I think with all the reality shows on television these days, there needs to be more about the media industry. I mean, they have the fashion/model/business/cooking/comedy/dating shows but no real media reality shows. Okay, so there was Scream Queens and another one about directing I believe but they didn't really go that far. I want to see Canada's Next Top Cinematographer. Or So You Think You Can Pitch which can be done one of two ways:
(1) A Last Comic Standing-isque show where they hold auditions and select the top 10 pitchers across the country and week after week they have to complete challenges and escape elimination. Challenges would be things like creating a sitcom that involves a fiddle playing monkey and Dan Akroyd. But then again, that one just writes itself! The prize would be some sort of development deal with whatever network it is associated with.
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(2) A Dragon's Den type style where the nervous pitchees come in and have to pitch their ideas to a panel of professionals (I really want Norman Jewison in there). This wouldn't just be focused on just writers but would include producers and the rest of the circus as well. That way there would be another source of funding for filmmakers and already established filmmakers could give back in the form of money and advice. The downside to this is finding people who would be willing to be on the panel and put their money towards the projects. You don't find too many billionaire filmmakers around these days. But it sure would be interesting.
Moral of the story: there really isn't anything on Thursday nights.
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100% agree! Both shows would be awesome to see on TV, both the So You Thing You Can Pitch and the one about Dan Akroyd and the fiddle playing monkey.
ReplyDeleteI think big exec producers might be interested in being on your pitch panel. I mean, the pitches would obviously be 'filtered' by the producers of the show and that would mean that the execs on the panel wouldn't have to deal with all the crap that usually comes through their doors (or at least the crap their interns have to read).