Hey everyone! I’ve been exploring ways to get more visibility for one of my feature scripts, and I’m seriously considering booking a Stage 32 Pitch Session. But before I do, I’d love to hear from people who’ve already gone through it.
If you’ve done a written or verbal pitch through Stage 32, how was your experience? Any tips on what worked well, or what you wish you had known in advance?
Also, has anyone here submitted to the Shore Scripts Feature Contest? I’m especially curious about how that experience was for screenwriters living outside the US or UK, and whether you felt the platform was open to international voices.
Looking forward to hearing your stories!
Cheers,
Fábio
Hey, Fábio Balbino. I’ve done a few written pitches on Stage 32, and they helped me get better at pitching. Stage 32 has written pitch examples. You can email writerhelp@stage32.com to get them.
And here’s a free pitch webinar I suggest checking out: www.stage32.com/education/products/pitching-tips-from-the-pros-your-blue...
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Hi Fabio, I have done a few pitching sessions. they have been all written, I am not comfortable enough speaking yet. However, the feedback has helped me to improve the pitch and I have had two script requests. One was passed on, the other I am still waiting to here.
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I've done quite a few but none specifically with Shore Scripts.
Make sure you read every part of their listing before you sign up. Sometimes, in the details, you can find exactly what they are looking for and figure if your script fits. Sometimes they just don't do the type of script you've got.
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Hi Fábio Balbino . I periodically take pitching meetings on here and my two main pieces of advice would be: 1) Practice your pitch aloud as often as you need to before the session - it will help with the flow, timing and the fluency of re-telling your story. 2) Tell your story from the perspective of character - If you do this you will not only deliver the key plot information, but you will also be telling the executive about why the audience will care through connecting with the characters.
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Hola Fábio Balbino. Before you've bothered to book a pitch session, have you gotten your script vetted? Is it as tight as possible? As they say, when you come for the king, you better not miss.
That being said, if we can assume that your script is perfect, don't expect anything to come from a pitching session more than getting experience. If the price of pitching is something you can easily afford, then go for it - Assuming you've also prepared and practiced your pitch.
If the money is something you'll have to save up, or you think this pitch session is a lottery ticket, then I'd say you'd be better off putting that same money into caffeine and building a library of books on the craft.
No one is coming to pluck you from obscurity.
If you want to be a screenwriter these days, you also need to be a director/producer, IMHO