LIMITED TO: 30 REGISTRANTS; SEPARATE ADMISSION REQUIRED. This is separate event is not covered by a Gold Pass. The Pitch Boot Camp is a special event held before the Screenwriting Expo, run by the Scriptwriters Network, http://www.scriptwritersnetwork.org. The Pitch Boot Camp is designed to drill perspective screenwriters into delivering professional, concise and interesting pitches comfortably and sincerely to anyone at any time in any place under any conditions. The goal is to prepare screenwriters for participation at any pitching or networking event. The Pitch Boot Camp structure will mirror that of the Golden Pitch event itself, and thus potentially increase the effectiveness of the screenwriter's pitch. Tables will be set up just like the Golden Pitch, attended by ‘company reps’ (mock production companies, agents, managers and studio development executives). Each participant will pitch at each table for five minutes and switch roles to act as a ‘company reps’ to hear five-minute pitches from the other participating writers. Company reps will mark a simple checkbox score card on the major pitching points to help the pitcher to gauge how thoroughly they are communicating their project. Participants must have their material copyright protected and a prepared pitch. Some Pitching Resources: Selling Your Story in 60 Seconds; The Script Selling Game; Ten Minutes To The Pitch. LIMITED TO: 30 REGISTRANTS; SEPARATE ADMISSION REQUIRED. You must click the 'Buy' link to sign up. (The price will be zero; this is the only way to reserve a seat.)

LIMITED TO: 30 REGISTRANTS; SEPARATE ADMISSION REQUIRED. This is separate event is not covered by a Gold Pass. The Pitch Boot Camp is a special event held before the Screenwriting Expo, run by the Scriptwriters Network, http://www.scriptwritersnetwork.org. The Pitch Boot Camp is designed to drill perspective screenwriters into delivering professional, concise and interesting pitches comfortably and sincerely to anyone at any time in any place under any conditions. The goal is to prepare screenwriters for participation at any pitching or networking event. The Pitch Boot Camp structure will mirror that of the Golden Pitch event itself, and thus potentially increase the effectiveness of the screenwriter's pitch. Tables will be set up just like the Golden Pitch, attended by ‘company reps’ (mock production companies, agents, managers and studio development executives). Each participant will pitch at each table for five minutes and switch roles to act as a ‘company reps’ to hear five-minute pitches from the other participating writers. Company reps will mark a simple checkbox score card on the major pitching points to help the pitcher to gauge how thoroughly they are communicating their project. Participants must have their material copyright protected and a prepared pitch. Some Pitching Resources: Selling Your Story in 60 Seconds; The Script Selling Game; Ten Minutes To The Pitch. LIMITED TO: 30 REGISTRANTS; SEPARATE ADMISSION REQUIRED. You must click the 'Buy' link to sign up. (The price will be zero; this is the only way to reserve a seat.)

LIMITED TO: 30 REGISTRANTS; SEPARATE ADMISSION REQUIRED. This is separate event is not covered by a Gold Pass. The Pitch Boot Camp is a special event held before the Screenwriting Expo, run by the Scriptwriters Network, http://www.scriptwritersnetwork.org. The Pitch Boot Camp is designed to drill perspective screenwriters into delivering professional, concise and interesting pitches comfortably and sincerely to anyone at any time in any place under any conditions. The goal is to prepare screenwriters for participation at any pitching or networking event. The Pitch Boot Camp structure will mirror that of the Golden Pitch event itself, and thus potentially increase the effectiveness of the screenwriter's pitch. Tables will be set up just like the Golden Pitch, attended by ‘company reps’ (mock production companies, agents, managers and studio development executives). Each participant will pitch at each table for five minutes and switch roles to act as a ‘company reps’ to hear five-minute pitches from the other participating writers. Company reps will mark a simple checkbox score card on the major pitching points to help the pitcher to gauge how thoroughly they are communicating their project. Participants must have their material copyright protected and a prepared pitch. Some Pitching Resources: Selling Your Story in 60 Seconds; The Script Selling Game; Ten Minutes To The Pitch. LIMITED TO: 30 REGISTRANTS; SEPARATE ADMISSION REQUIRED. You must click the 'Buy' link to sign up. (The price will be zero; this is the only way to reserve a seat.)

THE IDEA -- STEP ONE in building a great screenplay. There is no more important skill to up and coming writers than the ability to catch the attention of executives and readers with a short intro to their work. Lew Hunter co-Dean of UCLA's graduate screen writing program calls seminar leader James Dalessandro one of the best pitch men he has ever seen. His pitch for his novel and screenplay 1906 resulted in an extensive Hollywood bidding war.

Hear your story pitched back to you by a professional screenwriter/pitchman! Here’s how it works: 1) Come to the lecture and pitch your story to Chris Soth, WGA member and star of the DVD SOLD! “How I set up 3 pitches in Hollywood!” 2) Chris pitches your story back to you, putting in the professional polish that you’re looking for! 3) With your pitch perfected, you take Hollywood by storm on Saturday and Sunday!

Learn how to master the most challenging skill of a screenwriter's career: how to pitch a story that sells. Concise storytelling helps not only a completed script but is the key building block in weaving a compelling plot. Your livelihood in the film industry depends on the presentation of your ideas in a short but entertaining way. Walking through plot points will not stimulate your buyer to believe you can capture the tone of an amusing thrilling or dramatic story. Learn how to be a storyteller.

This class will cover: The elements you should include in your pitch and the order you present them. What not to do and say when you're pitching. Which are the easiest and hardest genres to pitch. How many projects should you be prepared to pitch and how you should practice your pitching.

The only way to guarantee a script request is to interest and excite the listener with your pitch. Presenting techniques from the most successful pitchers in the biz author Karl Iglesias will show students how to ignite the executive's interest. Topics will include an insider's view of the do's and don'ts of pitching to producers the essential elements of a great pitch how to distill your story into a pitchable and enticing logline and most important how to develop your verbal confidence by practicing your pitch until it shines.

Screenwriters Bill Marsilii and Terry Rossio sold their feature pitch LIGHTSPEED to Disney this May for $3.5 million. Now watch Bill take shameless advantage of that sale to get you to come to his workshop, in which he'll demonstrate successful pitch skills and techniques, using material submitted by attendees at the start of class. Get there early — he may choose yours! But if he doesn't, don't kill him, it's not like he thinks he's God.

Whether at Expo Pitch Meetings or on the telephone screenwriters and filmmakers repeatedly face the challenge of having only a minute or two to convince the people in power to read their screenplays. This hands-on workshop will explore the key story components that will guarantee success and will give selected participants direct feedback on their story concepts and pitches.

Working screenwriter Neo Edmund will discuss ways writers can pitch themselves at a pitch meeting, as well as better ways to network and build lasting professional relationships in the industry. Neo came to the first two Screenwriting Expos with no credits and no contacts, and has since gained representation with ICM and has had several professional writing gigs. Join Neo and learn how he used the Expo to jump start his career and create a path to real success.

So you wrote a screenplay… what's next? Learn how to get an agent manager producer and a deal. Understand how to write scripts competitively for the studios target trends and choose commercial subjects. Learn how to collaborate and develop your material with development execs producers and financiers how to have a meeting with a studio executive that can hire you how to find and what to look for in your relationships with directors and actors. Most importantly how to create longevity in a career that begins with the first sale.

How to get 'in the room' and stay there. The basics and intricacies of of all types of pitches (in person phone written) will be covered in an interactive forum. You will learn how to find develop package and protect your ideas with an emphasis on how to stay involved with those ideas after you've pitched them. Kosberg's greatest gift to attendees is that they are encouraged to share and develop their ideas with him personally and to continue contact with him. He will continue to welcome your ideas and consider them for submission to studios and major stars. This is a must-attend for writers producers or anyone with a great idea for the next high-concept Hollywood blockbuster.', Bob'

Every successful story needs to be a coherent emotional journey from beginning to end, whether it really happened or not. He will discuss what he has learned about identifying a good true story, mining and assembling its dramatic elements, and how and when to fictionalize.