Pitch Brief

Today we received the brief for our pitch pack assessment.
The tutors were adamant that we aim high for this assessment, and stressed the amount of work that it would take to achieve a high grade.

We received a master-class lecture on brainstorming where we were shown 2 interesting examples of how to come up with some ideas for a short film as well as some basics of a 3 act structured story with beginning middle and end.

 

i found the method of word association to cater to my thinking however i haven't delved too deep into the first method of mashing two different themes to come up with unique stories, which i may explore in my own time.

i started with visual designs then went to see what other thoughts i could come up with from there. i started to think of themes or ideas i found interesting and see which ideas i felt correlate, are common or i just feel the strongest about.

i discovered i like the themes of defying expectations, oddities, sacrifice, grounded or gritty settings.

1.One of the stories i had had would be a prequel for i personal project i had been working on, where "a female grim reaper about the size of a 6 year old, would have her first traumatic experience of escorting a lost soul to the after life."

I liked the idea of disassociating the norm by re imagining it in a different way. here i took the brooding theme of death and thought it would be interesting to attempt to present it as an innocent idea.

i discovered as interesting i found this idea it wasn't greatly original however i am still partially attached because i enjoyed designing how the grim reaper would look as a young girl.

2. "A convict is released back into society to have an office job, only to discover how terrible it is leaving them to conclude they were happier in jail, resulting in them surrendering themselves to the police after leaving the office in a chaotic state"

Frans gave us the advice that we could also mashup characters and worlds instead of just stories in general. For some reason i thought of one of Harley Quinn from batman trying to act as a normal citizen in a happy office setting to contrast the universe she is typically accustomed to. i think that the fish out of water theme and shenanigans could be entertaining because of the juxtapose.

3. "A child who is sent to an asylum for gaining adhesive spit from eating too much paste attempts to escape incarceration with his new abilities"

Adhesive Adam is a character i created in first year that i always thought had decent potential, and i think his unique abilities with his feral characteristics in his charmingly cute body had potential for entertaining adventures. i like the combination of dangerous and cute with foul and gross habits of well a real child. i think the idea is kept grounded and relatable but still outlandish enough to be interesting.

4."Small Hockey player is bullied and beaten during a game but earns other players respect after he persists to stay down." 

As i began to run out of ideas i drew from personal experience. Physically, i am small in stature but i like to take part in sports. the two sports i like most are basketball and hockey which both rely heavily on size and build. Because of my size i had often been seen as a liability as to an asset, but i always valued the ability to work as a unit to be more valuable than the ability to work as an individual. So i thought instead of a David and Goliath story it could be Goliath vs David and his buddies story. i began designs for this idea as well, however if i take away my personal attachment to the story it doesn't hold up very strong and isn't very interesting, as the same ideas could be presented by interchanging elements so easily that i can't honestly say that this is the strongest way to deliver this point across.

5."A child who is obsessed with super heroes sets out to save the neighbourhood, but upon encountering an unbeatable foe, their mother swoops in and saves them."

I like super heroes and the idea of innocence, and i thought how as a child i thought ninja turtles and spider-man were the coolest and i idolised them a lot. As i grew older and found out how to do things for myself more i grew to appreciate how much my parents did for me, and i kind of concluded that they are the real super heroes. I feel this is a strong idea as it can hit home with many people being such a grounded theme.

I enjoyed learning new methods of forming ideas and seeing what my peers have chosen to develop and how we were able to all aid each other in nurturing and improving our ideas. i would like to develop more confidence in sharing my ideas as i felt i was hesitant in some instances. i would also like to traverse weirder/stranger avenues to discover more unique and entertaining ideas.