Now the point of this thread is to pitch any ideas or thoughts you have had. I know I have a very inventive mind and I am always thinking up crazy gizmos or ideas. This thread is for you all to share these ideas amongst your peers and receive feedback [the reason I put it in Film/Tv is people usually come in here with their brain switched on to share thoughts and ideas, and my idea relates to TV anyway]. When pitching your idea, answer the questions I ask myself when I pitch my idea. It can be anything, an invention, an idea, a script... let your imagination run wild.

My Idea:

Recently I have been watching "Pimp My Ride" from MTV and thought that this could work well on Australian television, that is after it is a little fine tuned to meet our culture.

Why it could work:

The tuner culture in Australia is phenonmenal. Whenever I got out for a drive, I'll see a car which has been modified, body-kit, lowered, exhaust etc. Even my mate's brother's Skyline has been done-up, however because of the money supply it only has a body-kit, modest sound system and exhaust. Take for example The Fast and Furious franchise, here in Aust we lap that up, the number of car magazines outnumbers other magazines 3 to 1. Many of us feel oblidged to buy a sporty car, even if its a bomb, and many of us will probably end up muttering "But all things considered, she goes hard!". Strathfields and Super Cheap Auto are two examples of Aust companies which have made it very big off the tuner culture. With the proper hype and implementation it could do well.

How I would go about doing it:

I wouldn't make the show so, for lack of a better word... "American". I would probably keep the word pimp in there somewhere, but "ride" and all that American slang can go. The host would have to be respectable in the eyes of the tuner culture but still Australian, and if possible, well-known. The show would be made in such a way that companies would be throwing themselves at the Executives offering car products and accesories to use on the cars modded on the show, so much of the parts used in modding each car would be free to the Tv station keeping down costs, but this will have to be done without every second word out of the hosts mouth being the name of a brand. I would probably create the hype by having the Friday night movies etc match the likes of Fast and Furious to get the tuner culture hype up. The timeslot would most likely be quite late, ~10:30pm so as not to interfere with more "grown-up" shows (I was going to say adult, but realised how that sounded).

Why it mightn't work:

Australian Law may not permit many of the more exciting car mods, that is why I think they haven't brought the show to Aust already. Its only one technicality, but probably the most important. :argh: Australians might not accept it like I anticipate, considering day time television is filled with the most stereotypical Aussies you can think of, especially that absolute airhead from "GoGo Stop" (no offence to anyone intended...) and Australians never seem to do shows right... my main reason, the lighting... it seems so, amateurish, like it was taken with a camcorder. Sure we may have great storylines and actors, but the overall effect always seems so second-rate.

And finally, I want you all to ask yourself at the end...

What is stopping me:

Like I said, Aust Law might mean the "raddest" mod is only lowering the car so that it is 5.5 instead on 6 inches off the ground. Pitching my ideas to a station would most likely not be taken seriously considering my age and the nature of the show. And finally most likely there wouldn't be anything in it for me in the end, what are they going to hire me as? Producer? Director? I think not...

So get posting with your ideas, try to answer the questions I outlined, especially the last one. Criticise and encourage as much as you like.

Disclaimer: Just in case anyone does hit the jackpot with an idea, that idea remains the intellectual property of the postee, by replying in this thread you agree to this disclaimer.

:P

How's this:

Nothing we can ever do in the mortal realm influences our outcomes of eternities in Heaven or Hell. Judgement lies solely in the hands of God and due to His infinitely different nature - immortality - mortals cannot even begin to presume to block-in, let alone evangelicise, possible criteria.

So piss the piss, snatch the snatch and talk the talk.

Disclaimer: I'm not Catholic. I'm not religious. Deriding Christian ideals of moral conduct is easy fun. Everything in this disclaimer is redundant.

Oh, must relate to mediaaa...Let Gary Oldman narrate it, in that case.

Out of curiosity - what is "Pimp my ride"? Is it another one of those "We'll take this average, ordianary person and do all this stuff to them to make their lives all that much better" kind of shows?

As for an idea I have been thinking about of a show (inspired by a certain Simpsons episode), though more as a joke:

My Idea
We currently have quite a deluge of idol shows. I mean, at my estimation, we have something like 4 or 5 of them. Most of them however seem to actually insist on 'talent' when really, the 'non-mainstream' are just going to roll their eyes anyway. So what about a show where like the groups of the 90's, you create a group or a solo artist who has absolutely no talent to speak of whatsoever. It'd be like some sort of "Idol makeover"

Why it could work:
Well, there's already a whole heap of other idol shows and they seem to be popular just by virtue of trying to select an artist. So what's one more? Plus the best thing most people seem to like about the Austrlian Idol auditions are the god-awful singers.

How I would go about doing it:
Option A:First there'd be a nation-wide audition. The worst singers will be taken to boot camp somewhere in Sydney where instructors try to at least have them singing not too far off key. But it's not like that matters too much. The top 20 with possibly the best potential are chosen and with extra training they then do a debut on TV, and then are gradually voted off, ala idol shows. Well except maybe have it as "Which one do you want voted off". That way you'll rake in the most money XD

Option B: Go for a makeover style show and get a random person - take photo shots and air brush them to make them look beautifu, show them which songs they are to sing, using computers to alter their voices so it sounds like they're a halfway decent singer (or failing that, apply a really loud techno beat to drown out their voice).

Why it mightn't work:
:lol: Welll, taking it a bit seriously, option B probably isn't too likely to work since there is a lack of interaction with the audience as demonstrated by Popstars. Then again, when they tried to get audience interaction it was still a flop :lol:

What's stopping me:
The knowledge that I'll officially have gone insane if I even actually took this idea seroiusly. And possibly not having anybody insane/stupid enough to actually judge this. Then again, I could always get Outback Jack. He seems to be doing a bang up job on Star Struck :D

Reverse the existing Idol concept to tailor spoiled trust-fund popstars for normal workaday lives.

Replace person with car and you basically get the jist of it. Always fun to see someone put $30,000 worth of auto-parts and eletricals into a $900 car.

My Idea:

An XBox LAN, which I hope to then turn into a franchise, or at the very list a chain of stores.

Why it could work:

Multiplayer via consoles is becoming more and more popular, and the support for as many as 64 players is becoming a reality. The cost of hardware would be cheap with respect to the cost of starting a PC Lan. I'm looking at only ~$200 for a console to accomodate 4 people, whereas PC Lan's can cost ~$2,000 for one PC which will be redundant in only a few short years.

How I would go about doing it:

Firstly, without even thinking about anything else, I would have to see whether it was within my legal right to make this sort of a Lan. Next I would most likely go to Xbox Australia and see if I could create it as an Official Xbox outlet. Next would come the setup, the first store would have to go somewhere in Sydney City, so that it would get as much exposure as possible. The store itself would then be themed in an Xbox-esque style. One huge plasma per Xbox. Seating requirements would be fulfilled by couches or bean bags, creating a comfortable, relaxed atmosphere. I'm not too sure how the sound would work, with all the stations going at once I'm sure the sound would be useless and distorted, but isn't there something like directive sound or something like that? Where most of the noise is focussed at a certain area and is dull if heard from anywhere else? Oh well... might have to invent that... The game situation, seeing as how the choice of game would have to be agreed upon by no less than 4 people during busy times, is quite perplexing, but I believe by having more Xbox Stations, the problem will solve itself.

Why it mightn't work:

Xbox Australia may not take it as well as I'd hope. If they do endorse the idea though, I would then have to convince them to invest the project, they could most likely get the consoles and games free of charge, but the Plasma's and location would cost more than I could afford. The thrill of the Xbox Lan could dissapate quite rapidly leaving me with a loss instead of a profit. Now with only a few short years left in the Xbox it may be wise to wait until the Next Gen of consoles.

What is stopping me:

Again the age factor. The obvious lack of cash to fund the business. The experience needed before Xbox Australia would even consider to allow me to begin this project. Quite a bit stopping me at the moment...

Disclaimer: Mine, hands-off!

My Idea

Essentially Australia's answer to Menace II Society. It's a movie about a kid at a school who breaks every single convention at the school - almsot like One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Why it could work

When was the last decent controversy generated by an Australian movie? This one could be one hell of a semi-realistic drama that hits harder than anything on TV at the moment.

How I would go about it

Am currently writing it in novel form, then will try and make it into film.

Why it mightn't work

People won't like the very uncompromising main character - a psychotic 15-year-old drug dealer in black - plus, who'd ever believe something like this? It doesn't have any realism to my knowledge.

What is stopping me

Lack of experience and the age factor. Plus, anybody might think, "What the f**k is wrong with this kid if he wants to make a movie like this?"

You never know...

_MetalliX_: Would you really want MS to have invested in the project? My guess is that MS would probably insist on calling the shots and whatnot - kind of all or nothing.

Holy Mother Of God.

http://www.gameon.net.au/

Man I'm a genius.

(ta bigm for linkage)

My Idea:
A clock where the numbers move and has no hands!

Why It Could Work:
Easier to read.. why not? :P

What Is Stopping Me:
Funds, also it's probably already been done. <_<

edit: *Realises that this is in the Film, TV, Etc. forum* :ph43r:

Where the numbers move... like a digital clock? :P

Well my first idea was one for a TV show... so I put it here...

Yeah, well, I meant rotate but you know. <_<

I just had an idea. Something, a pill probably, to stop me farting after a big night out. Apparently it means that my digestive system is underactive, which could be because i kill it with beer.