My Pitch

 Pitch 1

When hanging out with his friend turns to being hunt down by a stranger at his apartment complex, Juan must find a way to survive the night. 

Pitch 2

When visiting his hometown after his close friends death, Juan begins to be followed around his apartment complex by a very familiar face that wants to kill him.

For the first pitch, I feel that it would be easier to film since I wouldn't need to go into the background of the character but, without this background the character I would be missing his backstory adding more to the character and plot. This problem also contributes to the problem I had in pitch two. Although having a backstory to the character would be good, it would be taking crucial seconds to the film. These few seconds are crucial to the film because I only have 2 minutes of film time and I want to use this time showing the actual plot.

This being said, the plot I decided to go with is "When hanging out with his friend turns to being hunt down by a stranger at his apartment complex, Juan must find a way to survive the night." When thinking about the film process I felt that pitch one was not only the easier choice to go with but, also the best choice when having limited time to show the plot. This means that using my time wisely is important as I have to figure out what scenes aren't important and what scenes are important while holding enough plot in them to create the story. When reading and thinking about how both the pitches would look, pitch two just seemed to have more scenes that would be taken a lot of time and not contributing to the plot. When thinking about pitch one, a big factor that I felt made it a better option was the fact that it allowed me to be more creative with the scenes I could create. This would allow me to add more scenes focusing on the plot, hopefully enabling the viewers to understand my vision for the film better.