Last week it was time for our group to present our developed idea to the media department. We needed the idea to be green lit to go ahead with it otherwise they would send us back to rethink it or develop certain aspects. At this stage I would hope to not get green lit as this would mean that we would have nothing to develop and mean that we would be ready to shoot. I like the main idea we have at the moment however I feel it needs a lot of developing to become a masterpiece.
Anyways I went up first to present our initial idea, I went through the treatment and described what the group and I wanted. Once I was done with the presentation the media department had a lot to say.
They liked our modern take on how we would treat the artists through ought, being silhouette, hiding their identity, this is a trend at the moment with artists such as daft punk to sia, making it more about the music themselves. The artist would perform in the realm of the TV and one of the teachers recommend that we have multiple TV’s which as an idea I love. I even put an image of multiple TV’s stacked up in our treatment, however unfortunately at this point we are unable to go through with this due to another group in my class wanting to have stacked TV’s too and their main idea is focused around the amalgamation of tv sets. To beef up the single TV I think I might design a tv element with thick wires flying out the back side of it, kind of making an aura of wires and junk around the tv, this is what the girl/boy would be attached too (the tv kid). Onto wiring, a good point that the media department made was that if the wires are coming from the tv kid’s head then the audience will assume what is being shown on the TV set will be from her imagination, which I completely agree, as I would like it to appear more that her soul/young energy is powering the TV we came up with having the wires attached to her back, like a shell. As we where discussing the symbolism of the tv kid and the tv i suggested that as the tv kid dies that the tv saturation decreases, or on a more spiritual note we could have her have bright saturation at the beginning and the end, and during the middle just light saturation, highlighting the need of these old men needing the colour in their lives that can only be found at birth and death. Another point made with the death of the tv kid is that we need to be careful with how dramatic it appears, due to this being quite a complex piece if one element is not sold right that the whole thing could fall flat (this will be more relevant in the directing stage of the piece on the shoot day). On that note the told us to think about how she would die, which is an important factor.
Now on to the dance element. In the media department loved the idea of glimpse of lights, as if bars shining down on the dancer, who would be dressed in hospital patient clothing. They liked how it emphasised her being trapped but also could be seen as the white keys on pianos. However, at the moment they believe the dancing doesn’t fit, and I completely agree, what we had was more of a contemporary dance, but the media department suggested we had a more intricate somewhat awkward dance that would fit our overall piece.
Finally the business men. Now this one of the most important elements within the piece which is in the same reality of the kid strapped to the TV and the dancer in the jail cell. The feedback was very clear, the business men at the moment t didn’t have enough going on which for the audience will become boring very quickly, therefore they believed we should push the idea of them being very sick, which as an element i believe is already there as they are using a kids energy for their entertainment. However I completely agree we need to expand heavily on this element.
Here are the main pieces of feedback given
• develop on every element and refine them all till they work in synchrony.
• this is a big production and if 150% effort not given to make the project what it could be it will fall flat.
• delegate the tasks within the group to speed up the working process.
• overall a very nearly complete idea.
