The Hollywood Fantasy Draft II: Pitch Your Movie!
The Hollywood Fantasy Draft II
First thing first, I would like to thank all of you for participating in this Hollywood Fantasy Draft. It was again a wildly successful and fun event with great participation and excitement. The draft moved at a fast pace compared to the previous installment and I’m constantly amazed at the creativity and originality of the selections. I was also agreeably surprised (if not disturbed ah!) that most of you seem to know exactly where you are going with your cast and story.
One lesson I learned is that next time, I will definitely need at least one assistant commissioner as well as maybe a comment moderator. While it can obviously be time consuming on the user’s end, it’s truly exhausting for one person to have to constantly update the draft tracker and round picks as they are made.
Also, given the success of the event and the fact that several people have already contacted me to sign up because they were unable to participate this time, I fully expect to organize another Hollywood Fantasy Draft within the next two or three months.
Pitch Your Movie!
On to better things, all 29 participants are hereby invited to participate in the Pitch Your Movie! stage of the Hollywood Fantasy Draft. You have the choice to pitch either an original story of your own creation or simply remake an existing film that you deem in need of a modernization or recasting.
The requirements for your movie pitch will be:
- A title and a logline: The 1 or 2 sentences that captures the concept of your film
- A quick 2 or 3-sentence description that gives some background about the movie you are pitching: The genre, the premise and the scope of your film.
- What makes your story unique and why should it be made into a movie?
- A presentation of the cast and characters they play
- A summary: the theme, the plot, the main characters, their goals, the conflict, what’s at risk and why should we care, any pivotal events or emotional turning points, and the conclusion.
- Answer questions as they come
You can be as creative as you would like (use pictures, movie stills, photoshop, create videos or movie posters etc…). I really hope everyone has a great time coming up with their movie pitch as well as reading some creative and fun content from fellow bloggers.
Important Considerations
There are a few important things that you should consider before you submit your movie pitch
- Length: Last time, we had several pitches that were way, way too long. A movie pitch is only a trailer for your movie, not the actual outline of the entire script. You only have a few minutes to excite and dazzle the jury so it’s very important that you don’t overly detail your pitch.
- Cast: You do not have to use all the people you drafted
- Movie pitches are usually made orally and in person. Try to convey that in your writing
- Remember that you are trying to convince us that your movie is worth being made! Make your pitch as fun and exciting as it can possibly be.
- You can pitch more than one movie!
- If you didn’t participate in the draft but would like to pitch a movie, please leave a comment below
The Movie Pitch Tournament
Nick proposed a movie pitch tournament once everyone has presented their story and this is actually a splendid idea. I will come up with a way to rate the movie pitches using star ratings. More on this as well as the Movie Pitch Awards when the time comes.
Sign-Up
- Monday, January 10: Nicholas R.
- Tuesday, January 11: Andrew R.
- Wednesday, January 12: movie guy steve
- Thursday, January 13: Robert
- Friday, January 14: Anna
- Saturday, January 15: Andrew K.
- Sunday, January 16: Nick
- Monday, January 17: Joel
- Tuesday, January 18: Ripley
- Wednesday, January 19: Ruth
- Thursday, January 20: Clara
- Friday, January 21: Candice
- Saturday, January 22: Rich
- Sunday, January 23: Julian
- Monday, January 24: Castor
- Tuesday, January 25: Sebastian
- Wednesday, January 26: Marya
- Thursday, January 27: Novroz
- Friday, January 28: ScarlettSp1der
- Saturday, January 29: Richard
- Sunday, January 30: Rob
- Monday, January 31: Marc
- Tuesday, February 1: Andy
- Wednesday, February 2: CS
- Thursday, February 3: John P.
- Friday, February 4: Red
Movie Pitching Resources
- Previous Pitch Your Movie! Stories
- Destiny (PDF File)
- Book to film Pitch Sheet (PDF File)
- How To Pitch (Artful Writer)
46 Comments
I’ll take the 14th.
I’ll go with January 17th.
I’ll take the 15th.
BTW, the tournament thingie is a great thing to conclude the draft! Just make sure you don’t do the drafts to often it might saturate them.
I’ll pitch the 12th.
I’ll do the 11th???
Can I still make my 10th rnd pick now?
Sure, do it.
When is the earliest we can sign up? Oh, and this may sound n00bish, but how do we submit our pitches? Haha
Looks like the 13th is the earliest date you can get
As for submitting your pitches, it is done via email.
Great, I’ll take it!
Haha. Can’t wait to see all the pitches!
So…only 8 of us are going to pitch?
No, a lot more I’m sure
Some are undoubtedly waiting for the later dates but I’m not opening the schedule too much since I don’t want any gap between pitches.
How about two pitches a day, one every 12 hours?
ahah I know you love to read but that’s probably too much for most people!
Well if everyone keeps their pitches short….
I’m just wondering, because one month of pitching seems like a long time.
Sorry, 9 (I is a English teacher, not a math teacher).
I’ll take the 16th. Oh, and if you’re looking for a helper next time around… you know I’ll be willing
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You would actually be a perfect supplement to keep the draft going!
I’ll take Friday, January 21.
I’ll take Wednesday, January 19. Thanks Castor!
The 18th.
I will take Jan. 20th.
I guess I’ll take the 20th.
Whoops – better make that the 22nd.
I guess i will take the 23rd(Sorry i didn’t comment earlier today, i didn’t see this in recent articles)
I’ll go on the 25th.
oh woops. I guess I’ll take January 26th.
I’ll take what’s left…January 27 then
You can put me where ever works the best, I will make it work.
i’m a little late in posting, so i guess i’ll take the 28th. The same day Jason Statham’s The Mechanic releases in theaters. Although, my movie will be much better to watch!
Great confident you have there Scarlet
I’ll take the 29th, then.
I guess I’ll take the 31st!!
Looks like I’m a bit late, not to bothered about when I go so the 1st Feb will be okay with me unless anyone else wants it.
I will take Feb 2nd. Cheers.
Thanks guys and looking forward to this explosion of creativity ah! Nice participation rate
I’ll take the 3rd, though if anybody wants to go before me, they are more than welcome. Might still be in Kuwait at the time.
i’ll go……whenever?
Castor i forgot to ask you this…if i want to become a director/writer myself, do i have to choose a director for my movie if i want to eventually direct myself?
No. Simply name yourself as the director
Do we use the “contact us” thing to email you, or is your email somewhere i haven’t looked yet?
Send it to castor@anomalousmaterial.com
Castor, should I send you my pitch in word document/html or just send you the url of my post?
Just like last year, I will post my pitch in my blog.
I sent my pitch in word format so I guess that option works.
Either way Nov
Then, I will give you my url so that ypu can easily copy-paste it
@Joel the problem with word is it’ll look plain…beside, I am going to find different pictures than what Castor have chosen for me, not that I’m not grateful with your pictures Castor, I need pictures that relate to their characters.
I still need to find a title
it is stil untitled
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