1st Edition
Mastering the Pitch How to Effectively Pitch Your Ideas to Hollywood
Told 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 capable of delivering great projects; and
- how you should speak to professionals about the business viability of your projects
Mastering the Pitch is a valuable crossover text, designed to help both students and veteran film/TV producers alike hone their pitching and presentation skills.
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
Biography
Scott Kirkpatrick is a Los Angeles-based media executive who’s brokered distribution and co-production deals for a wide range of feature film and scripted TV content. He is currently Executive Vice President of Co-Productions and Distribution for Nicely Entertainment and has previously held roles with NENT Studios UK and Mar Vista Entertainment. Kirkpatrick is the author of Writing for the Green Light and Introduction to Media Distribution and has produced and directed a variety of film and TV content.
