Well that was another pitch out the way with. Same idea as my last one just more refined in my head since then. I made sure I had my video for it should my mind completely go blank or I just over talk it.
Anyway the panel that we had seemed to think the idea was quite strong. Out of the three the one that most interested me was James Henry a writer from Green Wing, Smack the pony and also Bob the builder. The idea that I have I have obviously become very involved with and tend to overthink it all the time.
James suggested it could be an idea that would work well in a series. I don't know whether that was because of his background in writing or he genuinely could see it working. Either way my writing skills are poor and though I have the basic story beats mapped out and how it will pan out, I would love to get him to go through the script and literally rip it apart and help me rebuild it in a more powerful way.
As I have constantly said, their is no way I am going to produce artwork or any animation for something that isn't strong enough to potentially go the whole mile. It has to also be a very strong idea as otherwise I would loose the drive along the way.
All this into consideration, I can now leave the idea to rest maybe forever or for a few days until we find out what the crack is for the projects and who's are going ahead. Out of all the pitches that I watched and some were extremely strong, Sarah Crombies stood out for me. When I heard her idea I loved it from the start, combined with the imagery she produced and the character, I can actually see this being the first successful film from Falmouth animation if she has a strong team of stop motion artists working on it and I hope it is.
If my idea does go ahead I would like to work alongside someone who knows a little bit about 3D or at least is willing to entertain the idea of using it this year. As well this someone possibly working alongside me on pre production would be extremely useful as I feel I have still not nailed the final look I hope to achieve where I can bridge that gap of an illustrated 3D film. If Jennys idea wasn't so strong she would be ideal to work with as she has this combination down.
Ideally a team of 3 would be perfect whilst having others drafted in and out where they wish to work on their specialist areas. If this doesn't happen, I'm keen to get involved in another 3D project or possibly do a similar thing to Jacob (from last year) in that of character design, modelling and learning the whole process from start to finish.. But for now we can only dream..... and maybe do some dissertation work?..
Anyway here was the pitch video....
