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Lesson 9: Great Pitch 4: Phone Pitches Without Pain!
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Margaret’s Phone Pitch
Vision: To be the best faith-based screenwriter
What I learned: Elements of a great phone pitch
Lead with credibility: Hi, I’m and optioned screenwriter, worked with two producers who say I take notes well.
Lead with a great title: N/A
Lead with a strong business hook: Hi, I’m an optioned faith-based screenwriter and have a fantasy drama. May I tell you about it in 30 seconds?
Lead with a High Concept: Hi, I’m Margaret Silebi, and I have a script that is a unique blend of historical legend and fantasy, focusing on the transformative journey of St. Patrick.
Ask Permission: Hi! I’m Margaret Silebi and I’m wondering if I could run a quick 30 second pitch by you? The genre is a Fantasy/Drama called the Rock of Cashel. It is a unique blend of historical legend and fantasy, focusing on the transformative journey of St. Patrick.
Credibility: I am an optioned screenwriter and I came to your company because I loved the movie, “…”
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- What’s the budget range $15-30 million
- Who do you see in the main roles?
- How many pages is the script? 100
- Who else has seen this? No one
- Why do you think this fits our company? Faith-based
- How does the movie end? Patrick established as a priest
with a church and school on the Rock of Cashel.-
Module 10 Lesson 9
Left Behind, Letters from Baghdad: Lloyd’s Phone Pitch
Working hard every day to become the best writer I can be and as a result I do become the best writer in Hollywood.
“What I learned from this lesson is…how to keep things short, concise and to the point rather than talk myself out of a sale.
Hello,
“Hi, I’m Lloyd Shellenberger and I have the starting funds for a movie. Can I tell you about it in 30 seconds? I have a tentative commitment of 100 million if I can secure an A-list actor and director.
I am a retired AFN broadcast journalist and Special Operations soldier who covered the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and I have actual war time experience. I am also an accredited executive producer as well. My videos and footage have appeared in several documentaries, including Operation Homecoming, nominated for an Academy award. The story you are about to hear is inspired by true events.
After the murder of an Iraqi Interpreter, SFC Miles Clark and his unit must risk their lives and careers to save the widow and her children from certain death at the hands of a vengeful terrorist.
The budget is between 50 and 100 million. I see Bradley Cooper, Patrick Dempsy, Paul Rudd, and Orlando Bloom in the lead roles.
This is currently with the producers of Coming to America 2 and Joe Mehri, a prolific filmmaker in his own right.
Your company has produced great movies with a kind of quality and production value I admire.
The movie ends with SFC Clark taking the interpreter’s ashes atop the convention center and releasing them to scatter toward the Haydar-Khana Mosque at the request of the widow. This scene is a metaphor for Clark releasing his past and moving forward. The interpreter’s widow suggests they will both find peace by doing this.
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