Creating a pitch

          After choosing what group to work with it was finally time to begin brainstorming ideas for the opening of the final task. These ideas would essentially then be turned into our pitch. After hours of creative thinking, we came up with many great ideas. Unfortunately, we knew we could only choose one of these so we narrowed it down to our two favorite ideas. It took us a long time to think of ideas that wouldn’t look too much like a trailer. We needed to ensure that our audience could easily tell that it was an opening to a movie. Our first pitch is about a tragic death that occurred and gives an insight to everyone who was with him that day in order to figure out which one of them was the killer. Our second pitch is about friends playing a dangerous game of truth or dare that results in the summoning of a demon that possesses one of the friends playing. As a group, we agreed that these two were the best pitches out of all the ones that we came up with. It was going to be difficult to choose which one would work best because they both have so much potential.
          To recap, the first pitch that my group and I came up with was about a tragic death that occurred and gives an insight to everyone who was with him that day in order to figure out which one of them was the killer. This is a very good pitch, however, we decided as a group that this would not be the pitch we would use for the final task. This pitch was good but when thinking in the long term we realized that it would look too much like a trailer. One of the guidelines of this opening is that it cannot resemble a trailer. We tried to find ways to incorporate ideas to make it seem more like an opening but found it very difficult. For this reason, it would be much more intelligent to go with the other pitch, seeing that this one would not fit the standards. We also realized that this would look too much like a movie we have already seen. Our opening should be original and not resemble a movie that people have already seen. This would defeat the purpose of creativity and originality throughout the project. All of these reasons justify why it would not be the most reasonable option to use this pitch.
          As a group, we collectively decided that the pitch about friends playing a dangerous game of truth or dare that results in the summoning of a demon that possesses one of the friends playing would be the better option. This pitch is a much better option because it has more of a backstory to it. It has so much potential in becoming an excellent movie intro. Not only would it make a great opening, but it also won't look similar to a trailer. It's important to ensure that the audience can clearly identify that it is an opening to a movie and not a trailer. As a group, we have many creative intentions that we plan to implement throughout the duration of this project. When we were brainstorming what to do for this pitch, each group member was able to contribute a unique idea to really tie the idea together. Additionally, this pitch is an original idea. In other words, we have not seen a movie that is based on this concept. We wanted to supply the audience that has not been done before and will also, be entertaining.
          After considering both pitch options we have decided to go with the pitch about friends playing a dangerous game of truth or dare that results in the summoning of a demon that possesses one of the friends playing. This is a much better pitch overall because it has more backstory and entertainment to it. It is also an original idea and will look like an actual intro to a movie.