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Archive for the ‘Pitching’ Category

  • One question that will help you sell your script

    03 Jul 2011

    What is the key question you need to ask to sell your script? The right question follows soon. First here's the wrong question.

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  • Pitching: What’s Love Got To Do With It?

    08 Apr 2011

    Where do you fit the emotion into the cold hard-nosed job of pitching?

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  • Plan now for Cannes

    09 Mar 2011

    Cannes is the biggie: a week at Cannes is worth a year at film school. And there's things you'll learn there that you'll never learn at school. But if you're going this year, you need to start preparing now. My biggest tip is this. Don't underestimate the value of the work you do during this time.

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  • A Sure-Fire Way Not To Sell Your First Script

    12 Oct 2010

    I see loads of well-written scripts (and a fair load of badly written scripts too) and I've seen just about every fault that writers have ever invented. But there's one flaw that stands out as being the real killer.

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  • Power Pitching Tips 2

    29 Apr 2010

    Here's a strange thought. When most people pitch their projects, the question they never ask themselves is why.

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  • Money, Money, Money…

    04 Feb 2010

    I want to talk about a small strategy that may seem simple and yet if you use it has the power to push the sales of your scripts/films/novels/etc through the roof. It's one that's so easy it almost feels like cheating and yet when it's done well it's highly artistic and connects very directly with your audience.

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  • Ultra-short Pitching Competition – The Answers

    12 Jan 2010

    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 promised to tell you about a two word and a one word pitch - the only ones I know of.

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  • Power Pitching Tips

    09 Jan 2010

    Can you imagine being able to grab the attention of industry professionals in just a few words? Actually, that's an essential if you want to succeed as a writer, director or producer in film or TV. It's the first and most important tip:

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  • Cheltenham Fun and Danger

    12 Oct 2009

    Cheltenham Screenwriters Festival - Give me some good solid iconoclasm, more incendiary offensiveness. Stop telling people that all you need is to believe in yourself and tell them to get off their arses and break some windows.

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