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Pitching Documentaries

Pitching Documentaries. MCOM 410: Documentary Making. “The Pitch” . Documentarians often approach fund raising organizations to raise the budgets of their films. This is Called pitching the idea. Encourage teams to brainstorm stories Students have to sell their top ideas

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Pitching Documentaries

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  1. Pitching Documentaries MCOM 410: Documentary Making

  2. “The Pitch” • Documentarians often approach fund raising organizations to raise the budgets of their films. This is Called pitching the idea. • Encourage teams to brainstorm stories • Students have to sell their top ideas • Can they summarize the idea in one page? • How about one paragraph? One sentence? • Best ideas survive; others get shelved

  3. “The Pitch” • A pitch can be a sentence, a paragraph or one page as well. • Pitching idea is usually a verbal affair. • But you have to write it most of the times. • A pitch lets the reader see the film. • Ineffective pitch introduces the topic but not the story.

  4. “The Pitch” • This is a film about the ethics of genetic testing and about how some people face hard choices. • This is a film about ethics of genetic testing in which we follow an actress making the tough decision about whether to be tested for a disease that claimed her mother’s life.

  5. “The Pitch” • A pitch must be written in a way that it compels its listeners to ask follow up questions. • This documentary is about the hardships and sufferings of Hindu community in Pakistan because of being minority.

  6. “The Pitch” • This documentary is the story of Bhagat Lal a religious cleric (Pundit) at the local temple in Lahore who decided to stay in Pakistan despite facing discrimination on the part of majority of the society.

  7. “Tailoring your Pitch” • Pitching for a program or a foundation, emphasize those aspects of the story which meet the need of the group. • Tailoring pitch does not mean changing the film to suit the financer. • It means highlighting those point which are of great interest and relevance . • Know for whom you are pitching.

  8. “how to Pitch” • Pitching forums • Verbally whenever you get a chance • Introductory letter • Email • Portals for ideas

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