Pitch Day

Today we had our pitches for our screenplay ideas.

It was great seeing other people's ideas and I am excited to see the productions. Today was mostly about feedback and how we can develop our ideas further. The pitch was the start up to the idea and it is important to have a good pitch so we can sell our ideas to programme and studio executives who can then help make it happen.

I gave plenty of feedback to other people as I know people need the feedback to work on there ideas, it all helps towards improving it.
It was now time for my pitch.

My feedback started from Simon with positive comments on the pitch saying it was to the point and fairly clear. I then had comments from other students like Nicky asking where the conflict is. I answered with that the conflict was the women stopping Neal in his routine trying to get to work.

More feedback was given on how intense my idea is but how it could work great, just need to work on how the characters connect and where the ending leads to. Simon said I need to do plenty of research as my story involves mental health and suicide, something that needs delicate attention to. My working title is 'Weak', this could cause controversy as those with mental health issues don't wish to be identified as weak. I really need to develop further and research before progressing any further. My idea could cause a lot of distress if not planned correctly.

I want my story to be a dramatic piece that is entertaining to watch and for people to enjoy without having negative thoughts. I am paying close attention to the ending as I am now planning to have the women die. I had opinions with my group before the pitch and it was suggested to have a ending on a sad note instead of having a happy ending, which i feel would be boring.

Moving forward:

Today has made me feel I need to work a lot harder on my idea but at the same time determined as I really want to keep to it and make it happen. Over the next couple of weeks I am going to research on mental health and suicide, how it could affect my film and what I need to do to make sure nothing controversial will happen. I have already had a suggestion by Rosie on watching a documentary. I will look further into my characters and how they could connect, look at actors who fit the character description. Begin pre-writing and also check out my locations, take photos and confirm if they are the right settings.