film promotion: writing a film pitch

Title: The Martorano

Tagline:  Rest in Pieces.

Genre: Crime/thriller

Storyline: The Don Martorano is dead. The two Martorano brothers Louis and Luigi sit and have a conversation about the death of their father. The outcome of the conversation was to take revenge on the killer that had murdered Don Martorano. The brothers check their father’s diary to find all of the other families which were enemies. They enter every family and invade their property to kill the Don. Once they have taken out all of the enemies, Louis finds out that his brother Luigi was the one who killed his father just to become the don of the Martorano family. Finally, Louis pretends to forgive Luigi but then violently kills him. Louis Martorano becomes the Don and runs the family.

This is a familiar film to ‘The Godfather’.

The target audience is aimed at 12-25 year olds.

The main characters are the two brothers Luigi and Louis.

The setting is south Italy and in a quiet area.

Log line:  Don Martorano is murdered and his sons Luigi and Louis are taking revenge on the killer who was responsible for the death of their father so therefore they both take down all the enemies and at the end Louis finds out that his brother was the one who killed their father so he kills him and takes over the Martoranos family.

Film trailer and poster analysis

Film Poster:

 The key conventions:

- central image- some people might notice the star and would want to watch a film with him in it.

- title- the audience would know where wall street is (New York) and would want to know what will happen there.

- secondary image (the party behind him) - the audience will notice the secondary picture and will know its a party and will then would want to watch the film to find out more about the party and what will happen in the party.

- release date (September 25)

- stars/actors/directors- the audience would be familiar of the stars/actors/directors and notice that every film they have been is was a success for example Leonardo DiCaprio was in titanic and titanic was a very successful film.



Film Trailer:
                                        

The key conventions:

- sound- the sound (music) is a non-diegetic, which is not within the sphere of the film and only the audience can hear it.

-lighting+colour- the lighting of this film is quite bright as there is a lot going on in the scenes so the audience would want to know what is going on all around the scene. The colour would also be very colourful as this is a 20th century film and in the present days there is a lot of colour.

-close-ups and+ fast paced editing- close ups are used in this film to zoom in on the stars and actors so the audience would recognize them.

-production blurb- the production blurb (final shot) is about what the film is based on and who the screenplay was made by.

-title- the title is at the end of the trailer so people can watch it until the end to find out the film name.

-tag line- the tag lines are in the beginning, middle, and at the end all presenting the stars/directors/actors.

Film Institutions

1. I have chosen 'THE WOLF OF WALL STREET'.

2.I have chosen this film because it has a lot of detail you can talk about.

1. Paramount pictures

2. Universal home entertainment.

1. Comedy

2. You can see this because of the way they use the money,girls, and the way they have house parties shows that the genre is comedy.

3. No, but this is film is based on the book by Jordan Belfort

3a. No, previous films by the writer are not mentioned in the trailer.

1. The UK release date of the film was on the 17 th of January 2014.

2. The latest trailer of this film that appeared on YouTube was the 16 th of June 2013.

3. I have found the film presented online on the GQ entertainment page where it tells us when this film was released in the UK.

1. The reviews on this film was not very good because they say that it was too long and too boring but on the other hand some people thought that it was a entertaining film.

2. a) "It was 2 hours of absolute useless display of all the possible debaucheries on earth"

    b) "'The Wolf of Wall Street" is 90% eye-popping revelry and 10% routine storytelling."

    c) "This pic is Marty at his best. I laughed, I cringed, I related (with fond memories as well as a bit of guilt) and I TOTALLY believed every unbelievable moment".

1.The original budget of the film was $100 million.

2. In the opening weekend of the film they made $18,361,578

3. In total the film has made $392,000,694 worldwide.

1. The director (Martin Scorsese) has made a film with the same genre as this film which is called 'the king of comedy' which was releases on February, 18th 1983.

2. The main star of this film is Leonardo DiCaprio.

3. Leonardo DiCaprio has been in the famous movie of 'Titanic'.

4. The director (Martin Scorsese) is mentioned in the trailer.

Genre & NCIS

Trailer 1: 

JESSABELLE

Genre: Thriller

Narrative: After losing her fiancé in a car accident, grief-stricken Jessie retreats to her father's run-down Louisiana mansion, where she finds a gift from her long-dead mother, and a spirit intent on killing her. She finds the tape and it revealed that Jessabelle will be killed.

Character: The main character Sarah Snook is an famous south Australian actress. she is the one who knows that Jessabelle is the one who will be killed. Amber Stevens (the dead girl) is a great actor who is currently in Los Angeles, California. 

Iconography: To know that this films genre is thriller is that there is a lot of things we can look for for example the scary twin of the woman and the dark hair of her. the sound effects are a high pitched sound so when we hear it, it gives us a little shock.

Setting: The film was set in a haunted house which shows that this film is only aiming one place which is effected (haunted).

Trailer 2: 

THE WOLF OF WALL STREET

Genre: Comedy

Narrative: Jordan Belfort begins a low-level job at an established Wall Street firm. After being taken under the wing of company executive Mark Hanna and becoming a licensed stockbroker, he is retrenched due to the firm's bankruptcy following Black Monday.

Character: The main character Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio) has a decent life until he is brought into a company of executive Mark Hanna and he becomes rich later on.

Iconography: You can see this because of the way they use the money,girls, and the way they have house parties shows that the genre is comedy.

Setting: This is set in one big house and one big city (New York) which is a popular city known for being very rich. One of the main things a comedy film needs is money and the way they use it. so this is definitely a comedy film.

Trailer 3:  

NON-STOP

Genre: Action

Narrative: Bill Marks, a former cop dealing with his daughter's death by drinking, is now a federal air marshal. While on a flight from New York to London, Marks gets a text telling him that unless 150 million dollars is transferred to an offshore account, someone will die every 20 minutes. Can he find the terrorist in time and save everyone?

Character: The main character Bill Marks is an alcoholic U.S. federal air marshal; his daughter died at age eight from cancer, his wife divorced him, and he enrolled in the Air Marshal service despite a fear of airplane takeoffs after he was discharged from the police force.

iconography: There is plenty of iconography typical of the action genre: gunshots, explosions, violence, technology, slow motion action.

Settings: The setting is mainly all based in a plane where most of the action is taken place for example the gunshots of the hero and the Villain. A plane is a dangerous place for a problem to occur as it is very high up in the sky and it has a probability of everyone dying if there is an explosion.