Researching 25 word pitches...

KATANA- “It’s KILL BILL meets BUFFY, about a teen girl who discovers she’s a reincarnated samurai, but would rather be breaking hearts than breaking bones.” This pitch is concise, it simply tells the audience the names of the protagonists and the main theme of the story, it is short snappy and keeps an audience.

Charlie And The Chocolate Factory- "Everyone wants the secrets of the reclusive Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory, but only one courageous boy will get them during a wild and hilarious adventure".This pitch is more intriguing. It doesn't give to much away, and words such as 'secrets' make the audience feel important and as if they are part of the storyline.  Descriptive words such as 'wild' and hilarious' set the entertaining, comical genre without giving too much information away.

Shoeless Joe- A holiday of a lifetime across the desolate heart of the Australian outback turns into a living nightmare for five friends.This pitch basically outlines the 'what and when', it also tells the audience about the relationship between characters, naming them as 'friends' It doesn't give too much away, but tells you of the the 'living nightmare' that they are to encounter, this somehow introduces some of the possible themes such as action, horror, drama or family.Storage- Terror stalks a storage facility. Survival for those trapped inside depends on the secrets in those endless units. But some doors are better left locked. The lexical field 'horror' introduces the films genre. By saying "some doors are better left locked" it gives the audience space to think and wonder as to what could happen if those 'doors' were to be unlocked. It makes the audience for intrigued to continue reading.

After looking at these pitches, it has become apparent that it is improtant to use descriptive language in order to set a scene, you can begin to either introduce characters or introduce or hint about the key events that happen throughout the film, without giving away to much infromation.Shoeless Joe- A holiday of a lifetime across the desolate heart of the Australian outback turns into a living nightmare for five friends.This pitch basically outlines the 'what and when', it also tells the audience about the relationship between characters, naming them as 'friends' It doesn't give too much away, but tells you of the the 'living nightmare' that they are to encounter, this somehow introduces some of the possible themes such as action, horror, drama or family.Storage- Terror stalks a storage facility. Survival for those trapped inside depends on the secrets in those endless units. But some doors are better left locked. The lexical field 'horror' introduces the films genre. By saying "some doors are better left locked" it gives the audience space to think and wonder as to what could happen if those 'doors' were to be unlocked. It makes the audience for intrigued to continue reading.After looking at these pitches, it has become apparent that it is improtant to use descriptive language in order to set a scene, you can begin to either introduce characters or introduce or hint about the key events that happen throughout the film, without giving away to much information.