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Pitching Hollywood: How to Sell Your TV and Movie Ideas |
Author: Jonathan Koch
Published: 2004-04-01 |
List price: $12.95
Our price: $10.36
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Customer comments on this selection.
 About 5 pages of worthwhile info...
If you are a fireman, truck driver or stock broker, this book might be useful. For anyone who knows anything about film or tv, this is pretty elementary stuff. Big type, lots of blank space on the pages, and filled with useless witty banter between the 2 "authors", I was very disappointed. There is a basic breakdown of what a pitch is but little concrete information is given about the process or strategies involved in making a successful pitch. The excuse is that you cannot capture the essence of a pitch in words. If this is true, why write a book? A large portion of the book is dedicated to plot summaries of popular films and TV shows. While some of this is useful, in order to illustrate the format of a treatment (a written precursor to the pitch), it feels as if this was done to get the book to a publishable length. In its current state, the information info in this book would best be served by a magazine article.
 Misinformed!
Although the auther gives some good insight on what your show should or should not be, he completely misinformes you in reference to "sending out your material everywhere!" I contacted quite a few production companies AND agencies and they all don't accept non-solicited material due to legal reasons. What the author SHOULD have done is tell you how you're supposed to network with agents so that you can find one to represent you at the studios. I'm incredibly dissapointed, but not discouraged.
 PITCHING HOLLYWOOD BOOK REVIEW
VERY INFORMATIVE BOOK, GREAT FOR THE BEGINNER. REALLY VALUED THE INFORMATION CONTAINED INSIDE. I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO ANYONE WHO ASPIRES TO START WRITING AND SUBMITTING SCRIPTS AND TREATMENTS TO HOLLYWOOD. THIS BOOK WILL TEACH YOU FORMATTING TECHNIQUES THAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUBMIT A PROPER TREATMENT TO HOLLYWOOD.
Not Worth It - The title should be changed.
This book has a lot of information on concepts and treatments. It does not go into the details of the technique of a pitch. It is very encouraging, but with reagrds to the actual pitch they wrote,"the energy of a pitch can't be written" or something to that effect. I would have appreciated an outline or something. They provide general info like be on time, make it brief, etc... Wow, insightful!
A guide to navigating the market for movie writing
Written by two accomplished producers, Jonathan Koch and Robert Kosberg with the additional assistance of Tanya Meurer Norman, Pitching Hollywood: How to Sell Your TV and Movie Ideas is a no-nonsense guide to navigating the competitive and treacherous market for movie writing. From learning how to create a great idea, to what goes into a good pitch, how long a pitch should be, how to protect one's idea, when a full screenplay is better than just an idea, how pitching a movie differs from pitching a TV show, and much more, Pitching Hollywood is an absolute "must-have" for anyone seriously dedicated to selling one's ideas and writings, and highly recommended for anyone considering movie/TV writing as a career. The sales tips, tricks, and techniques, while of course tailored for the world of TV and movies, also include a lot of solid general information valuable for learning to pitch anything to anyone, making Pitching Hollywood an all-around valuable read.
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