Peer Pitch & Concept Refinement Chart

 

CATEGORY	DETAILS
Film OR Magazine	Film
Genre	Horror/Romance
Target Audience (Be specific)	Our film could be for anyone really but specifically would be targeted towards teens and young adults.
What is your concept? (Be thorough & specific. Review the links on Blackboard)	Our concept consists of a story about a girl who comes to realize her partner is a serial killer. The film starts by a dream in which her partner can be seen being oddly suspicious and leads up to him being seen with a dead body. When the girl wakes up, she’s shocked but relived it was only a dream until she turns to her partner, she finds he is not there. Upon realizing this she anxiously gets up and finds their bathroom covered in blood.
How did you conceive the idea for this concept?	We came up with concept by thinking of which films we like best and taking elements from those to bring them into one.
What do you believe is unique about your concept?	We think our concept is unique because it follows a story from an outsider’s view on a personal relationship. The audience starts to figure things out with the character as if they are immersed in the film themself.
Why do you believe this product will be of interest to your audience?	We think this will be of interest because it incorporates 2 very popular genres that can bring together a wide range of audience. It includes the aspects of romance movies that will attract those who like seeing how relationships unfold. As well as, horror which is great for those who want something that puts them in suspense.
FEEDBACK RECEIVED FROM PEERS	- has room for other side plots like kids and marriage -hasn’t been done before -seems like a movie you would watch on halloween

              For this project I am working with Lucy. We chose the genre romance/horror. We decided on the horror aspect because it is an ever-growing movie genre becoming increasing popular among people under the age of 25. Specifically, 43% of horror movie viewers are millennials and we wanted our target audience to be primarily younger people so 43% seemed like a pretty good number. With the romance side of it, just last year in 2019 romance movies produced around 122.34 million dollars. With this information it is very clear that romance is a very popular genre that would create success for us with the creation of this “movie”.

            From our feedback, we received mostly positive responses. People said that our idea seemed like the kind of movie they see themselves sitting down to watch during the Halloween season, especially because it is a concept they have not heard of before so that creates interest. I mostly agreed with the feedback we got. They mentioned that the age we decided for the couple left room to build on the storyline like the possibility of adding kids to make more seem at risk. Even though our original vision did not involve the couple being married or having kids I do agree that the plot does allow for room to make changes which I think is a good thing for us to have. According to the article, “Although both of these perspectives have garnered empirical support over a variety of studies exploring a host of different types of entertainment, the assumption of hedonism, the focus on enjoyment, and the emphasis placed on positive affect as a central element of "good" entertainment have resulted in considerable puzzling about the seeming paradox that many viewers watch and enjoy sad films.” This goes to show that we should keep an open mind but a by having a good subject is the only way that allows you to have room for openness.