Having missed out on the last consultation to deal with some last minute Media 6 dramas, I caught up with those who attended and conceived an idea for the format of our final presentation. We decided to use this opportunity to portray a professional production pitch, selling our package complete with casting details, location information, details of script development, table read-throughs etc.
Not only does this provide us a frame for presentation, it allows us to take an enthusiastic or rather aggressive marketing stance on selling the Absentia series. This means that instead of running around attempting to create a feasible media product (as the other groups I believe are doing) and filming crumbs of a series, we will be producing content that would be provided to potential investors in a real pitch.
In preparation for this, the group has begun to formalise a fantasy cast through StarNow. Here are some of the main characters in my episode, Cross.
Hitch AKA Ben Hitchener
Thanassis Dimitropoulos
Bernadeth Dimitropoulos-Hitchener
Manuel Dimitropoulos
The group also plans on creating inspiration boards for the episode settings, a filmed table read and potentially, opening sequences for our chosen marketing strategy (TBA).