Movie Pitch Challenge

David Baeumler and Casey Stegman
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30 FAKE MOVIE PITCHES FROM 2 VERY REAL FILM FANATICS Dave B and Casey gave themselves a ridiculous challenge: 30 movie pitches in 30 days. Come hell or high water, they had to deliver an idea every day for a month. Did they do it? Listen as they pitch each other crazy movie ideas from their 30 day challenge. Come for the wacky genre-bending high-concept stories, stay for the many Donald Pleasence references.

Season 1

  1. Episode 1

    Episode 1: Pitches be crazy

    Donald Pleasence, genetically cloned Michael Crichtons, and some movie pitches. We open on two film fans: Dave B and Casey.Mortal enemies who must introduce the audience to this show and compete in a battle of wits.Who will win the day?What will the loser do?And can Donald Pleasence still surprise us all? NOTES: Who Donald Pleasance is. Michael Crichton’s Twitter page Fantastic Voyage Trailer Shoney’s

  2. Episode 2

    Episode 2: Pitchthumping

    Chumbawamba, a World War II buddy movie, and some movie pitches. Imagine a world in which the band Chumbawamba never existed. Nuclear war has wiped out humanity. Wise-cracking banana slugs are the dominant species. Sounds awful, right? Luckily, Chumbawamba does exist. And they provide some inspiration for Dave B’s pitch. NOTES All about Chumbawamba  The Power of Now In the Mouth of Madness — “Everything turns blue” “Budd & Leni,” Longreads

  3. Episode 3

    Episode Three: Pitch Cross

    Ancient Greeks, Deadpool Lies & Videotape, and some movie pitches. Imagine two movies that don’t belong in the same universe.Now jam them together.For example, DIE HARD meets WEEKEND AT BERNIE’S.Can you see it? In this one, Dave B and Casey mash several unlikely movies together. “How to write an elevator pitch,” No Film School “The Mutilation of the Herms,” Bryn Mawr Classical Review “Schizopolis,” Wikipedia “His Girl Friday,” Wikipedia”

  4. Episode 4

    Episode Four: Pitch 2: The Pitchening!

    Sequels, prequels, Peckinpahs, Brian Dennehys, and some movie pitches. The long awaited sequel is here!(Even though this is episode 4. But never mind that.)Your favorite characters are back in an all-new zany adventure, with some lovable new guests joining them along the way.Dave B and Casey make fake sequels to real movies you may not have heard of. NOTES: “F/X is the coolest movie franchise you forgot about,” CHARGE!  “Convoy,” Wikipedia Buckaroo Banzai Against the World Crime League by Ernest Cline

  5. Episode 5

    Episode Five: Meta Pitch

    It’s a genre within a genre, and some movie pitches. We open on a movie pitch that soon realizes it’s in a movie about movie pitches. That’s right… Dave B and Casey are going meta. NOTES:  Wim Wenders Sets The Record Straight On…‘Hammett’, IndieWire Interview: Charlie Kaufman on Synecdoche, New York, RottenTomatoes Ultimate Genre List, StudioBinder  You can rent a Blockbuster to sleep in at AirBnB

  6. Episode 6

    Episode Six: Biopitch

    From the cradle to the grave, and some movie pitches. Fade in on Dave B. and Casey arguing about why those who pronounce the word biopics as “BI-opics” are wrong. Then they pitch some movies about people. NOTES: I Have A Confession To Make About Biopics, Britt Skrabanek What is a Biopic & Why Are They Dominating Hollywood?, No Film SchoolThe Curious Case of the Biopic, Film School Rejects

  7. Episode 7

    Episode Seven: Pitch Heist

    We’re putting together a team of safecrackers, getaway drivers, con artists, and some movie pitches. Dave B and Casey turn to a life of crime… in the movies, of course. This episode is all about the crime genre. NOTES: Criminal Conduct, Season 2 Unlocking the Crime and Gangster Genre in Film and TV, No Film School The 40 Best Movies Based on True Crimes, EsquireThe 25 Best Heist Movies of All Time, Vulture It turns out “Perfection is the enemy of good” is a well-known aphorism, attributed to Voltaire.

  8. Episode 8

    Episode Eight: Future Pitch

    A long time ago… in the future… which may or may not be a dystopia… there’s some movie pitches. In space, no one can hear you pitch movies. So Dave B and Casey are using this episode as an opportunity to talk about all things sci-fi. NOTES: George Kennedy scene from Modern Romance The 50 Best Sci-Fi Movies Of All Time, Empire George Orwell’s review of Yevgeny Zamyatin’s We 10 Great Movies That Owe a Deep Debt to Philip K. Dick, Popular Mechanics The American Astronaut, IMDB Superintelligence by Nic Bostrom, Wikipedia Middle Aged Metalheads podcast“The Farts of Others”, Excerpt from “Easy Riders Raging Bulls”

  9. Episode 9

    Episode Nine: The Haunting of Pitch House

    Dave B and Casey are back with some new movie ideas. And they’re all horrific. This episode is all about the genre we love to scream at. Dave B. and Casey talk about how horror films have shaped their lives. And they tackle the biggest question of them all: Fast zombies or slow zombies? They also pitch two films that fit into two different subgenres of horror, but are both somehow connected to BLACK CHRISTMAS (2019). NOTES: The 9 Most Important Horror Genres Of The Last Century, ScreenRant Will Zombies Be Fast or Slow?, The Zombie Research Society Very Important Question: Is ‘Alien’ A Horror Movie?, Medium 12 Surprising Facts About Black Christmas, Mental FlossSwitchblade Sisters podcast

  10. Episode 10

    Episode Ten: The Final Pitch…Or Is it?

    In the end, there’s only good ideas and bad ideas. Dave B. and Casey talk about the latter. Starting this podcast was a great idea. Ending it would be a terrible one. So in that spirit, Dave B. and Casey are talking about bad ideas. And how a potentially bad concept can lead to a good one. Then they pitch the worst ideas from their 30-day movie pitch challenge. And while this might be the end of their first season, they’ll be back. “There’s No Such Thing as ‘Bad Movie Ideas,’ Only Stories Poorly Told,” Script Magazine “Rewriting Bad Movies,” John August“Why All Filmmakers Should Make Bad Films,” Filmmaking Stuff

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30 FAKE MOVIE PITCHES FROM 2 VERY REAL FILM FANATICS Dave B and Casey gave themselves a ridiculous challenge: 30 movie pitches in 30 days. Come hell or high water, they had to deliver an idea every day for a month. Did they do it? Listen as they pitch each other crazy movie ideas from their 30 day challenge. Come for the wacky genre-bending high-concept stories, stay for the many Donald Pleasence references.

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