How to Pitch Your Script – A Call for Advice

Ok. This is a call out to all of my 3 readers (Hi mom!). A month ago I submitted my application for the first every Filmmakers Workshop put on by American Film Renaissance and was quite pleased when I got an email back about a week ago letting me know that I get to be one of the 34 participants.

Very cool right? Well, yes and no. The ‘no’ part of that answer is in regards to a short pitching session that all the participants are required to do.

One highlight of the workshop will be a session on pitching, the art of condensing a two-hour film into a five-minute verbal pitch that will entice producers and investors to buy or fund your project.  The top pitches of the weekend will get an opportunity to pitch to a panel of Hollywood executives.

The information packet that was sent to me about a week ago makes no mention of the top pitches getting any opportunity to do anything, and instead of a 5 minute pitch we are told to have an ‘elevator pitch’ ready….30 seconds.

I’ve never pitched before in my life and the scribosphere is remarkably devoid of any helpful information in this regard.

And of course, videos like this don’t make me feel more at ease about it:

Seriously people…..post any thoughts/ideas/resources you have for pitching scripts in the comments. I’ll try and sum them up in a post in the near future. I promise.