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Feedback Review - Constellation

The Producers liked my film idea, however there were some issues with the story and the time travel aspect. Firstly, they liked that the film gave a sense of a different time period, however, the medium of the story felt more like a horror film, which is unusual for a time travel film. My film was said to be very similar to massive time travel films, such as Back To the Future, Avengers Endgame and The Time Travellers Wife. This is an interesting point, as I was then asked what makes my film stand out compared to these big films. I responded that my film doesn't have a happy ending, as most time travel films do have a happy ending. After hearing this, I am now going to make sure that my story is unique as I don't want to copy from another big film. By doing this, this will make my story different. The Producers mentioned that my story doesn't get the sci-fi element across very well, especially in the title sequence. To fix this, I will include more futuristic imagery in my title sequence, along with a more in depth analysis as to why my film is sci-fi related in my treatment.

The biggest issue in my story is that there is no explanation for why the main character, Max, wants to go back in time. For example, in Back to The Future Part 1, Marty McFly goes back in time and makes a mistake by splitting his parents up, causing him not to exist in the future, and he now has to fix it. After receiving this feedback, I have now decided that Max goes back in time to save Lauren, as Max witnesses a flash in the future where she is killed in a fatal car accident. This happens the day after Lauren travels back in time, explaining why Max is so determined to fix this time period. Much like the butterfly effect, this happened because of an event in the past, where Lauren leaves for work not noticing that her self-driving car has been hacked into and will refuse to slow down, causing it to crash. This will now be the context for my film, fixing this issue. The Producers also said that my budget is way too low, therefore I will revise my budget, making it much higher and more realistic. 3 million is too low, so I will increase this budget to about 20 million, as this is more reasonable considering the actor and actresses success in film. My film is set in 2019, which reduces the amount of future scenes, saving cost. As for my cast, it was mentioned that Eddie Redmayne was not suitable for the role, as he is too obvious of a choice with this type of story. To fix this, I will cast the actor Miles Teller, because of his great performance in Whiplash and Divergent. I picked Miles Teller because he is a young actor with a good personality and in my opinion, he would play a socially awkward scientist well.

As for my target audience, it isn't clear enough in my explanation whether the film is aimed for both male and females. I explained that due to the romantic element and adventure element in my story, this balances out the appeal from both male and females. This is because stereotypically, more males prefer adventure stories, and more females prefer romantic love stories. Overall, I am pleased with my feedback as it means I can now tweak my story and other elements such as the cast to make my film as best as it can be.