WEEK 9 – Pitching
27-10-2023
Preparing a pitch for a short film is something that I have never done before. I have watched/helped friends pitch for TV shows but I never knew exactly how it worked. I didn’t realise that there is a pretty solid structure that can be followed if you are completely lost as well as certain things that should be in every pitch. I think that moving forward even when working on projects that don’t require funding, I will continue to create a pitch for whatever I am working on. Solely because I think that it is a good way to make sure that your idea actually makes sense to other people. Not that I think the pitch has to be shown to someone else but it forces you to rationalise your mind and put it in writing. As well as this I think that the whole process forces you to complete necessary preproduction steps. In the past, my preproduction process was generally lacklustre and I needed to have a rough outline and somewhat make-up as I went. However, through preparing for a pitch you are forced to have a more thorough guideline of what you want to do and where you want to go with your pitch. I also think that proof of concepts specifically can help you find the scope of your project as well as look at the practicality of making it, depending on whatever amount of time and money you have.