Preparing a film for a pitch is a lengthy time consuming
process. A lot of work needs to go into any good pitch. Many different
components are required if you wish for your pitch to be successful and stand a
chance of securing funding.
Lets start with the treatment. This is the base skeleton of
your story. It provides an overall outline of the events of each scene within
the film. Instead of bombarding potential investors with a full script of 90
pages or more, the treatment can be an effective way of telling the story in a
more succinct, compressed fashion of maybe 10 to 20 pages. Much easier to read
through than a full-length script. However, having a completed script never
hurts. Having the complete line-by-line script can to some investors provide
further insight they would not have acquired from the treatment alone.
Concept art and storyboards are just as important when
pitching your film. Concept art will give the investors an idea of what the
world you are creating will look like. This is particularly beneficial for
films whose locations wardrobes and prop don’t exist in the world today. Storyboards
allow you to show the investors, visually, how the story will progress. This allows
you to show things such as framing and camera movement that may not be
obviously apparent in the script and treatment. This will give your investors
an idea of what they can expect to see on the big screen when the film they are
putting so much money into is finally done. There are many more things that you
can include in your pitch just remember, the more you have the more questions
you will likely need to be able to answer.
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