Pitch Shift

Queen, Dogs, Witches and Climate Change!

It's another double bill as Charles takes on our first ever requests with two films of incredibly weird proportions. From a normal man dealing with the supreme strangeness of Jake Gyllenhaal doing *the most* to a coalition of witches taking down capitalism and climate change, there's something for everything in these film versions of Queen's "I'm Going Slightly Mad" and Brian Eno's "Baby's On Fire". And a massive shoutout to Lauren and Lucy for picking the songs!!

Songs Featured:

I'm Going Slightly Mad (Queen)

Baby's On Fire (Brian Eno)

Follow us @pitchshiftpod, or if you want to pick the witch who will destroy the White House with you, you can follow Charles @gharlesochady and Tansy @tansyclipboard on Twitter.

The boys are waiting....

Tansy is here to pitch her Mad Max take on Kelis' early 2000s banger "Milkshake". When the boys go to the Yard, society crumbles into an apocalyptic wasteland full of women. But when one lactose intolerant boy manages to escape the Yard, he must recruit the two greatest warriors in the wasteland - Lizzo and Charli XCX - to liberate the rest of the boys. But what is the Milkshake really made of, and why does it really bring all the boys to the Yard?

Plus an unexpected discussion of Eragon, a roving band of sisters (literally) and more boys than you could poke a stick at.

Songs Featured:

- Milkshake (Kelis)

- I Want Your Love (Kelis)

- Unlock It (Charli XCX feat. Kim Petras and Jay Park)

- Boys (Charli XCX)

- Boys (Lizzo)

- Juice Flute Version (Lizzo)

- Like A Girl (Lizzo)

Follow us @pitchshiftpod, or if you prefer Boys, you can follow Charles @gharlesochady (and if you like milkshakes, Tansy @tansyclipboard) on Twitter.

I used to think life was a tragedy... but it turns out it's much worse.

Charles is going above and beyond to pitch a film that is not just an adaption of Alec Benjamin's twisty pop song "If I Killed Someone For You", but also a punch up of Joker (dir. Todd Phillips, 2019). Moderately successful comedian Richard (Bill Hader) decides to change up his career by trying murder, but when everyone mistakes his genuine attempts at homicide as a new bit, he rockets to comedy stardom (and murder ineptitude).

Plus the sick and twisted origin of this podcast, Tansy's disbelief at every single plot element of Joker, and our undying love of Demi Lardner.

Alec Benjamin is older than either of us.

Alec Benjamin Songs Featured:

- If I Killed Someone For You

- Gotta Be A Reason

- Annabelle's Homework

- Death of a Hero

Follow us @pitchshiftpod, or if you want to do Annabelle's homework, you can follow Charles @gharlesochady and Tansy @tansyclipboard on Twitter.

When my time comes around, yeet me gently in the cold dark earth.

We're big fans of Hozier here at Pitch Shift - such big fans, we're both pitching different Hozier songs as horror films! Go to the 1930s American south in Tansy's pitch for Work Song, where a sharecropper is haunted by her unkillable bank robbing ex, then journey to an alternate version of the present where cryptids roam the suburbs and just want love from Toni Collette in Charles' pitch for It Will Come Back.

Plus Tansy's very short list of white men she trusts, Charles confusing every famous Patrick and a long discussion of Wounds, a horror movie about a haunted phone.

Hozier Songs Featured:

- Work Song

- It Will Come Back

- NFWMB

Follow us @pitchshiftpod, or if you only want to see one half of this double bill, you can follow Charles @gharlesochady and Tansy @tansyclipboard on the hell site (Twitter)

Happy Halloween monsters!

In celebration of the spooky season, special guest Saro is here to helm an 80s horror anthology film based on the ultimate rap team up, Kanye West's Monster. Gasp at the terrors in the tomb, smell the massacre in the forest, and watch the queen conquer. And for some reason, we decided to stuff the film full of actual real life monsters. Get ready to get cancelled.

Songs featured:

Monster (Kanye West feat. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj & Bon Iver)

I Am A God (Kanye West)

Follow us @pitchshiftpod, or if you want to pick your favourite verse, you can follow Charles @gharlesochady, Tansy @tansyclipboard and Saro @LustySaro on the hell site (Twitter)

Awoooooo, Point Break with Werewolves.

In a special Halloween episode, Tansy is pitching her take on Warren Zevon's infectiously funny Werewolves of London, which of course is just like The Departed, but with werewolves. Constable Rachel Warren thinks her life is over when she'd bitten on the job, but when she's reassigned to infiltrate the werewolf gangs, her real life begins.

Come for the werewolf cop, stay for Charles' shuffle round pitch for a Sweet Home Alabama movie where Sam Rockwell wants to kill Neil Diamond. And a lot of confusion about what actually *is* the original Sweet Home Alabama. It's a time.

Songs Featured:

Werewolves of London (Warren Zevon)

Play It All Night Long (Warren Zevon)

Sweet Home Alabama (Lynard Skynard)

All Summer Long (Kid Rock, unfortunately)

Follow us @pitchshiftpod, or if you want to pick a favourite child, you can follow Charles @gharlesochady and Tansy @tansyclipboard on the hell site (Twitter)

I got the right temperature to shelter you from the Thing.

Charles is here to pitch a creature feature set in Antarctica based on Sean Paul's 2005 earworm Temperature. When a group of scientists settle in to an Antarctic research station for the winter, the last thing they expect is a knock at their door. It's The Thing meets Life with an extra helping of self aware Ryan Reynolds.

Plus, a story about a woman who has a seizure every time she hears Sean Paul's music, and Tansy insisting that if science achieved human cloning, they would immediately use it to create hundreds of enslaved Frank Grillos.

Songs Featured:

Temperature (Sean Paul)

What About Us (The Saturdays feat. Sean Paul)

Cheap Thrills (Sia feat. Sean Paul)

Get Busy (Sean Paul)

Follow us @pitchshiftpod, or if you want to hurt one host's feelings, you can follow Charles @gharlesochady and Tansy @tansyclipboard on the hell site (Twitter)

Hold me down, I'm so tired now - same tbh.

It was bound to happen eventually, and eventually is now - renowned animation nerd Tansy is pitching an animated fantasy adventure based on Florence + the Machine's Sky Full of Song. Blackstone Island is a magical nation protected by prickly sorceress Phoebe, who must train feral pirate girl Max as her replacement before an invasion dooms the entire island. It's an odd couple comedy that pairs a heartfelt Disney coming of age tale with anti-colonial communism, and the overt witchiness of Florence Welch.

Come for the fantasy adventure, stay for Charles' special brand of "sads and dads and sorcery" and Tansy's detailed breakdown of why John Powell is the secret to the success of the How To Train Your Dragon franchise.

Songs Referenced:

Sky Full of Song (Florence + The Machine)

Dog Days Are Over (Florence + The Machine)

Drumming Song (Florence + The Machine)

Shake It Out (Florence + The Machine)

Forbidden Friendship (John Powell)

Third Date (John Powell)

Follow us @pitchshiftpod, or if you have a clear preference, you can follow Charles @gharlesochady and Tansy @tansyclipboard on the hell site (Twitter)

Please, baby please, open your heart and listen to this sad gay pitch.

Charles is resurrecting Ben Lee's 2005 barefoot classic Catch My Disease and pitching it as a film about a down on his luck musician who can't catch a break in the gimmick heavy 2019 music industry. There's stomps and claps, big trouble with Lil Nas X and a surprising amount of Shawn Mendes.

Ben Lee Songs Featured:

- Catch My Disease

- Something Borrowed Something Blue

- Rise Up

- Cigarettes Will Kill You

Follow us @pitchshiftpod, or if you want to choose your fighter, you can follow Charles @gharlesochady and Tansy @tansyclipboard on the hell site (Twitter)

A movie about Hollywood? Groundbreaking.

It's Tansy's turn to pitch this week, and she has poached Charles' favourite curly haired band boys and turned The 1975's Give Yourself A Try into a weird LA indie comedy drama about a child actor with no sense of identity and her writer friend who's one break away from success.

A writer? Writing about a writer? Groundbreaking.

There's also unsuccessful alcoholism, a lot of New Zealand cultural references, a dog named Tupac and an unexpected Bruce Springsteen cameo. What a fuckin rollercoaster. This pitch has too much plot.

Songs Referenced:

Give Yourself A Try (The 1975)

The Sound (The 1975)

Somebody Else (The 1975)

How To Draw/Petrichor (The 1975)

Western Stars (Bruce Springsteen)

Follow us @pitchshiftpod, or if you want to choose your fighter, you can follow Charles @gharlesochady and Tansy @tansyclipboard on the hell site (Twitter)