This week we had to present a pitch for a certain career which we would like to do in the future, I chose costume design. We also had to link this pitch to a specific target audience and a collection of our final designs from textiles. My pitch was a costume I designed for a film of Hans Christian Andersen's Thumbelina, I researched into the flowers and animals mentioned in the story and the century in which he was writing. I linked this to five of my textiles samples by choosing the ones containing floral patterns, feathers and butterflies. The target audience for my design would be the people watching the film (9-19 years of ages), the director/producer of the film. The cost of the design depends on the cost of fabric and the textiles techniques used.
The pitches were all scored by the members of our class and first years. These votes were added together and the winner was announced. The winner was Kate with 108 points, I came in second, just three points behind, with 105. I did a lot better than I expected and was very proud of my score.
In my pitch I seemed pretty confident however I said "erm" a lot, I will need to learn from this and learn to talk in flowing sentences, maybe I should practice my pitch a little more. You can hear me very clearly and see what I am talking about however, when I do not have a board in my hands to show to the audience I come across a little nervous, this is shown in the way I play with my hair and look at the screen.
After re-watching Kate's pitch I realised that, just as I did, she seemed to say "erm" a lot, also "whatever". Despite this Kate came across more confident than I did and faced the audience a little more. She always had a board in her hands and this meant she always had to be facing the audience so that they could see it. I may try this tactic next time so that I come across more confident as I won't look as nervous with nothing in my hands.
