Description
Book SynopsisTold from the perspective of a Hollywood executive with nearly 20 years' experience professionally pitching and distributing film/TV projects, Mastering the Pitch reveals all the nuanced details of the pitching process.
Readers will gain valuable insights into how the Hollywood system operates, improve their professional pitching skills and gain a competitive edge in getting their ideas from concept to greenlight. This book covers:
- how projects are packaged and developed before a pitch
- how a pitch presentation happens in a real-world setting
- the core concepts required to pitch each genre type
- how professional companies actually acquire a pitched project
- the legal workflows and financial details required to put a deal together
- examples of pitch documents, presentation materials and how these elements should be designed
- how to build your personal brand so that you're seen by Hollywood decision makers as someone ca
Table of Contents
Disclaimer; Introduction; Chapter One: What Makes a Project Worth Pitching?; Chapter Two: The Core Principles of Pitching; Chapter Three: Pitching Feature Films; Chapter Four: Pitching Scripted TV Shows; Chapter Five: Pitching Reality TV Shows; Chapter Six: Pitching Documentary, Factual and Current Event Pieces; Chapter Seven: Pitching Family, Tween and Children’s Content; Chapter Eight: A Quick Guide to Entertainment Law; Chapter Nine: A High Level Overview of Hollywood Finance; Chapter Ten: Real World Pitch Strategies; Appendices
