BWTV: Lesson 6: Great Pitch 1: High Concepts and Elevator Pitches

[Lloyd Shellenberger]

Lloyd Shellenberger – High Concepts / Elevator Pitches

VISION!!!
Working hard everyday to become the best writer I can be and as a result I do become the best writer in Hollywood.

“What I learned from doing this assignment is…
I hope I don’t mix up high concept with elevator pitches?

ASSIGNMENT

Tell us your High Concept and Elevator Pitch.
To find your main hook, give us what is most unique about your lead character’s journey from a big picture perspective.

Colonel Benjamin Greene and his unit are recruited into the espionage game where the only rules are kill or be killed.

2. How can you tell it in the most interesting way possible?

The main conflict revolves around keeping national secrets and dealing with internal and external threats, which is engaging and has high stakes.
The pilot also does a good job of introducing the high-stakes world of espionage and the characters’ roles within it. The inciting incident is the brutal recruitment of Colonel Greene and his team, which sets the tone for the series.

3. Using the 10 Components of Marketability, what is your Elevator Pitch?

I’ve written a TV script called… Benjamin Greene. It’s about… Colonel Benjamin Greene, a former CIA assassin, turned Special operations Commander, and his crew, who are brutally recruited into a Top-Secret Pentagon agency whose whole mission is to ensure the nation’s secrets stay secret.

The best aspect of my script is the high-stakes world I’ve created and the complex nature of the Puzzle Works agency.

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