Just in case you missed it here is the pitch I did for Little Loud today (ill post the pitch doc after).
The logo for little Loud was designed by Tom Hughes and the background and main concepts were by Phoebe Herring. I purposely put more time into pitching the characters than the story as I have stronger characters than a narrative at the moment. Go easy on me as I spend Tuesday and Wednesday night pacing up a down my room reciting this like a crackhead so this is best i've got. Enjoy.
"Hi my name is Omari
McCarthy and the short film I’m going to pitch to you today is called Little Loud. Little Loud is a 4 minute 3 to 4 minute 3D CGI animated short
for 7 and overs. At its core Little Loud is about the relationship between a
good little girl and her big bad shadow."
{About the character Loud:}
"Loud is the oppose of Little in almost every way. Although Loud is scary, mischievous and unpredictable Loud also has big heart and can also be charming and sweet when needs must.
Loud finds it
difficult to distinguish between right and wrong, always seems to have a hidden
motive and enjoys playing practical jokes on Little and others such as
pretending to be other people’s shadows.
{then on to the relationshop between Little & Loud}
"White Little is good by
nature and has a strong sense of right from wrong Loud is naught by nature. But
what they have in common is their love of food, more specifically their love of
chocolate cake.
"Together they are
a classic comedy double act, reminiscent of a sibling rivalry with their
conflict serving as the main source of humor throughout the short.
"Loud does the
things Little wishes she could do but would get in trouble for. That’s what
makes them so fun to watch. Little desperately tries to be good but Loud is
forever getting little into trouble but as much as Loud causes Little stress
she would not have it any other way and loves having Loud to play with when no
one else is around
{then on to the story}
"Our story
begins on her fathers 40th birthday, during a thunderstorm, when Little and
Loud decide to play a game of hide and seek. But things quickly spiral out of
control when Loud spots her fathers chocolate cake which is coincidentally just happen to be their favorite food. Can Little resist her favorite food and tame her shadow
all before her mother come back from the supermarket?
In the end
little loud is a story of brain vs braun and friendship. Little’s
struggle must use her intelligence to outsmart the brute strength of Loud."
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"The style of
little loud has been inspired by visual development artists Jon Klassen, more
specifically his work on Coraline. It
was his their work that resonated with us and the world of our story the most.
We felt adopting this illustrative line work, limited color palette and hard
lighting would be the best way to tell this story. Although Little
Loud is 3D CGI 2D compositing techniques will be used to achieve the
illustrated look in postproduction."
"Thats all from me, thanks for listening. Are there any questions...?" *big smile* / *applause*
I cant remember the specific questions I was asked but did take some notes:
- Develop final piece of concept art that should look like a still from the movie.
- The resolution of the short needs to feel bigger and
- Re-consider the target audience as aspirational character are best to aim for
