The year is off to a flying start. We've been assigned our partners for the year and are all ready to get our projects moving forwards. Before we start driving though, we need a vehicle, so we spent yesterday's class discussing some ideas and getting feedback, sort of like a test pitch, except I was completely unprepared and had unwittingly volunteered to go first. Oh boy. It went well though, and when it comes to pitching next week I think I'll be prepared. I've got my ideas together and fairly well developed, ready to write up, and spent some time discussing Niall's ideas with him. He's not what you'd call an idea man, but we talked about some short stories we liked, stuff from classic writers such as Edgar Allen Poe, and websites like Creepy Pasta , we had agreed to go the horror route, as you may have guessed.
As far as my ideas go, well, I have many, but two that are particularly plausible, and well developed. One of which I pitched in class, and it was quite well received. It's about a quirky sound recordist who discovers a way to communicate directly with spirits via recording equipment, but it all goes to hell... Literally. It's to be shot in a documentary style, and I was referred to a film called Berberian Sound Studio, which I plan to view forthwith. My other idea came to me in the night a number of weeks ago: A 20-something college student sits alone in his room, when his friend starts sending him unusual messages over Facebook. This turns from slightly strange to terrifyingly bizarre when he realises he can trust nobody outside of his room. The plot of this one is kind of harder to fit into a tagline, so hopefully a good treatment and pitch will do it justice.
Needless to say, I'm really looking forward to getting started on our project, and I heard some great ideas yesterday that I'll be very excited to help out with and see finished.
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