Pitch of 2 minute film opening

Our Pitch 
My group and I came up with two different themes for our 2 minute film opening and they pitched it in front of the class to get some feedback.


Synopsis of the 1ST Pitch
Our first idea was a romantic film. At the start of the film we would show the happiness and the memories they shared together as a couple. We we’re not sure with our characters yet if we are doing a couple or sisters or best friends. However, on the last part of our film opening, we thought that one of the characters is dying because she has got an illness and this will affect the relationship between them. 


Target Audience
The target audience for our film would be mainly for teenage girls from 12 years old but it could be for boys that wants to watch it as well. However, we thought that not a lot of boys like romance. 


Similar Films
Our film is quite similar to My Sister's Keeper because we got the idea from that film that one of the characters is dying and the narration of the main protagonist as well. We also got the idea from Love Actually when one of the character wrote the things that he/she wanted to say to another person on each cards.


Use of Micro elements (sound, mise-en-scene, lighting, camera, editing)
At the start of the film we thought of a music that is happy and lively to reflect on the characters emotions and then when things went wrong, we are going to change it into slow paced, low, soft and depressing music to make the audience feel the same way. We would use high key lighting at the start to reflect on the mood on our characters because they are happy and enjoying their life together and then low key at the end because she's dying and then it goes all sad. We would use cards, flowers, ring, chocolates, chairs and gift as props to make it look romantic. We would set it either on a house, restaurant or park but we are not sure just yet which one. We thought we would show their happy life together by using slideshow effects like flashbacks. I think we should use different camera movements like close up shots, when we want to focus on their happy expressions on the first minute and a half and a mixture of long shots and mid shots to show their body movements and also the location.   


Enigma
The enigma that is left to the audience are thinking how many months she’s got left? What type of illness she has got? What will happen to her/him at the end? What will happen to the other character when he/she finds out about it?


Synopsis of the 2ND Pitch
Our second idea was a street dance film. It is about a guy and a girl likes each other in a dance competition and something goes wrong but we are not sure just yet what the problem could be. At the first 20-30 seconds we would show the credits and introduce our main characters. And then the next minute is where the problem starts. 


Target Audience
Our target audience for this one is for both teenage boys and girls. However, we don’t know what could be the problem and how to fit it in for two minutes because we couldn't think of anything. It could also be for the people who enjoys watching street dance film. 


Similar Films
Our idea is similar to Honey and Step-up because we got the idea from there where two teams are competing each other and we got the idea of type on dance from there as well. 


Use of Micro elements
For the costume we came up with crop tops and trackies for the dancers or for cheerleaders are pleated skirts and crop tops. We would use high key lighting at the start to reflect their emotions of being in love and low key at the end when the conflict starts. The location could be in a dance studio or street. And the type of dance would be hip-hop or street.


Feedback
We got a good feedback from our class on the first pitch. However, we didn't get as much votes for the second pitch. When we had a vote in our class, a lot of people did not like the second idea. So we decided to do the first idea instead and we will improve on what we are going to do exactly and get into a lot of details and research informations to get some ideas.