This teaser trailer pitch, has been created for my A2 Media Coursework

1. Teaser Trailer Pitch

2. Genre Research

3. Summer Research
Over the summer, I did some basic research
into 3 sports films, they are the following:
O Invictus
O Cool Runnings
O Balls of Fury

4. Further Sports Films Research
Link to further sports film research

5. Decision On Teaser Trailer
Before Starting my pitch, I’m going to explain the
ideas I had for my teaser trailer. I had to chose
between 3 sports for my teaser trailer, these sports
were:
1. Football
2. Water polo
3. Swimming
Here are the reasons why I couldn’t chose two of the
sports.

6. Film Plot
The Main character has a terrible injury and struggles
to get out of bed in the morning and needs help from
his parents but videos of him get posted to the
internet and watched online by a scout that would like
to sign him up to their academy and they would like
to see him play but he doesn’t want to tell them
because it will wreck his life-long dream. The main
character talks to a receptionist and says he has a
problem about the meeting. Flashbacks of the
accident are shown after the phone call. The teaser
trailer ends with the main character about to open the
door before the meeting.

7. Main Conventions of Sport Films
The main conventions of Sport films are:
O Contains a Sporting narrative
O Constant State of emotion
O Equilibrium
O Disruption
O Resolution
O Success
O Failure
O Strong relationship between characters

8. Style Of Teaser Trailer And Film Genre
The style of the teaser trailer is based on several
sport films, where there is a problem and how it is
overcome by the main character and their journey
towards that happening. It is a classed as Sports
Drama in the film genre. A Sports Drama film
incorporates dramatic elements into a sports
storyline. These films tend to examine the gritty and
intense aspects of the sporting world, they have more
dramatic elements and appeals to a more mature
audience. Sports Drama films involve not only the
rise, but the fall of the particular subject as well.

9. Locations & Settings
The locations of the film have no been
identified but I have created a mind map of
the settings that I need to use in my teaser
trailer.

10. Characters
After writing my script, I have worked out
that I only need 3 characters throughout my
teaser trailer. The 2 main characters needed
are:
O The Main Character
O The Football Scout

11. Budget For Film
The budget for the is unknown as it is only
being funded by one film industry at this
time which is my company, but we have had
some interest in the film from production
companies so that will be able to boost the
budget of the film massively if they invest.

12. Tagline
I have yet to decide a tagline for the film as I
am still thinking through names of the film
but the tagline will relate to the title of the
film that has been chosen.

13. My Target Audience
My target audience is based on my
questionnaire results about sport films. I’m
going to aim it at people over the age of 16
as people under the age of 16 wouldn’t
appreciate a sports drama film as much as
people over the age of 16, enjoy drama in
films more.

14. Who Would Endorse My Film?
I think Warner Bros. Pictures would endorse
my film as the sport films that they endorse
are always sport drama films were
something shocking happens and how it is
resolved throughout the film and this is the
concept I want my film to have.

15. Which Media Concepts Have I
Considered?
There are many concepts to consider, I’ve
considered the following:
O Codes and conventions of film genre
O Audio
O Print for the advertisement of the film
O Representations
O Stereotypes that may be used
O Target audience
O How they are going to be addressed
O What would their response be to the film?

16. Does It Fit The Generic Conventions
Of Sport Films?
My film will fit the following concepts of sport
drama films:
O Incorporates dramatic elements into a sports
storyline
O Tend to examine the more gritty and intense
aspects of the sporting world
O Tends to appeal to a more mature audience
O Examines not only the rise, but the fall of the
particular characters as well