Pitch Unit 10

1. Acid Life
An Acid Rap adaptation

2. The OG
Acid Rap by Chance the
Rapper 2013
The release was
successful and
sold over
2 million copies
on ‘Datpiff’
The mixtape has
13 songs
It follows
Chance’s
experiences in
Chicago
I enjoyed the album and
felt the psychedelic
influence would be
aesthetically interesting
as a cartoon
The mixtape
received good
reviews
It has
influences of
classic soul,
juke gospel,
acid jazz

3. Adaptation
Acid Life
Genre: Cartoon
Sub-Genre: Slice of Life
13 episodes
It will follow the different experiences the main
character ‘Chano’ has faced along with his ‘homies’.

4. Constraints/Opportunitie
s
Constraints of the Adaptation
Interests of the original audience
Production would be lengthy & costly
Interpreting the songs in a way that the majority
would agree with
Opportunities of the Adaptation
Could reach a wide audience

5. Target Audience
Main Target Audience
Chance the Rapper fans
Those between the ages of 15-25 (Students)
Cartoon watchers
Secondary audience
Solely interested in cartoons
Age is slightly more limited, 15-20

6. Cinematic
Soft psychedelic imagery using colorful scenes
Some influence from Hey Arnold (slice of life
genre cartoon) with the characters and
storyline of the adaptation
 Some influences will also come from
Adventure Time with the colourful style and
abnormality

7. Frame
number,
type of shot
and time
length of
frame
Storyboard Analysis
A short
summary of
what is
going on in
the frame Type of edit
Represents
the colorful
transitions
All sound is non diegetic as I would have
to record it afterwards

8. Storyboard Analysis

9. Storyboard Analysis