Pitch Blog: Our Pitch

Pitch Blog

 Last week Kassandra, Gabby and I had a virtual meeting to discuss ideas for our final task. Prior to the meeting I wrote out 5 to 6 possible ideas for a pitch and during our meeting we decided on our top two. Kassandra also presented her own ideas for a pitch which we used in collaboration with my ideas. It took almost no time for us to pick out our favorite ideas and write a pitch. Using Netflix as inspiration, we took note of how they structured their movie pitches, which is very minimalistic and in surface description; an elevator pitch. With those consideration these are the two pitches we liked the most: “Jenna expects to finally meet her wood-dwelling grandparents but unknowingly walks into the home of psychopaths” and “These high school friends spend the weekend out-of-town but have no idea their bestie is out for revenge.” When thought about, the first pitch can be done without the need for extravagant equipment. The only cons are actor availability and how difficult it may be to convey the mood in two minutes. The second pitch is not as simple. This pitch could not be conveyed in two minutes. We also do not have the equipment to create gory scenes, neither do we want to include that kind of content. These disadvantages are the basic limitations we noticed. There could be more challenges we'll face throughout our creating process.

As I mentioned before, deciding our pitch was not difficult at all. We both immediately agreed on the first pitch: “Jenna expects to finally meet her wood-dwelling grandparents but unknowingly walks into the home of psychopaths.” This pitch is doable, would not need extravagant equipment, and with proper preparations it could be conveyed in a timely manner. We all seemed pretty excited about this idea. We began to plan out scenes and our filming process. As long as we are consist with our collaborations this film will be a success.