1. Pitch evaluation:
I thought that my pitch went reasonably well, as I clearly conveyed my ideas in
an engaging but simplistic manner, by giving my client a handoutconsisting of
my ideas for my films, and the accompanying scripts and storyboards. I initially
went through my first(and strongest) idea “M.O.B- Money or Blood?” by giving
a brief summary of the plot, then breaking it down into each act and exploring
the traits of the two main characters, theyoung man and the mysterious man.
I then went on to talk about casting, genre, target audience and marketplace,
giving my client a good insight into the sortof film I had in mind. The draft
scripts and storyboards further helped my client to understand the slightly
tongue in cheek tone that I was going for with “M.O.B”, an action thriller that
is by no means a parody but uses film cliché’s to humorous effectin the
context of a sinister scenario. I then undertook a similar process for my second
film “Traitor”, a classic Bourne-styleaction thriller in which a British secret
agent must race to clear his name when he is framed for treason by a mole
within MI6. I wenton to break the plot down into its 3 acts, go through the
characters and their development, and explain where “Traitor” sits on the
marketplace and whattarget audience it is aimed at. In terms of weaknesses, I
think maybe being more passionateabout“Traitor” in particular would’ve
helped the pitch, but in all fairness I wasn’tever keen on taking “Traitor”
forward. To improvemy pitch, next time I might create a PowerPointwith
images relating to my ideas, to backup what I’m saying, however I stillgot lots
of positive feedback and was graded a merit so I don’t think it would makeall
the difference, justadd a nice touch to the pitch. Overall I thoughtthe
combination of the handouts and my concisebut detailed verbal explanation
of my ideas worked well together, allowing me to pitch in a way that got lots of
information across in an efficient, engaging manner. Following my client’s
responseto my ideas, I’mgoing to take “M.O.B-Money or Blood?” forward as
the film I will shoot and edit, which is what I’d always intended to do, as
ultimately it is the stronger idea.
