Crime is Popular Among My Group

When my group and I discussed our pitches to each other, we were thankful that we all had somewhat similar ideas that related to crime. This was important as it removed one more aspect that we would have to talk over to come to a conclusion. Our teacher had given the class a tip to look at our ideas and build up on them as if we were planing on filming the entire movie. She said that this would assist using gaining clarity and having an understanding of what should be included in the film. As we brainstormed and talked about what we could incorporate into each idea, we began to see how some pitches stood out from others when considering different issues, such as the realistic approach, setting, and lighting. With this in mind, we were able to narrow down our pitches to two instead of three. These two ideas were mine and Aitan's pitches.
Katherine's pitch was to show a restrained girl who wakes up and has flashbacks to her kidnapping as she realizes that she's trapped and has to escape without being caught. For this pitch, our group was able to develop the story and what would occur in the first two first minutes of the movie. This is beneficial as it would allow us to move faster through making the storyboard and deciding on camera angles and movements. Another strength of this pitch is that we would already have one of its ideal locations set. Katherine's room can be used to show the scenes of the trapped girl. We figured that this room would be convenient as the shutters could be closed and give a stronger allusion of a confinement. Additionally, in this space, the hallway that leads to the main room is very dark when the sun is down but enough sun seeps in to have good lighting while we film. The garage would also be available to us to film any scenes from when the girl was originally captured. This pitch however, also has disadvantages such as the lighting for any scenes filmed outside. We would have to calculate when would be the best time to film in order to get a semi-dark sky and the time gap between this option and a very dark sky would be pretty small.
Aitan's pitch was to show an important woman to the United States government who gets kidnapped and has to find a way to escape. The idea behind this pitch was very strong and my group would have a lot of information that we would be able to include into the film. My group and I contributed to adding a lot of details into this pitch and small features that we could add. This helped get a thought of how the final outcome would actually look like. Such details include a background at the beginning or end of the two minutes that would suggest that the woman was considered important to the government such as a call from a government official or documents that she may carry. Another good thing of this pitch would be the heavy amount of tension and suspense built leading up the woman getting kidnapped. Like the other pitch, this idea also has some obstacles. For one, we believe that the actual execution of certain scenes may be a little difficult. If we stick to this pitch, we would have to include a scene where a woman is getting kidnapped and this scene would have to be filmed clearly and can not be confusing for the audience. Similar to the lighting concern in the previous pitch, we would have to be strategic regarding the time we should film and how much time we believe it would take us.
After taking a long time considering both pitches and how they would be carried out, we all finally came to a conclusion. We decided that the pitch that we would use for this project would be Katherine's because of its convenience and practicality regarding the filming process. However, since we liked Aitan's idea as well, we will be incorporating some of his thoughts from the old pitch into the chosen pitch.