Creating A Film

In class we were given the task of targeting our audience (we choice middle aged men) and then imagine we were creating our own film, and the better the film was, the more funding we would be given. In the end our pitch went as follows:

Samuel L Jackson's daughter gets kidnapped, he enlists the help of brothers Morgan Freeman and Denzel Washington - to track down the gang that kidnapped her with the help of local gypsy man Jacky Chan, they go on a country wide search of the girl, and the showdown begins.

Our film is called "The Showdown" and contains the likes of, Denzel Washington, Samel L Jackson, Morgan Freeman, Jacky Chan, B.A. Barracas, Bruce Willis, Jet Li, Vin Deisel and Hulk Hogan. We were given a budget of £70 million - mainly due to our A list actors. We then had to come up with our, our production team and put these into our below the line & above the line costs.

Director: John Woo - Mission Impossible
Cinematographer: Jeffery L Kimbell - Star Trek
Editor: Ken Blackwell - Expendables
Script Writer: Robert Towne - Mission Impossible

Above The Line Costs:

• Cast
• Production team - director, editors, Cinematographer & Script Writer
• Accomodation
• Set/Location
• All the large costs to the budget

Below The Line Costs:

• This covers all the lower costs to the budget
• Props
• Amateur Actors
• Make up etc.