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PITCHBy Shannon, Maddy and Belle.
Logline of “Grey”• The world is black and white until you meet your soulmate, but will it
stay like that forever?
Proverb - Subverting
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.
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
Structure.
World is coloured for Marcus, but grey for Peter
Convosation about colours and soulmate
Phone call – about her injury
Runn
ing sc
ene –
trying
to ge
t to h
er
World fades complete back to Grey
Stood in the street
alone - crying &
grieving
Sound of high-heels
Makes eye contact with other woman – seems like a pig
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
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
Conventions and narrative.• Colour correction• Dialogue driven• Voiceover• Foreshadowing• Sound effects
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.
Schedule
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.