The Meeting Pitch Draft 2

A drug raid unearths  more than cocaine as the police discover a woman who has never seen light or humanity with a dark twist

The Meeting Pitch

When the police raid a house, a woman who has never had human contact or seen the light of day is revealed for the first time.


Im finding it hard to convey the meaning of my idea through the pitch i hope the synopsis makes it clearer 

Spaced Synopsis

A quirky situation comedy revolving around the lives of a dysfunctional group of interesting and specifically different group of friends living in a rented flat within a house in the urban setting of London.

Spaced mainly follows the lives of two twenty-something year olds co-habiting under the guise of a professional couple and their attempt to survive in the rat race of modern society whilst still incorporating element of both fantasy and surrealism. The two main characters Tim Bisley (Simon Pegg)  an aspiring comic book artist and graphic designer who also enjoys the delights of puff now and then he is a small child in a mans body and tends to be aggressive and emotionally unstable. He has also recently broken up with his girlfriend and is dealing with the emotions that come with break ups. Daisy Steiner (Jessica Hynes) Daisy is a delusional mid 20s slightly scatter brained woman who up until now has been living in a squat with her drug taking buddies, she is bubbly and highly emotional and generally speaking miles apart in personality from Tim.

The main story line of spaced is how they meet and how over time these two radically different people come to rely on each other both emotionally and to survive and also how they grow emotionally. It’s a typical guy meets girl but with a twist. Spaced also has a number of other characters these are:

Marsha, she is the land lady of the flat which the bogus couple rent from. She is an alcoholic self obsessed woman in her mid 40s early 50s she is the oldest of the group but she does not behave that way she appears to be doggedly trying to hold on to her youth reminiscing on events of her youth and turning to alcohol to soothe the problems that have befallen her.

Mike Tim’s military obsessed bit of a fantasist idiotic friend who tends to spend a large amount of time in the flat wearing camouflage and doing sweet FA. Mike however does have his comedic moments, his humour tends to be dry bordering on black he is however an essential member of the group.

Last but not least Brian, an artist who seems to have a split personality. He has very little to say and is very serious but as with Mike he does have his moments of pure hilarity.

What sets spaced apart from other TV series is the use of odd and unusual camera angles, and fast paced editing that give it a unique feel and look also its use of graphic art in various places gives it a indie type feel and furthers the surreal and abstract take on life which these charecters possess

About Me

Basic info and background
Hi my name is Matt Doyle im from SE London  Ive always had a keen ineterest in the media and in particular TV and film. my first encounter with studying media came when back doing my GCSEs I decided to switch from History to Media. then began my journey of media exploration in the time since then I have aquired both a GCSE and A level in media studies and made both still and moving image materails ranging from Posters to Music CD sleeves to teaser trailers. I am now undertaking a FdA in Broadcast Media at UCA and hope that this will help me to get my foot in the door.


Influences
My main influences for my work I would have to say are:
Quentin Tarantino
Anthony E Zuiker the creator of the CSI franchise
Carlosmy my media teacher at A level who encouraged me and pushed me to do the best I can

Spaced Pitch

Here is my first blog post it is an example of a pitch for a TV series 'Spaced'

'Twisted and surreal take on the lives of a dysfunctional couple and friends and the abstract situations that confront them.'