...Then I would pitch the most ridiculous, ludicrous idea on the planet, and after my pitch were accepted, then I would slowly and slyly mold it to become the project that I wanted it to be. I know this is perhaps the most dishonest approach to this assignment, but I thought I would be honest and say what I would honestly truly do. I think that my proposal would be a story about a skinny size two female terminator that walks around with multiple automatic weapons strapped to her back. She would kill people with her automatic flamethrower, and then work as a stripper at night. I would throw in a few explosions, sex scenes, and animals into the mix, and then call it a day.
After I am done doing this, I would probably mold my project into an emotional, personal piece. I think that I could sell my project, because I am quite charming and can make up insane, drool worthy ideas on the fly.
On another note, I think that watching the author's in class did change my perspective of the authors. I have read "Fight Club" before, and I had aways thought of Palahniuk as somewhat of a confident, cynical individual. Reading this short story only enforced this perception that I had before, but after watching the video of him, my perspective has changed. Palahniuk did not seem to be very confident when he was speaking, and his story was not very cynical. It was actually very touching. Also, Palahniuk delivered this story in a way that was gentle, and did not seem to be as big of an angry jackass as I had assumed. It was kind of nice in a way.
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I like your idea of pitching your movie one way but then changing it. I don't think you could get away with it but it's a good idea. Your movie idea reminds me of the girl robot in one of the Terminator movies. Once you received a contract, what would your movie really be about?
Palahniuk made a good impression on me as well. Clever idea about your movie pitch, I think you'd really get somewhere with an idea like that. Roboto-woman played by some Angelina Jolie wannabe would probably make the cut.
I don't see anything wrong with pitching your movie to what studios think audiences want to see and then changing it. As long as your personal piece gets made, your doing everyone a favor.
It's sad that so much of what we do is defined by what others expect, but I do like your idea of slowing reclaiming your original idea. A little subtle trickery never hurt anyone...
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