Disney India
Pitch Synopsis / Visual Storytelling
Via Germany: A Story World Built for Screen
A pitch presentation designed to communicate Via Germany’s world, emotional tone and cinematic potential to Disney+. Working from the story supplied by the project team, I translated its synopsis, characters and settings into a cohesive visual deck through moodboards, colour direction and cinematic references.
Overview
A narrative pitch designed to translate story, characters, and atmosphere into a clear visual world for screen.
A narrative pitch designed to translate story, characters, and atmosphere into a clear visual world for screen.
A narrative pitch designed to translate story, characters, and atmosphere into a clear visual world for screen.
Industry - Entertainment / Film / Streaming
Industry - Entertainment / Film / Streaming
Role – Pitch Presentation Design, Moodboarding and Visual Direction
Role – Pitch Presentation Design, Moodboarding and Visual Direction
Contribution – Designed the pitch deck, moodboards and overall visual aesthetic; the story and screenplay were supplied by the project team
Contribution – Designed the pitch deck, moodboards and overall visual aesthetic; the story and screenplay were supplied by the project team
Scope - Synopsis Presentation, Character Boards, Visual References, and Colour Direction
Scope - Synopsis Presentation, Character Boards, Visual References, and Colour Direction
Platform – Disney+
Platform – Disney+
Context – Pitch presentation developed with Spread Factory
Context – Pitch presentation developed with Spread Factory
Status – Presented to Disney+ and positively received, but not taken forward into production because COVID-era restrictions made an India–Germany shoot unfeasible
Status – Presented to Disney+ and positively received, but not taken forward into production because COVID-era restrictions made an India–Germany shoot unfeasible
Timeline - 2021
Timeline - 2021
The Story
A Journey Shaped by Movement and Belonging
A Journey Shaped by Movement and Belonging
A Journey Shaped by Movement and Belonging
The project is built around a narrative world designed to feel emotionally grounded and cinematically expansive. Rather than functioning as a simple summary, the pitch introduces a story shaped by movement, relationships, longing, and personal transformation, giving the viewer an early sense of the film’s emotional arc.
The project is built around a narrative world designed to feel emotionally grounded and cinematically expansive. Rather than functioning as a simple summary, the pitch introduces a story shaped by movement, relationships, longing, and personal transformation, giving the viewer an early sense of the film’s emotional arc.
The project is built around a narrative world designed to feel emotionally grounded and cinematically expansive. Rather than functioning as a simple summary, the pitch introduces a story shaped by movement, relationships, longing, and personal transformation, giving the viewer an early sense of the film’s emotional arc.
Characters
Building the Emotional Core
Building the Emotional Core
The story is carried through character-led presentation, with each figure giving the narrative its emotional weight. Instead of treating them as plot functions, the pitch builds them as people first, helping the world feel more lived-in and believable.
The story is carried through character-led presentation, with each figure giving the narrative its emotional weight. Instead of treating them as plot functions, the pitch builds them as people first, helping the world feel more lived-in and believable.
The story is carried through character-led presentation, with each figure giving the narrative its emotional weight. Instead of treating them as plot functions, the pitch builds them as people first, helping the world feel more lived-in and believable.
Pitch Strategy
Making the Screenplay Easier to Imagine
Making the Screenplay Easier to Imagine
The deck was structured to move from written synopsis to a tangible sense of the film. Character boards, location references and shifts in mood and colour helped organise the emotional arc and communicate how the story would move between India and Germany.
The deck was structured to move from written synopsis to a tangible sense of the film. Character boards, location references and shifts in mood and colour helped organise the emotional arc and communicate how the story would move between India and Germany.
The deck was structured to move from written synopsis to a tangible sense of the film. Character boards, location references and shifts in mood and colour helped organise the emotional arc and communicate how the story would move between India and Germany.
Mood & Colour
Shaping the Film’s Emotional Atmosphere
Shaping the Film’s Emotional Atmosphere
Colour and visual references help establish the tonal rhythm of the film. This section shows how mood shifts across locations, emotional phases, and narrative movement, giving the pitch a clearer cinematic identity and a stronger emotional texture.
Colour and visual references help establish the tonal rhythm of the film. This section shows how mood shifts across locations, emotional phases, and narrative movement, giving the pitch a clearer cinematic identity and a stronger emotional texture.
Colour and visual references help establish the tonal rhythm of the film. This section shows how mood shifts across locations, emotional phases, and narrative movement, giving the pitch a clearer cinematic identity and a stronger emotional texture.
Visual World
A Film Language in Fragments
A Film Language in Fragments
The visual language of the pitch is built through references, atmosphere, travel, intimacy, and environmental contrast. This is where the project moves beyond synopsis and starts to feel like a film already beginning to exist.
The visual language of the pitch is built through references, atmosphere, travel, intimacy, and environmental contrast. This is where the project moves beyond synopsis and starts to feel like a film already beginning to exist.
The visual language of the pitch is built through references, atmosphere, travel, intimacy, and environmental contrast. This is where the project moves beyond synopsis and starts to feel like a film already beginning to exist.
