Pitching really frustrates because the story is never done any justice. I knew that the second I said the words "H.IV. positive"everyone in the room would seize up and the atmosphere in the room would become more and more uncomfortable with each passing moment. Professor Kaufhold said it best: "H.I.V. is like the atomic bomb of chronic diseases." I definitely anticipated this type of audience reaction. However, I still believe that I can make it work. Wether we choose to address it or not, H.I.V. is a very real threat to all people but especially to naive young people. And this is why H.I.V. makes for a compelling story element, because it scares us to death even though it is no longer the grim, swift killer that it used to be. Modern medicine has come a long way. Yet still, H.I.V. has a certain taboo air to it that may never be overcome.
In the end, I want to have a story that truly affects the audience. Kids affected me greatly. I wasn't myself for at least a week. I couldn't get the characters in the film out of my head. It was as if I knew them personally and I genuinely cared about what happened to them. I don't want my story to be quite as raw or depressing as Kids but I definitely want the audience to feel something real for my characters.
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