My Pitch

Here is my slideshow that I presented to the class when pitching my ideas. I made it busy with pictures rather than text so my audience didn't have too much to read and could concentrate on exciting photos. This also ensured that I didn't just read off the slideshow and had lines planned in my head.

My Pitch

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Evaluation of Pitch Feedback

After pitching my ideas to the class and receiving their feedback, the first thing that they said which I have taken further is to use The Beat as my magazine title. Originally it was between Sounds and The Beat as they are both catchy, simple, and have a musical feel, but my audience unanimously agreed on The Beat so I have chosen to use it as my title.
Secondly they mentioned that my genre was a little too general as I said I would aim it at everyone so I have decided to narrow it down to mainly Indie/Britpop/Rock with elements of other genres. Some of my favoured music is Britpop such as Pulp, The Beautiful South, Blur, The Housemartins and Madness but as the majority of these bands have split up I decided that it was a dead genre and should only be a small aspect of my magazine.
Thirdly they said I should have a better developed colour scheme as I had little idea of what I wanted to do with the colours, so after a lot of deliberation and experimenting with colours on paint I have decided to use blacks and greys but with some blue and greens. This is because although I liked the purple and pink colours I experimented with, they were quite feminine and could put boys off my magazine. Blue and green are much more gender neutral and would stand out nicely against the monochrome whilst blending in with my outdoor photographs.
Overall I took quite a lot of my audiences feedback into my own work and am pleased with what I came out with after my pitch.

Feedback

Today I presented my pitch to the class and told them the basic details of what I plan to do with my magazine. I told them that I wanted to make it about general music but focus on Britpop/Indie/Rock music. My title choice was between Sounds and The Beat so I asked for people's opinions on title choice. I've also planned to have a monochrome colour scheme with one or two brighter colours to make it stand out, and decided to take photos of people in naturalistic, casual poses.
My feedback was that my idea was overall very developed and a good one to use but I need to think of conventions to make my magazine stand out. I have decided to call it the Beat as the overall consensus was that this is the most catchy, interesting title and it has a 'beat' to it.
Feedback for My Pitch