Talking Things Through Pre Pitch

After a lengthy talk with Tom after the picking process he went through his aims, his idea and what he wanted from the piece. I also asked a few questions and drilled him for answers that I thought might come up during the pitch that he had not considered such as; What was "The Play" that Ridley was in actually about? It may seem minor but it would allow us to perhaps use it as a form of foreshadowing, and give us an idea about the look of the set, plus our actors needed something to pretend to "Rehearse." What kind of character did you want the audience to see? Are we supposed to sympathise with him or are we supposed to love to hate him? We also talked about location, and other possible characters and story arcs.
He was also open to a few changes and tweaks here and there that I suggested, one of which was incorporating a "dance" sequence into the film, that we could use to really be theatrical and create another dimension as well as allowing us something to help build up to the "Final Kill" as it were, also giving the film an experimental feel which allows us to stretch some boundaries and restrictions.

We also talked about similar films//shows, which is a good way to get us both on the same page in terms of style and asethetics. These are the ones that came to my mind while we talked things through: 

Jack the Ripper, Black Swan, The Secret Window, The Shinning, Do No Harm, Hannibal, Dexter

 

I explained some of the ones that Tom hadn't seen and he saw why I thought they were similar and had no qualms, he also mentioned that a film called Peeping Tom as a point of similarity.