Ultra-short Pitching Competition – The Answers
12 Tuesday Jan 2010
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BBC, Cheltenham, film, jaws in space, log line, pitch, Screenwriting, strap line, tag line, TV
ULTRA-SHORT PITCHING COMPETITION
A few days ago, I wrote about the industry’s most famous pitch – a mere three words – “Jaws in Space.” It was the original pitch for Alien. And I set an ultra-short pitching competition to find a two word and a one word pitch – the only ones I know of.
Here, then, are my answers.
A two-word pitch – “Harry Potter.”
And that one-word pitch? “Superman.”
Obviously, before either of those were actually turned into film. Tell me if you come up with any others.
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One Comment
January 16, 2010 at 3:08 pm
I’d say the one-word pitch is ‘Twilight’.
Although I wouldn’t really class that as a pitch. It’s more an answer to the question: ‘Which popular book shall we plunder next, and turn into an exceedingly mediocre yet high-grossing film?’ :p