Blog #2 How would you pitch "A Boy's Life"?

Pitching "A Boy's Life" would be harder than one may think. When reading the script, I noticed instantly what kind of technology needed to be used (This movie was written and made in the 1980's). As a result of being aware of the budget a film of this caliber might need, I would instantly start pitching my thoughts about the character, Elliot, his family, and then quickly lead into his discovery, leaving out the first several pages of the script which include a nightmare for a producer's budget. When my pitch has established my characters well enough, I would then leap to the idea of how this "ALIEN" lands; the well designed spaceship landing in the woods. Now would be an acceptable time to release the idea of what E.T. really means to the film and the audience. He is portrayed to be this cold disliked species when, however, he is really just one big heart. The demographic of this film would easily reach a wide range of ages and cultures because the script develops the universal idea of love and friendship, two aspects of life that people experience and need everyday. After I would have developed the idea of who the characters are, what they mean to the film, how E.T. has a loving relationship with one of the characters, and how E.T is learning, I would then sum up the rest of the plot real brief and concise by describing how E.T. needs to get back home and how the boys and E.T. are running away from this organization. I would then describe the fast paced scene at the near end when the doctors are trying to save E.T.'s life and the ending to the film.

Pitching this script would be very hard. The script is well written, concise, and an easy read, resulting in a smooth and easy to understand script. However, a great script can not always make a great film. Pitching this script would have to take much organization and studious work.
One would need to get down to every detail and glitch, know the story and the characters inside and out, and would need to understand which parts of the script will work easily and terribly when being transformed into the medium of film.

To look on the bright-side, the script was great and the movie was sincerely memorable.

Jesse Rosoff

Discussion Questions:

1) Do you think you have what it takes to pitch a script like, "A Boy's Life"?

2) Describe a part of my blog you do not agree with and why?

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