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!