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My Pitch


 Today I'm going to be brainstorming some ideas for my final task. I've spent a long time trying to think about what is actually feasible due to the COVID restrictions and who I can get in time to film. Here are my two main ideas for what I want to and can do.

1. Four teenagers are brought together to bring peace to the world after finding out their parents were in a cult.

I think this would be cool to do because I can create separate storylines and ideas for each character. Moreover, it would make the filming process easier. Filming one person's story at a time will allow me to separate out the times we all need to get together and film. Plus, being one on one to film with someone will prevent too many people from being together and allowing us to ease to follow COVID restrictions. On the other hand, it would be really hard to get 4 people together, plus those playing with their parents, together in order to film it. 

2. Teen girl gets thrown into a video game and has to win the game to save herself and everyone she cares about.

This would be easy because it wouldn't require too many actors and most of the scenes will focus on one actor. COVID restrictions can easily be followed and there is only one other person I would really need to work with in order to get things filmed. However, it would require a lot of editing and post-production work. More than anything, it would be hard to get my actor to understand how things will look in post-production, especially if we can't build props.


I think I'm going to go with the first option. Even though it might be a little hard to get the actors all together, I think it's more feasible for me to do. For the opening scene, I can show an event in the future which brings everyone together. Then, as exposition, I can show the even that split them apart.

Overall, I'm really excited to keep working on this!

Signing off, 
Danniella Miller


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