Production Meeting Reflection 1

Our first production meeting was held in our media classroom with all of us sitting around the table. The production meeting involved all of us each pitching our own multi camera show idea and then ending each pitch with  a discussion on what we thought was good and bad about their idea. We also asked a range of questions which the pitcher would need to answer satisfactorily for us to understand their pitch more clearly. Throughout the pitching it was quite awkward in the sense that not many people spoke out or asked enough questions. As the pitches went on the ice had been broken and everyone felt much more comfortable asking questions and explaining their own opinion on the idea. 
When pitching my idea I had fairly good feedback throughout. My key idea was to mix up my magazine show idea which a bunch of games and headliners to engage my young target audience. Everyone was pleased with my game ideas but not so much on the title of my show. My show is called "And That's Rap", it had raised a few eyebrows as throughout my whole idea I had only one short moment of rap music. This could confuse a viewer at home and give mixed messages on what my show is about. After much thought I had decided to vote for Jada's multi camera pitch idea. I had thought that she had really through thoroughly about what she wanted and how she wanted to show it on television. There was a clear run through of how she wanted to her show to run, this was vital because when it came to actually choosing what idea i felt that if she is already this prepared, her show will not cause any problems in the long run. The name of her show "The Beat" also was cleverly chosen as it was memorable and easily stuck to mind.
There were two areas in Jada's pitch that I felt could be added upon. One of them would be her USP. I felt that her USP was not unique enough and did not give her idea justice with the lack of flair and individuality. I decided to put across the idea to the group that we should incorporate Farhana's USP into Jada's show. I thought this was a really doable and well throughout idea which can be used in the final stages of the show. The class agreed and also thought Farhana's USP was a clever one. 
Another part of the pitch that i felt could be changed was some of the games she decided to chose. One of the games being named Awkward O'clock, I felt that this wouldn't be a good idea as I would want my guests to feel as comfortable as possible whilst in the studio, having this game would really ruin the atmosphere and put the show in jeopardy. As a group we decided to again incorporate our own games that we felt were good enough to be part of the show.