The Pitch Meeting

We had a meeting with John O'Leary on Friday the 12th of December to discuss our ideas about our Additional Support video. First we presented some of our research to John & then we pitched our ideas.

The first idea we had was that our video would start with a question 'Did you know that your college offers additional support for many different things?' & then it would show a group of students talking about their problems, the camera would then focuse on one student who would explain their problem & the camera would then fast track to an additional support officer who would explain what help & support they can offer, the camera then fast tracks back to the common room & the student is shown happy, talking about the help they got from the student support officer. And the second idea was that at the beginning of the video we would have the same question & instead of a group of students we would see a student sitting alone in the common room, with a voice over talking about their problems, the camera then fast tracks to an additional support officer who explains how they can help & at the end of the video the student is shown with a group of friends, talking about how additional support helped them.

I think the pitch went well, we all spoke about our ideas & asked John for his input on our ideas. Our only mistake was that at the end of our meeting we didn't ask which idea he preferred, however our tutor Sean luckily asked him after we had left. John preferred the second idea, where the student starts off alone & is later shown with a group of friends feeling happy again, & that is the video we'll be making.