We finished the Lab on Wednesday and now it’s back to the ho hum of everyday life. On Tuesday we presented our projects to a panel that included a producer, a festival director, 2 distributors and a sales agent.
The response was mixed. Looking back, I think we could have presented a bit differently.
On Wednesday morning we had one last singing session, but this time at St Paul’s Cathedral. The acoustics weren’t as good as I thought they would be. Or maybe we were just off our game. It was impossible to keep a straight face singing next to Matt Bate. Usually Matt C sits between us and I never realised how off-key he is! [he does make up for it with his enthusiasm. maybe I'm just as bad].
We spent the rest of the day going through our presentations from the previous day. We got bit of a grilling in ours. Partly I think there was some skepticism as to why we were pitching an idea that had a substantial amount of live action. Ironic, since we’ve humoured a lot of “live action” people over the years whenever they’ve pitched us animation ideas (some even in the room). It’s interesting when the shoe gets put on the other foot.
The other projects have all had interesting journeys. The characters and their relationships in Ashlees and Sonya’s film keep changing. Bryan, Sophie and Matt C’s film has now got 2 layers of “Schtick”. It’s gotta be one of the boldest ideas I’ve seen someone come up with and if they pull it off, the film will definitely have an impact. Matt B and Julie’s film has probably changed the least if at all. It was a strong concept from the start and I can’t see it not succeeding.
We’re not to think about our projects for the next 10 days. Good thing too because I know the whole thing has left us pretty exhausted. In late August, Stephen comes back for the next stage and I’m looking forward to seeing this project get closer to fruition.
In the meantime Eddie and I are back at PRA. I have a mountaiload of development related stuff to catch up on and an Information Memorandum to write. Eddie has a pitch to get together and his other scripts. We have a TV commercial and Video Game job going on in the background. Life goes on.
