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Why pitching is SO much more than selling your film…

By on December 8, 2011 in Pitching, Screenwriters Festival

In this short three minute clip from his one hour seminar at the London Screenwriters’ Festival, Rowan Joffe succinctly explains the power, value and use of a pitch above and beyond ‘selling your story’. I heard this session when it was being edited and what he says really chimes in with my own experience in [...]

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11 observations about pitching feature projects under pressure

11 observations about pitching feature projects under pressure

By on June 4, 2010 in Inspiration, Pitching

So I have had a mild flu this week. Nasty business. Sucked my energy and passion dry. And so today, as I feel like I am well on the road to recovery, I had the pleasure of being a ‘judge’ in a pitching session for a film school. Good for me as all I had [...]

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Making delivery of your movie to the sales agents

Making delivery of your movie to the sales agents

By on June 15, 2009 in Courses, Pitching, Sales

  I have been working all day on the Delivering Your Baby* (*that’s your film) seminar which I am running on Sunday at Ealing Studios. In conversation with various distributors and sales agents, I am struck at how hard it still is to make delivery of a film, especially in this day and age. It’s [...]

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The mountain lies ahead and my feet feel heavy…

The mountain lies ahead and my feet feel heavy…

By on February 13, 2008 in Film Production, Pitching, Rocketboy

With dread in my heart, I approach now, the writing of the next project… And I take the first step… While I can write, I find it very hard. Much harder than I think many other writers do. I find it extremely draining, emotionally and physically. And there is a maximum of about three to [...]

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Pitching ROCKETBOY

Pitching ROCKETBOY

By on March 27, 2007 in Pitching

Pitching is something I don’t fully enjoy, but when it goes well, I love it. I have been pitching my movie ‘Rocketboy’ around town this week and I have been using some new simple techniques I heard about from a professional negotiator. Here it is – ‘shut up’. I ask a question, ‘so tell me [...]

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