D1 First Submission

Evaluation of my pitch

My pitch was an urban genre film of an urban legend called ‘The Boggart!’. The idea of my film is similar to that of the 1999 film ‘The Blair Witch Project’ as it is about some teenagers who try to catch audio-video evidence of a murderous being. I also planned to use the same mockumentary style as in ‘The Blair Witch Project’ however this would have changed the genre of the film from urban to a mockumentary which would then make the film not fit the brief. The plot has not changed but by filming the filmmakers rather than using their unedited footage, I can keep the urban genre. Unlike ‘The Blair Witch Project’, my film is not about a legendary local murderous witch, but about the goblin like ‘Boggart’ from Northern and Scottish mythology. The Boggart is a malicious creature who kidnaps children so there is still the fear element from ‘The Blair Witch Project’.

To help me prepare for my pitch, I watched clips from the shows “Dragon’s Den” and “The Apprentice” as the people delivering pitches in them have more experience than me. From their pitches, I learnt that I should always promote my product, especially through the question portion at the end. I also learnt that having statistics are a good idea and that I should know my product really well because a strong knowledge of my product comes particularly in handy during the questions.

In order to generate ideas for my pitch, I read through my script looked for what in my script links strongly to the brief. I based my pitch mainly on why my script is the best how the brief wanted. I also made sure that it was included that my script shows a positive east London. I believe that by basing my pitch on how my script is like the brief was an effective way of planning my pitch.

I feel like my confidence has grown in the making of this pitch, because I have never been good with presenting my ideas to people, however because I had planned in a lot of detail and delivered my pitch, my confidence has grown. I have also learnt how to use the online software ‘Prezi’ to make the presentation as it was easy to access and seamed more professional than PowerPoint.

In developing my work, I wished I had explored better into where in Victoria Park I plan to shoot the film, as Victoria Park is the 4^th largest park in London. So when I say that I am filming in Victoria Park, I am not being specific enough. As well as this, I wished I had looked into the distribution and advertising section of the production process as I was asked a question on this.

In making my pitch I used the online software called ‘Prezi’ because it looked more professional than PowerPoint and was easy to learn how to use and access. I also conducted a survey on teenagers between the ages of 16-18 to find out what type of films they like. My results showed that 1/3 of the teenagers I asked liked horror films, and 44% of the teenagers I asked like thriller films.

In my pitch I wanted to convey the message that my script was very like how the brief wanted it to be. I believe I was successful as I mentioned it several times, but not too much.

Overall, I believe that my pitch went well because I spoke clearly and did not read off the slide, however during the questions, I answered a question that was not asked and I often used the phrase “umm” in between my sentences.