I was definitely curious to see what others had come up with for the pitches. When I saw the assignment prompt, I immediately had the idea for The Improv Games, more specifically, a show in the sort of light of Thank God You’re Here (2006), due to the nature of us not having to heavily script the show, creating something original, and would highlight the best bits of what we had filmed so far: improvised discussion. This was highlighted pretty well in our feedback, as we were told that the best bit about ours is it’s straightforward in terms of execution, and the quality of our talent would likely dictate largely how the show comes out. We were also given credit for our original spin on the idea, particularly the game Coco devised, ‘Concept Clash’, where two people have to figure out who the other was. The feedback from the whole class was great and spoke to pretty much all the reasons I chose the idea (straightforward but unique, builds upon previous assignment experience, etc), and I was super grateful that it was chosen by the class.

The other idea that most excited me was the post-apocalyptic talk show that Hamish’s group pitched. I thought that was a really clever spin on the talk show formula, and meant we would be making a more structured piece that allowed for improvisation but with some guiding rules. I honestly thought it was well-thought out and constructed, but perhaps lacked some ideas in the form of content. The other pitch that most caught my attention was the meta-comedy pitch from Jamie’s group, however it appeared they had considered the gimmick of the meta-comedy a lot more than the content itself that the gimmick would work around. It would also require a lot of pre-production work, which is probably why people ended up moving away from the idea when voting. With a lot more time and a crew performing their ideal roles, I think both ideas could be super fun and engaging to work on.

References:

Cilauro, S. et al. (2006) Thank God You’re Here. Melbourne, Victoria: Network 10.