Narrowing down the pitches

 Over the past two days, my group and I have worked together to finalize our pitch for our final task. We collectively narrowed our pitches down to the two best ones. The two we thought were the best included the one about social media addiction and the one about the short girl. We decided to make a pro and con list for both of the remaining pitches to help us decide on one. Doing our best to take everything into account when making the list, we were able to decide which would be best.

There are quite a few pros and cons of the social media addiction pitch. The cons include that it would be easier to film. It would also be more fun to film. It wouldn't have as much of a "coming of age" story as the short girl concept would. Another pro would be that horror is the easiest genre to film. That would make our work load even less and therefore would be less stressful. Cons are that it would be a little hard to make the film have enough of an eerie feel. It might also be a bit hard to find locations to film at. The final con would be that we would have to find a good spot to cut it off. This would be difficult because we would need to get the story to a good point where it doesn't appear like a short story. The best spot would probably be before the main climax so you get all the tension in the story, only to be left with a cliff hanger.

 There are also many pros and cons of the short girl concept. Pros would be that it would attract more of an audience to watch it. The story would be relatable so people would be able to sympathize with the main character. It would also be a bit easier to film with all the good angles we'd get. Cons are that it would also be hard to film due to certain issues. For example, it would be harder for us to make the main girl seem shorter than she actually is. Another con would be that it would be harder to come up with dialogue and a better story. It would be odd if it wasn't filmed at school or at least have one scene in it with school. Considering we cant film at school, it would be pretty difficult to get the typical "short girl school scenario." Though this idea would be pretty fun to film, its not the idea we were aiming for.

 After assessing the pros and cons of each pitch, we decided to choose the social media addiction pitch. We’ve decided to name the movie “Socially Trapped” and the genre we have chosen for the movie is horror. The finalized idea is about a girl who has become addicted to social media apps like Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, and Facebook. She goes about her life stressing about not getting enough like, views and followers. Eventually she comes across a sketchy account that dives her into several challenges and troubles that she then faces throughout the movie. She then goes missing and it ends on a cliff hanger.