1. Preparing for the Pitch
GCSE Film Studies

2. •Logline
Pitch
•150 word overview
•Screenplay
•or
Pre-
Production •Storyboard
•Poster Campaign
•or
Production • Magazine Feature
•350-750 written analysis
Evaluative
Analysis
Overview of Assignment

3.  You need to make reference to:
oThe narrative of your film
oHow your narrative relates to genre
conventions
o Refer to at least one other film to illustrate conventions
oYour main characters and who might play them
oYour potential audience
oHow your idea will be successful

4.  Characters
 Who is the main character? What is their goal?
 Conflict
 Who is the villain of your film?
 Distinction
 What makes your film different?
 Setting
 What is time period and setting?
 Action
 What drives the narrative forward?
All this should work within the
codes and conventions of the
HORROR genre

5.  Download this presentation from the blog,
save it to a memory stick and fill in the
blanks.
 You must have this completed for John’s
class on Monday

6.  List the SUB-GENRES of horror below
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Which is your favourite? This is
the one you are working with....

7.  Find 3 more key PROPS from your sub-
genre of Horror
Write in here why these are
conventional?

8.  Find 3 more key settings from your sub-
genre of horror
Write in here why these are
conventional?

9.  Find 3 key villains and list their
motivations here
Crazy possessed girl from evil dead, wants
to kill everyone as demons have been
released from The Book of the dead

10.  Find 3 different and key character types
and list their goals here
Main character in Evil Dead (played by
Bruce Campbell), starts out as an ordinary
guy but becomes courageous and heroic
(and a bit crazy) as he battles demons

11. You might need this slide to list
continue listing charcters....

12.  Now think of three contemporary actors
who have played similar character types
and/or been in horror films
Jack Nicolson has been in horror before and
he is also good at playing the scary and
crazy bad guy, he is also very famous and
will have a predetermined fan base, but he
is a bit old for the target audience of 16-30’s

13. You might need this slide to list
continue finding actors....

14.  Research the pitch or synopsis from 3
films from your sub-genre of horror (use
IMDB) and list main points of action here
Write in here why these are
conventional?

15. You might need this slide to list
continue listing the narratives....

16.  Find 3 more movie posters from your sub-
genre of horror and analyse briefly like
this
• Lists the actors and director
• Red suggests danger
• Font of Psycho suggests something has gone
wrong or is broken
• Tag line shows the film is new and exciting

17. You might need this slide to list
continue analysing the posters....

18. You might need this slide to list
continue analysing the posters....

19.  Now put these individual elements all together
i.e.
 Crazed killer possessed by demons
 Action happens in isolated location
 Hero must fight his fears as well as the villain
 Villain gets possessed, starts killing, hero stops
him before he reaches the orphanage
 Ryan Gosling as hero and Jack Nicolson as villain
 My movie is different because possession comes
in the form of the roman god of war Mars
 Directed by Wes Craven (Nightmare on Elm St,
Scream)
This must be complete for John on
Monday – print and bring