This week in Story Lab we experienced what it’s like to pitch an idea to a panel of judges who could comment and critique on our work. For myself and Neeve we found it to be a slightly daunting experience despite all the pitches we have done throughout high school. Upon reflection, the experience was nowhere near as bad or intimidating as I had first imagined. Except for a couple technical glitches getting my laptop connected to the projector, and one point where I got lost in my script, I quite liked the experience.

We both really benefited from hearing where we needed to improve our story, but more-so how we need to decide on a presentation format. Neeve and I walked away feeling full of relief that it was over, but also liked hearing where we had done well, such as her great filming + editing of the trailer, and our sound concept for the narrative. It is by no means competition, but I liked the way our idea was different to the other groups. We have some similarities between one of the groups about the girl with the Tumblr profile, but I think that our choice of transmedia will make it different. I look forward to seeing what we can achieve with the advice of our judging panel, and it was really comforting to see genuine enthusiasm about what we are creating 🙂

The Dodging the Bullet duo waiting to present our pitch on Thursday hahaha!