Group: Pitch evaluation

• In our pitch we used a clean and smooth running powerpoint presentation, that was easy to see and make use of for the audience.
• In the pitch we also used two trailers of films that were conventional of our opening, to give an example to the class of what kinds of techniques and shots we would be using.
• Our main obstacle we came across was the practicality of one of our scenes. When the lights turn off inside the house and the man is standing outside the window looking in. The problem we were told would be illuminating the man, in order to actually pick him up on camera. To combat this we decided we will put a torch beneath him out of sight in order to shed light onto the antagonist, hopefully solving the issue.
• Another possible issue we encountered would be transitions between different camera techniques - i.e. handicam and static shots. We decided that this could be solved by using titles for example "starring Alex Handschuh" to split up different shots.
• Next time we do a pitch it would be nice to have more audience research to rely on. This time we only had a limited number of participants due to only carrying out the survey over a short period of time. For future pitches we must make sure to have stronger audience research in order to identify audience's characterstics and preferences, and so that we can use this for our advantage.

Overall we believe our pitch was successful. The audience understood what we were trying to achieve with our opening and seemed impressed. Doing this pitch made us realise how difficult it must be in the real film industry to get people to fund and understand your film, how to make it work etc. We enjoyed putting it togethter and are also looking forward to filming our opening.