PERFECTING THE PITCH
June 2005
Our fabulous PERFECTING the PITCH course returns to Melbourne in July.
You have a story and you want to pitch it at a film Market, a TV market or SPAAmart. You’ve identified your audience, your genre and who to pitch to.
This course will help you bring your pitch to the next level, by:
-Identifying what is required for a good pitch
-Refining your pitch
-Trying out your pitch and getting feedback from a specialist audience
This workshop is aimed at producers, writers and directors who have a project they are preparing to present to a distributor, sales agent or network or take to an international market or SPAAmart.
COURSE DIRECTORS
Duncan Thompson is Artistic Director of the FTO’s Aurora Script Workshop and Market Director of the AFC SPAAmart Feature Finance Market. He was formerly a Project Manager, Development and Marketing, at the Australian Film Commission and advisor to eQuinoxe script and producing workshops.
Jane Ballantyne has produced, co-produced and line produced over fifteen feature films and television dramas. They include MOVING OUT, MAN OF FLOWERS, CAPTAIN JOHNNO, THREE FOREVER, SALLY MARSHALL IS NOT AN ALIEN and SELKIE. She has attended many overseas markets and worked closely with distributors to develop campaigns including poster images, log lines and press kits
PANELLISTS
Alan Finney (OAM), Vice President and Managing Director of Buena Vista International (Australia and New Zealand). Alan has been involved with the Australian Film and Television industry since the 1960s. Alan was Managing Director of Roadshow Film Distributors in 1991 and joined BVI in 1998.
Daniel Scharf
In a career spanning over 17 years, Daniel has produced numerous shorts, documentaries, award winning feature films and television series; most notably ROMPER STOMPER with Russell Crowe, METAL SKIN with Aden Young and Ben Mendelson and for TV; CYBERGIRL, PIRATE ISLANDS and WICKED SCIENCE AND SCOOTER with Jonathan M Schiff.
DATES and TIMES 9:30 to 5pm. Saturday July 2 2005
9:00 to 4pm. Sunday July 3 2005
NUMBER OF PLACES 18
COURSE FEE $175
CLOSING DATE Friday June 24
VENUE AFTRS
Innovation Building
Level 1, 1010 Latrobe Street
Docklands VIC 3008
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