Stage 32 Pitching Lab: Create Your Television Series Pitch Bible (June 2024)

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Exclusive TV Lab including One-on-One Mentoring with a Veteran TV Executive

Develop a Polished TV Pitch Document for Your Own Project in 6 Weeks

This is the golden age of television and the appetite for content has never been greater. What does every network and streamer want? Fresh, unique, authentic voices with never-been-told stories. While the door is open to new writers, the competition is fierce. Of course you need a very strong finished script, but before that will be read, you need to be able to communicate what makes your show stand out from the crowd, what will make people want to watch it for years and years, and why you are passionate about writing it. You need a blueprint of what the series will be beyond one episode.

That's where a pitch document (AKA bible, AKA treatment) comes in. Whether you are selling your show verbally, sending the pitch to a potential producer, or applying for a fellowship, this document carries the weight of your imagined world with all its inhabitants and stories. That's a tall order! So where do you begin? How do you organize your ideas? What should be in a pitch? How detailed should you get? Should you start with a summary of the pilot? Should you have ideas for future episodes? What should you say about your characters? In this lab we will delve deep into writing an effective pitch for your scripted television idea - one that will clearly communicate your intentions, excite the reader, and convey your voice and your passion.

Anna Henry is a producer and development executive who has worked at CBS, ABC, Nickelodeon, and multiple production companies, as well as a manager at Andrea Simon Entertainment. Her clients have worked on shows such as THE DEUCE, POWER, IN CONTEMPT, TOMMY, VIDA, SEVEN SECONDS, HUNG, CHICAGO FIRE, FEAR THE WALKING DEAD, THIS IS US, and THE FLASH, and have set up projects at AMC, Amazon, Starz, HBO, Sony, Fox, EOne, ITV America, OddLot Entertainment, Corus, and others. Anna has projects currently in development around the world and is incredibly familiar with what makes a TV show sell.

In this lab, you will be working directly with Anna in a virtual class setting and also during one-on-one online sessions to put together a great TV pitch document to help you communicate your show and get execs and buyers interested. Whether you have a comedy or drama series, 30 minute or 60 minute, animated or live action, Anna is here to help. Anna will walk you through communicating your show's world, creating your characters, and how best to convey your story within the bounds of a TV pitch document. She'll also help you put together your show's logline, comps, leave-behinds, and other tools to help you nail your pitch.

Throughout the course of this exclusive online lab, you will have direct access to Anna as a mentor by email and via video conferencing as you develop your pitch document!

PLUS! You will receive these downloads:

• Sample pitch decks
• Sample loglines
• Sample episode summaries

Testimonials from Anna's previous Stage 32 Courses:

"I thought it was a great course and really helped me understand the format. Anna is knowledgeable and quickly cuts through to what can help your story better. Her notes on my script were insightful and really demonstrated her thorough experience."

-Lee L.

"Anna’s class was by far the most thorough, well put together, and organized screenwriting class I’ve ever taken. I have an MFA in filmmaking and, after graduating, I still felt as if I didn’t fully understand the structure of pilot writing. Anna’s class laid it out step by step and she went through every piece in detail. She was also extremely available to her students. During our one-on-one sessions, I expected to have a quick 15 minute call with her but she ended up speaking extensively with me about my story from outline through script stages. She really, truly cares for her students and is there to answer any questions, which, given her abundant experience in the industry, is a priceless piece of her labs. Thank you, Anna!"

-Jacqueline D.

"Anna was concise, and detailed. I've been working on log-lines/treatments/synopsis for 2 years for my scripts and never had it nailed like Anna was able to do. She rocks!"

-Cheryl Lynn S.