Pitching Process

What is a Pitch?

What is a pitch?

When you have a new movie idea or screen play you present a pitch in order to persuade people to help you out therefore you need to make it sound fun and exciting. A pitch is a brief verbal description of a project you'd like to make. We pitch things all the time even without knowing it e.g. persuading you parents for a new phone, encouraging your friends to go to a party with you etc. A pitch also helps you to realize if your stories worth progressing.

A pitch also gets you thinking about what resources you'll need to bring your story to the screen.

Who do you pitch to?

Who do you pitch to?

You can pitch to just about anyone, you could pitch to family and friends, professional film directors, strangers or even yourself. Sometimes pitching to strangers is more effective than pitching to relatives or friends this is because you often gain a more honest opinion. However it's still good to get encouragement from parents. The more you tell your story the better it can get as you often understand it better.

Screen writers may pitch an idea to a producer in hope that they'll get paid to write the script.

Directors will pitch to studios in order to gain money to shoot the film.

Film makers often to pitch to well known actor trying to persuade them to star in the film.

How to Pitch

How to pitch

You should deliver your pitch with excitement and confidence, to get the audience excited about your idea too. Comparing you story to other successful films can give the audience a clear idea of where you want to your pitch. You need a clear genre and target audience so people understand who your targeting your product at. Most pitches also have a logline this is a one sentence summary of the movie which includes the genre, central protagonist as well as a outline description of the story this will hopefully grip the people pitching to. Your pitch should include some brief information about the characters which may create ideas for casting.

Pre-production

Pre-production

This is all the decisions that need to be made before the cameras can begin to role. During pre-production you cast your film including all the extras. You also need to assemble your crew these are the artists, technicians and crafts people who will physically make the movie, from a cinematographer to an assistant director all the crew play a crucial part in bringing the movie to life. In pre-production you also need to decide on the look of the film this includes color schemes, lighting plans, when it take places, what props and costumes you need, what special effects your require etc. on top of this you need to decide what locations your going to film in. There are hundreds of things you need to consider before filming a movie, and the vital in making your film a success. Once all the pre-production sorted you'll do a breakdown off the script, then your ready to film and bring your idea to life.