Peer Pitch & Concept Refinement Chart

CATEGORY  DETAILS  FILM OR MAGAZINE   Film   GENRE  Dramedy  TARGET AUDIENCE (BE SPECIFIC)  People within the age range of 17-23, who like comedies and dramas    WHAT IS YOUR CONCEPT? (BE THOUROUGH AND SPECIFIC. REVIEW THE LINKS ON BLACKBOARD)  Our concept of the film is to highlight the reality of being a female in high school. Although there is a lot of drama, most of it could be considered comical. We would take inspiration from the movie Mean Girls, but make the drama more similar to the drama we face in school (more comical and realistic).  HOW DID YOU CONCIEVE THE IDEA FOR THE CONCEPT?  We conceived the idea for the topic because when watching Mean Girls or other dramedies I took into consideration how those movies made us feel. When watching a movie similar to this, you get to experience the reality of high school and the drama that comes with it in a comical way.   WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IS UNIQUE ABOUT THE CONCEPT?  A lot of people only do a comedy or only do a drama, a lot of film writes do not try to combine both only some go out of their way to create that film.  WHY DO YOU BELIEVE THIS CONCEPT WILL BE OF INTEREST TO YOUR AUDIENCE?  I believe this concept will be in interest of the audience I chose because people of their late teens and early 20s are always looking to laugh but they also want something more serious, being a 17-year-old myself I choose to lean towards more comedies and dramas.  This week, we presented our project concepts to the class in order to receive feedback on elements that we could possibly change in order to execute our ideas in a clear and entertaining way. During our presentation, we explained our “high school reality dramedy” idea- creating a comedic take on the reality of high school drama. When proposing this idea to the class, we received some questions regarding how we plan on making this a true dramedy movie. We explained that we will be using a male character for the element of drama, and mainly just remarks and comments made by other characters for the comedy elements. The drama regarding the male actor will be based around the girl group all having interest in him, but none of them being able to get with him. We believe using these plot lines as the drama and comedy elements will create a realistically funny dramedy film.

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