162MC Developing a Narrative

162MC Narrative Pitching a writing short script Producing a/the short Editing the short film The first 5 sessions cover the progressive aspects of screenwriting These are….

162MC Narrative The Pitch From the Pitch to the Outline From Outline to Treatment From the Treatment to the Screenplay And…..Rewrites….

The Pitch Each week we will deal with one of these aspects. This week…… Pitching!

Familiar? Don’t go in the water… In Space no one can hear you scream A long time ago in a galaxy far far away

Familiar?

Pitch these movies

The Pitch Beware, these are Taglines not Pitches, a tagline only exists after a movie is made and is often devised by the marketing department not the writer or even production team. A tagline is the poster sentence to ‘sell’ the movie

The Pitch The Pitch is important because it is the first time you tell someone your idea. It is also the only time a verbal presentation of your idea is made. It I also often made to a complete stranger Occasionally to a panel of complete strangers

162MC Narrative The Pitch is important as it can save you a lot of time later. If you have already written a complete screenplay be wary of telling a producer this is the case. Why do you think this is?

The Pitch How long is a pitch? Really you should be able to condense a pitch for your screenplay idea into a minute or so. After this, if a Producer or Commissioning Editor is interested you will/can elaborate for much longer It is not easy to pitch to complete strangers …..for anyone regardless of their career

The Pitch

Two movie clips form the Industry The Producers perspective The Writers perspective

The Producer Insert video clip

The Writer

The Pitch Try to think about what your movie idea is about and then encompass the idea into only a few short statements. Make it engaging and intriguing, after all you want people to invest time and money and talent into your ideas.

Pilgrim Below is a pitch for a short film: A stranger in an unknown land braves many dangers as he strives to fulfill his function. What story does the above Pitch suggest?

The Mild Bunch Three men, unknown to each other, try to rob the same bank at the same time. What kind of movie does this suggest? The film was made based on the above pitch and has screened all over the World in Cinemas at film festivals on TV and even on airlines

Pitching Because not all of you have script writing experience we are going to give you the scenarios that we want you to develop through each stage into a script. Some will be made but not all but you all have to write a script And an individual edit of a film that is made.

Based on the Assignment handout scenario Devise and develop your Pitch and post it on your blog Get feedback from your peers, practice verbal pitching When you feel it is ready it to me:

The Pitch In the UK writing is predominantly a solitary activity We do not have team writing like they do in the USA There are over 70 people on this module, there will be 70 different interpretations of the Assignment