Soft Shoe Shuffle

I had a great experience yesterday, pitching the project to a group of people who can potentially bring money to it. These are people in the industry, who have learned to be cautious about enthusiastic pitches. We began with the soft shoe shuffle which is a normal part of sussing each other out.

But then they asked to see the promo DVD, which had been done when we took the project to Cannes last year. It features interviews with Gillies Mackinnon, Rawiri Paratene, and moi. But more importantly, it has stills and shots of Rawiri in role as Arthur, against the backdrop of Ponsonby scenery.

It's just a little 5 minute taster, but after it everything had changed. The eyes of the people across the table moistened. They instantly got it, and were totally enthusiastic about what they had just seen. While it still needs to be signed off, I'm pretty sure we nailed the deal. It's greatly encouraging to have a group of NZ industry people showing the sort of excitement that we've previously had only offshore.