative.
• Colour correction
• Dialogue driven
• Voiceover
• Foreshadowing
• Sound effects

10. Cost
• Cost of props: £5 – most of the props are already owned/set up in the filming
location.
• Cost of costumes: £15 – office attire (shirt and tie), casual clothing from
flashback scene is already owned.
• Cost of actors: £10/15 - food and beverages – volunteer actors.
• Cost of travel: None: planning to use a local filming location.
• Cost of equipment: None – hiring free from college.

11. Schedule

12. Contingency Plans
• 1: Condense the story if a lack of time/actors back out. Possible backup
locations: LRC. Use ourselves as actors if any illnesses.
• 2: New story: horror – monster under the bed. Filmed in the one location and
can use family as actors. Simple & practical story that doesn't require
elaborate lighting or sound.