In week nine our final project groups got together to prepare our project pitches. This proved to be a challenging task but also a great way to get feedback on our ideas and ways we could improve our final assignments.
My group of three split our PowerPoint slides three ways to share the workload and engage positively with our audience. For our pitch we aimed to strictly stick to answering the main questions highlighted in the pitch outline and back up our answers with research.
I found this process to be helpful in gaining a better insight on the topics we aimed to cover in our final short film and a great way to narrow down our main topic questions and what we actually wanted to say in our film.
We collated all three of our works int0 a short video that served as a type of trailer for our final assignment. After completing our project pitch, we received some insightful advice from the panel which highlighted ways we might be able to improve and patch up holes in our idea.
Our trailer demonstrated to the panel that our work was quite wholesome and light-hearted whereas, the idea we were trying to pitch described a dark horror inspired work that unsettled the audience through sound and confronting visuals. The panel suggested that we find ways to step out of our usual media making comfort zones and explore the dark and uncomfortable natural aspects of the environments around us.
Listening to the other groups work, especially a group that planned to focus on photography aspects and different contrasts between environments inspired me to consider how to interpret contrasts more strongly in our short film.
Overall, I found that the project pitch was a great way to push myself out of my comfort zone through public speaking. Learning to count on your group to all complete their tasks, give honest feedback to each other and comfortably share their visions and ideas for the project is an essential part of teamwork. I’m excited to brainstorm ways to improve our final short film.