Lesson 8

[Gila Zalon]

Gila’s Pitch Fest Pitch.
I’ve learned that being short and concise is what I have to learn. I will definitely carry this over to my other scripts. Even though the chances of my attending a pitch-fest are not very likely, this will help me in approaching producers either by phone or even email.
I’ve had one full-length and two short films produced and won awards for all. I also produced a full-length award-winning movie. One of my scripts is under consideration by Euldora Productions.

2. Tell us your genre and title.
Title: The Rife Machine
Genre: Political Crime Thriller

3. What is your one or two sentence hook?
Police Chief Anthony DiMucci is up against a murderous Drug Lobby which is going after a means of curing cancer that could wipe out their business. Trouble is DiMucci has the machine and wants it to cure his wife’s cancer… which leads to the deaths of innocent people. Problem: Is it worth it?

4. Please give your one or two sentence answer to each of these questions:
What is the budget range?
$4M to $7M

What actors do you like for the lead roles?
George Clooney or Brian Cranston. Right age. Interested in movies with socio/political overtones.

Give me the acts of the story.
Act I: The murder of an Alternative Doctor in a small town starts Police Chief Anthony DiMucci on a quest to find the murderer. What he discovers is a cancer-curing machine that is being sought by a murderous Drug Lobby.
Act II: DiMucci decides to use the machine to cure his wife’s cancer. The Drug Lobby finds out and in trying to retrieve the machine from DiMucci, innocent people are murdered. Defying the Lobby, DiMucci fosters an interest in and developement of the machine, but discovers that some politicians may also be involved with the Lobby. Including law enforcement mucky-mucks.
Act III: His work comes to the attention of his higher-ups and he is fired and is unable to continue any furtherance of his connection to the machine. But though the Lobby has won this round, DiMucci discovers that others are secretly continuing the work, and he vows to do what he can to help.

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