Time to get Kraken

Sorry about that, bad pun, but cool picture... I just had to do it. Is it just me or is this blog becoming less formal with every post? Is that really such a bad thing? Save the formal writing skills for cover letters, I say, this feels much less like work.

So anyway, Niall and I gave our pitch on Tuesday (totally unprepared by the way, I'm pretty sure most of the class only realised the groups would be pitching together on the day), and I think it went okay. I've never been much good at selling my ideas. I know the trick is to make them seem much more exciting than they are at that point in time, with the hope that they'll live up to the pitch by the time they're fully developed, but I just can't grasp how to actually do that. Maybe I'll Google some pointers, isn't the internet great? My first idea, which we actually went with, came across well, partially because I'd had some practice the previous week. The second was just trying to shove the plot into 5 minutes, but I do think it's a good plot, but it needs more work. Maybe some time in the future.

Next on the agenda then, the full script and trailer for The Ghost Recordist. Not sure if that's actually a good title, it does the job as far as I'm concerned, but I may have to ask for some opinions. The script, I think I'll enjoy writing, but, well, I'm not a fan of trailers. I don't like revealing anything I'm doing until it's a finished product, all neatly polished and ready to be taken for what it is, but I know that's just not realistic. So I'm a little nervous about it, I have no idea how to go about making a marketing trailer, but I guess that's what the workshop on Tuesday is about. I'd better start gathering cast, crew and locations asap!

Oh, and I watched the aforementioned Berberian Sound Studio, which I really enjoyed, and took a look at a few horror shorts I hadn't seen before:
   8 Butterflies was creepy and atmospheric for the most part, some of the scenes were a bit cliché, the story was fairly convoluted, but on the whole it gave me the heebie jeebies.
   The French Doors had an absolutely brilliant premise, and good execution. The soundtrack was an odd choice though, like they got their "Horror Movie" and "Cheesy Spy Movie" tapes mixed up.
   There Are Monsters shows how some simple video editing and sound effects can make you jump out of your skin if you're not expecting it, the end could have been much better though.