Week II

This week we have been discussing pitches, learning about how to pitch our own ideas. I learnt that all films, or television programmes must be pitched to a producer before being funded. As this is the method used in Hollywood, it will be interesting to have to pitch our own ideas next week.

We learnt that a successful pitch must be short and sweet. It should be intriguing, leaving the 'producer' wanting more. A pitch should not be long, for fear of being boring.

Pitching was the main subject of the week, however we did talk some more about storytelling. A useful tip I learnt was that it is easier to write a story backwards. This is very clever, as writing a story without an ending can be daunting, and lack structure. Therefore, this week whilst thinking of my pitch I shall try to think of a stories end first and work backwards.

The rest of this week I shall be coming up with short film ideas, as I need to have a pitch ready for next week.

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