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Expo
PitchPak DVD Set
SET05 (5
DVDs) | Additional DVDs |
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MICHAEL
HAUGE,
author of Writing Screenplays That Sell, has consulted with
screenwriters or producers on projects for Warners, Disney, New Line,
CBS, Lifetime, Morgan Freeman, Jennifer Lopez and Julia Roberts. He is
producing several films based on screenplays by former clients, and has
presented his screenwriting seminars and lectures to more than 30,000
writers and filmmakers throughout the US, Canada and Europe. Michael is
on the Board of Directors for the American Screenwriting Association.
He is a STAR Speaker of the Screenwriting Expo.
PILAR
ALESSANDRA
is the director of "On the Page," and former Senior Story Analyst for
DreamWorks and Radar Pictures. She's trained story analysts at
Nickelodeon, MTV, and Final Draft and has taught writing and pitching
at numerous film festivals including the Screenwriting Expo where she's
regularly featured as a "star speaker." Her company "On the Page"
(www.onthepage.tv) provides ongoing classes, workshops and private
consultations for screenwriters at all levels. Classes take a "dig into
pages" approach, inspiring students to write or refine their
screenplays in a matter of weeks.
KARL IGLESIAS
teaches at UCLA Extension's Writer's Program and Writers University. He
is the best-selling author of The 101 Habits of Highly Successful
Screenwriters, and Writing for Emotional Impact. He also writes the
regular column on the craft for Creative Screenwriting magazine. As a
script consultant passionate about great storytelling, he specializes
in the reader's emotional response to the written page. He is a STAR
Speaker of the Screenwriting Expo.
KEN ROTCOP
is an award-winning writer for the TV movie For Us, the Living: The
Story of Medgar Evers, and is the author of the best-selling book The
Perfect Pitch. He was recently featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show and
STARZ' Entertainment Tonight Show. A feature-length documentary called
Talk Fast about Ken and his Professional Writers Workshop is presently
making the rounds at the many different film festivals. Formerly
creative head of four studios, Rotcop has written for every form of
television. He heads the Professional Writers Workshop and his students
have had fifteen movies produced as well as numerous stage plays and
published books within the last four years. He was a STAR Speaker of
Screenwriting Expo 2.
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Presents
Expo
PitchPak DVD Set
(5 DVD Set)
“Thanks to
your methods, I have 5 production companies and 3 agencies reviewing my
script.
—Ed Abramson, screenwriter
"After our
session I pitched 12 producers. Eight took my one sheet and four asked
for the script. A couple even said, 'Great job,' after I implemented
your suggested changes!"
—Susan Raby-Dunne,
Screenwriter, Alberta, CANADA
“I
made five separate pitches following your suggestions and every company
I met with asked to see my screenplay. Now comes the hard part,
polishing this script 'till it shines. Thanks again."
—Anne Winn, Screenwriter
“Outstanding!…
Gave me the confidence to pitch… Extremely useful and
coherent… Great, great, great!”
—Attendees of Karl
Iglesias's Pitching course at Screenwriting Expo 3
"Before you can
get someone to read your screenplay you have to know how to pitch them
on the idea. Ken Rotcop, an award-winning writer,
is the
master at teaching writers how to pitch. Remember, it's all in the
pitch, it's all in the pitch!"
—Oprah Winfrey, the Oprah
Winfrey Show
The
Expo PitchPak
is a complete 5-DVD course on pitching your idea and a perfect
preparation for the Expo pitchXchange. Learn from the experts -- 5 DVDs
take you from handshake to script request to sale.
DVD 1: Michael Hauge's Mastering the
2-Minute Pitch
(Trailer)
A
3-hour masters course on DVD. Whether you're
on the phone or at a pitch fest, this DVD shows you how to guarantee
that the people in power will read your screenplay.
- The
4 stages to a powerful pitch: relationship, revelation, request, and
reaction.
- The
10 key elements of any story.
- The
most powerful way to begin your pitch.
- How
to ignite passion for your project.
- Avoiding
the 5 biggest pitching mistakes.
- The
2 ways to close the deal-and which works best for you.
What to do after they say "YES."
As an
added bonus, the DVD shows Michael giving personal pitch coaching to
two screenwriters.
DVD 2:
Pilar
Alessandra's Minute Pitch (Trailer)
Offers
a template writers can use to "hook" a
listener in as little as a minute. Whether it's over the phone or in a
producer's office, writers need to be able to briefly pitch their ideas
in an entertaining manner.
Pitch
to develop your story! Use this DVD before you write to:
- Find
the "big idea"of your screenplay.
- Clarify
your major story beats.
- Brainstorm
scenes and set-pieces.
Pitch
to sell your script! Use this DVD after you write to:
- Pitch
quickly and avoid producer tune-out.
- Eliminate
"writer babble."
- Leave
them thinking about YOUR screenplay.
DVD 3:
Karl
Iglesias's Pitching to Sell: Engaging the Listener Emotionally (Trailer)
Shows
you how to interest and excite the listener
and guarentee your script's request. Presenting techniques from the
most successful pitchers in the biz, author Karl Iglesias shows
students how to ignite the executive's interest.
Topics
include:
- An
insider's view of the do's and don'ts of pitching to producers.
- The
essential elements of a great pitch.
- How
to distill your story into a pitchable and enticing logline.
- How
to develop your verbal confidence by practicing your pitch until it
shines.
DVD 4:
Ken
Rotcop's Perfect Pitch: How to Sell Yourself and Your Movie Idea to
Hollywood-The Lecture (Trailer)
Presents
you sure-fire techniques on how to
gently grab the executive by the throat and not let go until he or she
agrees to read your script.
DVD 5:
Ken
Rotcop's Perfect Pitch: How to Sell Yourself and Your Movie Idea to
Hollywood-The Workshop (Trailer)
Extends Ken's
commentary on the perfect pitch and applys his method to rework pitches
given by the audience. Learn from their mistakes and make your story
"pitch perfect."
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