Blog Task 38: Pitch Tasks 1-3

1. The Film

The Title of our film is called 'The Extra Mile' 

Plot: The film is about two aspiring rappers who are from two complete different backgrounds; one privileged youth with the equipment to be successful but not the drive, and another youth less privileged with the drive and passion to become a rapper but not the finances or equipment. 

The opening scene will introduce us to the two main characters and also the stereotypical social group of a 'gang'. They both portray different strengths and weaknesses throughout the sequence, and the narrative aspect makes that obvious e.g. the privileged rapper has a much more sophisticated attire which represents his wealth compared to the opposite character who delivers nothing special to the camera 

2. What type of title sequence is it? 

Our title sequence is going to be narrative as the titles will be on a moving image. The action taking place behind the titles will make it some what obvious of what is happening e.g. the different locations for the different characters. 

The title sequence that has influenced us is Get Rich or Die Tryin'. This is because the film has a similar story plot of a boy wanting to complete his life-long dream of becoming a rapper as well as similar rapping music and costume. 

We are going to conform to the conventions and perceptions everyone has about rap being a male dominated world.

3. What type (sub-genre) of Teen Film is it? 

Our title sequence is a Youth Drama and a real media film title sequence that has inspired us is 8 Mile because, like Get Rich or Die Tryin', the film has a similar story plot and shows the boy miming to words in the title sequence and not actually saying them. We want to conform to that aspect of the sequence as that's what we want to create.