Tuesday, 15 February 2011
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Change of Idea
My initial idea has been changed. After receiving my feedback from doing my presentation I decided my idea will not be able to work. This is because living in a location such as Norfolk to get around five people from different racial backgrounds and to make it realistically look as though it is in a city is going to be a big challenge and with other A-levels that I have taken, I feel even if i would love to persue this idea it is hugely time consuming and from what the panel said, sticking to a simple idea would be best rather than over complicating things. Having said this, I am still going to keep some aspects of my original idea.
This is my new idea:
I am going to keep with the dance theme, as I have already done research on different types of dance and looked at various clips on YouTube for camera shots I could use, therefore I do not want this research to go to waste. Originally, I had the idea of using five different characters, each of different ethnicities who were going to a dance audition. As mentioned earlier, I and the experts that were present when I pitched my idea to them think that finding various people from different ethnicities is going to be a very hard challenge in an area like Norfolk when a very high percentage of the population is White British. Having said this, I have decided to use people no matter what their race is because this would be a must more realistic and achievable goal, however I am still going to stick with having five people at an audition. This would be shot in a dance studio, consisting of three judges, as well as the five dancers (who will be two boys and three girls.) Previously my idea what totally centred round these five characters going to an audition, now I have decided to focus purely on one dancer, who is not going to the audition. This one dancer will make her way into a city via a bus and walk to where she is going to be rehearsing, however these 'rehearsals' will not be perfessonal ones, I want to create the illusion that the girl is going their because it is a passion that she has and wishes to persue. She simply dancers for fun, yet is unaware of how good she actually is. Whilst the five other characters are auditioning in front of the judges, I am going to give the impression that the other girl should be there but she isn't. She should be the one auditioning, but the other five are getting the opportunity. As the girl is making her way on the journey to where she practises she will be dancing on her way with appropriate backgrounds for the type of dance she will be performing. For instance, at as she walks down to the subway in Norwich with graffiti in the background she will do some street dance and as goes to the ally she will do some tap dancing and the eventually when she gets to the studio where she rehearses she will take off a tracksuit bottoms and do some ballet. This is so as she goes on her journey the audience can really see the various types of dance she can do.
This is my new idea:
I am going to keep with the dance theme, as I have already done research on different types of dance and looked at various clips on YouTube for camera shots I could use, therefore I do not want this research to go to waste. Originally, I had the idea of using five different characters, each of different ethnicities who were going to a dance audition. As mentioned earlier, I and the experts that were present when I pitched my idea to them think that finding various people from different ethnicities is going to be a very hard challenge in an area like Norfolk when a very high percentage of the population is White British. Having said this, I have decided to use people no matter what their race is because this would be a must more realistic and achievable goal, however I am still going to stick with having five people at an audition. This would be shot in a dance studio, consisting of three judges, as well as the five dancers (who will be two boys and three girls.) Previously my idea what totally centred round these five characters going to an audition, now I have decided to focus purely on one dancer, who is not going to the audition. This one dancer will make her way into a city via a bus and walk to where she is going to be rehearsing, however these 'rehearsals' will not be perfessonal ones, I want to create the illusion that the girl is going their because it is a passion that she has and wishes to persue. She simply dancers for fun, yet is unaware of how good she actually is. Whilst the five other characters are auditioning in front of the judges, I am going to give the impression that the other girl should be there but she isn't. She should be the one auditioning, but the other five are getting the opportunity. As the girl is making her way on the journey to where she practises she will be dancing on her way with appropriate backgrounds for the type of dance she will be performing. For instance, at as she walks down to the subway in Norwich with graffiti in the background she will do some street dance and as goes to the ally she will do some tap dancing and the eventually when she gets to the studio where she rehearses she will take off a tracksuit bottoms and do some ballet. This is so as she goes on her journey the audience can really see the various types of dance she can do.
Presentation Feedback
After pitching my inital idea these were the comments I received as feeback from the panel:
Good:
Bad:
Good:
Bad:
Presentation Evaluation
If i'm honest I didn't really enjoy doing my presentation, i'm a person that gets nervous when it comes to doing things on my own and I didn't feel one hundred percent confident in my idea. Having said this, I have learnt from the experience and it wasn't as bad as I previous anticipated. The 'senior perfessionals' listened to my idea and I felt that doing my research had paid off as I didn't feel under so much pressure whilst presenting. Due to nerves, I definitely spoke to quickly so if I was to repeat my pitch to other perfessionals I would ensure I spoke slower.
After doing my pitch it hasn't given me a good experience in knowing what it would be like to pitch a film idea and how I can prepare myself if I was to do it again. For instance, it would have been a good idea for me to have gotten some friends or family to ask me questions about my film idea so I could have anticipated what the experts might have asked and so that I could have seen any protential flaws in my idea prior to doing the presentation.
My pitch itself didn't go very well, the experts asked alot of questions that I took a relatively long period of time to answer, however I think this was due to the fact I wasn't one hundred percent sure on my idea at this time, so I feel if I was more confident I would have been happier about answering the questions given. This also means that I should have decided on an idea at an earlier stage.
After doing my pitch it hasn't given me a good experience in knowing what it would be like to pitch a film idea and how I can prepare myself if I was to do it again. For instance, it would have been a good idea for me to have gotten some friends or family to ask me questions about my film idea so I could have anticipated what the experts might have asked and so that I could have seen any protential flaws in my idea prior to doing the presentation.
My pitch itself didn't go very well, the experts asked alot of questions that I took a relatively long period of time to answer, however I think this was due to the fact I wasn't one hundred percent sure on my idea at this time, so I feel if I was more confident I would have been happier about answering the questions given. This also means that I should have decided on an idea at an earlier stage.
Presentation Preparation
Individually we all had to express our inital idea's to a panel of three experts, below is the content of my film pitch.
My Idea itself:
My Idea itself:
The opening to my two minute film shows a wide overview of a city. My film consists of five main characters who are from a range of different ethnic backgrounds and all communicate their different ethnicities through the medium of dance. Each actor/actress introduces themselves by the means of a voice over, whilst visually on screen the audience see them performing their specialist type of dance. The characters will each look authentic and appear as though they’re from the nationality known for the dance that they are portraying. Not only this but their voices on the voice over will have accents relating to their individual backgrounds. Furthermore, music will be playing in the background which fits with their style of dance and where they come from, in order for the audience to establish a feel for their cultures. For one of the characters there will also be a flashback of a home video clip witnessing them dancing at a young age (around 8) to emphasise the idea dancing has been a passion of theres from a young age. Once the character’s have done their introductions there will be a key/significant point in the opening, when all the characters will come together in a line. They will not acknowledge one another’s existence but it allows the audience to see visually that no matter where you come from, or the colour of your skin, you can still all share something in common that can unite you all together – which in this case is dance. The end shot will be of a dance academy with a cue of hopefuls lined up outside showing that all five characters are attending an audition.
Locations:
- Wide shot of a city landscape
- Dance school
- A street in Norwich
- Local pub
- A living room within someone’s home
Actors:
Five characters of different races who are a mixture of male and female and communicate their backgrounds and cultures through dance.
What makes your film so special?
Even though there are films that have been produced based on dance, none of the mix different forms of dance and different races to create a message. – This message being that everyone is equal to one another and can share something in common, regardless of where they come from.
Why would people go to see your film over everything else available?
Dance films such as Step Up, Billy Elliot and Fame have already proved to be successful, with Billy Elliot making a turn over of seventy-two million, eight hundred and fifty-tree thousand, five hundred and nine pounds. Although the film is arguably more catered to females of a younger generation (between the ages of 15-14) and for people of a lower class, as a variety of areas of dance are covered it doesn’t matter what area people are interested in they can come and view the film. Various races will also be interested as people of different nationalities are constantly featured. By using a common idea the film also expresses a deeper meaning, which will hopefully intrigue viewers in to watching it.
How does it express your creativity?
It’s an original movie, including original music with designed titles and credits.
How can you guarantee success?
I’ve done research and looked at my target audience. Out of 15-24 year olds, which is the age range my film is mostly focused on 73% said they were interested in dance films, which is a relatively large proportion of the market.
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