The PitchFor ‘Still Here’

Emilie, Holly, Marcus and Lamar

Overview

Genre is psychological thriller

Brother sees other brother after he dies and continues to speak to him

Themes- reality, perception, mind, purpose, identity, death.

An example of psychological thriller

Representations Young people- portrayed in a positive way as it shows

them being friendly towards each other and having a true connection with the brothers.

Males- portrayed positively as the brothers are shown to genuinely care about each other so much so that after he is gone he still believes that he is still here.

Females- portrayed positively as she is shown to care about her friend and asks if he is ok.

Genre- usually in these genres women are the victim and men are the villains. In this case it is different at this point in the film there is no villain

Society- in society men are more violent than women and this is shown in out film when they are messing about and he gets pushed in the road.

Locations Interior locations will include places

around the college e.g. castlefield house

Exterior locations will include the road outside the college

We will need permission to use empty classrooms from the teachers

Structure Act 1- key moment- seeing dead body

on floor

Act 2- key moment- finds out what actually happens

Act 3- key moment- Lamar sees Marcus in his mind “find him” implies need for revenge