BRIC Community Media's TV & Film Pitch Series Study Guide 

Great success comes as a result of great preparation. Your friends at BRIC’s Brooklyn Free Speech TV & Podcast Network (that's us!) has curated an extremely helpful list of resources to ensure that you walk into your next pitch prepared and ready for success. You're welcome!

Binge watch these videos to perfect your pitch!

• Larry Wilmore: https://youtu.be/76PvuKulwAA?t=13s
• Stephen J. Cannell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAKNTaMMUrc
• Matt Whitecross: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDp1VzEcTi0
• Richard Walter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R7Y0bmX_EM
• Gargoyles original pitch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8nWTHZVFz8
• Documentary funding pitch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFdrQat9rtI
• Jacob Krueger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PTlQ7vW5zQ&t=2s

Software to write a great script!

• Celtx: https://www.celtx.com/  
• Final Draft: https://www.finaldraft.com/
• Writer Duet: https://writerduet.com/  

Online resources. Read! Read! Read!

• Deadline: http://deadline.com/
• Variety: http://variety.com/
• The Blacklist: https://blcklst.com/
• The Writers Guild of America (East): https://www.wgaeast.org/
• Creators Vault: http://www.creatorsvault.com/
• TV Writers Vault: https://www.tvwritersvault.com/
• IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/search/title?title_type=tv_series
• Greenlight my Movie: http://www.greenlightmymovie.com/

These examples will help you with putting together your pitch!

• Example character sheets: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/LiveActionTV
• Example synopsis: http://www.storysense.com/synopsis.htm