Pitching Hollywood How to Sell Your TV and Movie Ideas

Name: Pitching Hollywood How to Sell Your TV and Movie Ideas
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ISBN: 9781884956317

ISBN-10: 1884956319

ISBN-13: 9781884956317

Edition: 2004

Authors: Jonathan Koch, Robert Kosberg, Tanya Meurer Norman

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Book details

List price: $12.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Quill Driver Books
Publication date: 4/1/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 120
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.286
Language: English



Foreword



Who We Are


Photocopying



Who You Are


Idea People


Selling Your Ideas as Property



How We Created Our Positions



What Is "High Concept"?


Low Concept


What if It's Neither-Nor?


Back to High Concept


Sample High Concept Pitch



Start With a Good Idea


Freshness


Commercial Viability


Marketability


Timeliness


Demographics


Other Factors to Consider


Finding those Great Ideas


Ideas from Articles, Radio, TV


Ideas from Books


Public Domain


When Looking for and Generating Ideas, Keep in Mind



All-Time Worst Pitches


Good Examples of Bad Ideas


So, Did This Help?


Here's a List of Elements that Will Most Likely Make Your Idea Dead on Arrival



How Much Is My Idea Worth?


A Very Tough Question


Forms of Payment



Protecting Your Idea


Register Your Treatment


Mail It to Yourself


Be Mindful


Be Concise and Specific


Pitch It Everywhere



Preparing Your Pitch


Titles


Anatomy of a Pitch


Film Treatments


Reality Show Treatments


Treatments for Game Shows


Treatments for Hybrid Shows: Competitive Reality Shows


Treatments for Documentary/Biography Shows


Treatments for Soap Operas


Treatments for News Magazines and Talkshows


Treatments for Dramas and Sitcoms: "Bibles"


Refining the Pitch



Getting into the Room


Where to Begin?


So You've Got a Good Idea, a Pitch, and the Numbers to Call: Now What?


If You Don't Live in L.A.



Once You Are In the Room


The Do's


The Don'ts



Staying Cool In Development Hell


What Is Development?


Why Does It Take So Long?


What's the Point?



Sample High Concepts, Synopses, and Treatments


Game Shows


Reality Shows


Reality-Game Show Hybrid


Movies


Glossary of Terms


References & Resources


Additional Reading


Index


About the Authors