Preparing a Film Pitch TEMPLATE

  • TITLE THIS BLOG POST: ‘Someone or Thing Fighting Someone of Thing for Someone or Thing Pitch’
  • FILL IN ALL SECTIONS BELOW 
  • DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s Italic INSTRUCTIONS AFTER COMPLETING THEM

LOGLINE

PROTAGONIST

  • Protagonist explained
  • Tell us a little about this person
  • More description is better, really ‘paint a picture’ of them

PROTANGIONST CORE WOUND / MOTIVATION 

  • Identify the core motivation / wound / want for the Protagonist

GENRE

  • Identify Genre(s) and / or Style(s)
  • List other films in this genre that inspire or are influencing your film element choices

PLOT DESCRIPTION

  • Write a paragraph describing the beginning, middle, and end of the story arc 
    • Does the Protagonist achieve their goal?

TREATMENT

  • Complete a paragraph describing the protagonist’s world
  • This description helps the team build a better, more believable world
  • You may include wardrobe, family, friends, food choices, habits, hang-ups, etc.

INFLUENCES and EXAMPLES

  • List directors or other filmmakers FROM YOUR CHOSEN GENRE you are using for research and inspiration
  • List scenes FROM YOUR CHOSEN GENRE you are using for research and inspiration
  • Embed video clips of scenes that may influence or inspire stylistic choices in your film

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Scott Le Duc

My name is Scott Le Duc. I have been a learner all of my life. I am an autodidact. So, I am in the right profession. I am a National Board Certified educator currently work at Capital High School teaching International Baccalaureate (IB) and Career and Technical Education (CTE) classes focusing on arts and technology instruction, specifically music, film and game design. I have worked as an adjunct faculty at Lesley University, City University of Seattle, St. Martin’s University, and Wuhan University of Technology in Hubei Province, China.

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