DREAMS IN THE DRAWER
There are ideas that come to mind and remain locked in a drawer for years-that is, locked in a computer in our case. Sometimes these ideas don’t come to fruition, sometimes you make “pork out of them” as they say in the jargon, i.e., you take some ideas from them that are then used to do something else, just as Dr. Frankenstein or a good mechanic would do if you were talking about engines. No throwing anything away! But there is also the possibility that one day, by luck or stubbornness, of meeting someone who says to you, “Fitti, look, we could use something to propose for a big network. A nice, original format for kids.” Boom! When something like that happens, as you’re doing your mental thinking, what happens is that suddenly the drawer opens and there it is: the idea comes back and starts to take shape.
When together with Anna and our team, the opportunity came to present a bouquet of ideas to be pitched to a major international network, the moment I had been waiting for a very long time finally arrived.
Certainly an idea without meticulous and articulate work is just another idea, but when you put together a close-knit, creative and prolific team like ours, a dream can become something bigger. We cannot reveal anything yet, you will have to make do with the photos you see here, but we are very confident and will soon reveal our secrets.
After 6 months of hard work, we finally managed to record the pilot episode of our fun children’s program (we’ll give you some hints, come on) and it was certainly no picnic. While I was writing the script, organizing all the work involved in making such a zero episode was at times delirious, and Anna knows this very well, since she followed everything down to the last detail.
The pre-production, in fact, required efforts on several fronts, the most important of which was the creation of the lead puppets (here, another clue!) but thanks to our “Deus ex-machina,” the very talented ventriloquist Samuel, and our irreplaceable Jefte, we were able to build everything we needed: from the puppets to the set design, from the contrivances to hide our tricks to the characterization of the characters. The result is a children’s format to be proud of — and we can’t wait to show it to you. Funny, ventriloquist, puppets–in short, we’ve given you plenty of clues, but I want to give you one more: if I say “Talk show,” what comes to mind for you?
