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Rotcop has served as creative head of Embassy Pictures, Hanna-Barbera, Transworld Pictures, and Canon Films. He produces Pitchmart, Hollywood's biggest screenplay pitch event.
Shea is a Producer and Director, and the Chairman of the Producers Outreach Program for The Scriptwriters Network.
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29 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Marginal at Best,
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This review is from: The Perfect Pitch: How to Sell Yourself and Your Movie Idea to Hollywood (Paperback)
This book doesn't deliver what you're looking for. First of all, Mr. Rotcop says he was head of four studios. When I hear "studio" I'm thinking UNIVERSAL, PARAMOUNT, MGM...not small production companies that own studio eqpt and lot space...that turn out B pictures straight to video or third rate cable TV.Secondly, the book doesn't seem to be much more than an advertisement for his workshop. I hope that his workshop is good--however, the book leaves quite a bit to be desired. It is odd to me that he has trouble giving "evidence" of success stories based on his own Pitchmart other than a few stories of B/straight to video pieces. In a word I was UNDERWHELMED.
24 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Perfectly Uninformative,
By J.A.R. "mobuli" (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Perfect Pitch: How to Sell Yourself and Your Movie Idea to Hollywood (Paperback)
I'm not particularly religious. But this book inspired me to research all Gods, long buried or still alive, so I might beseech them to give me the two hours back that I decimated reading this book.It might give you the inkling of the environment of the pitch, but otherwise the book doesn't help you develop, write, work on a physical or verbal pitch on any level worth taking to a meeting. I've seen professional writers (eg. working writers) talk about pitching, and what's offered here is, at best, passing opinions. That, linked with the constant dropping of the Rotcop?s accomplishments like ?pitchmart?, buries this book?s credibility, and seals it with an iron lid. Spend your money on one of the other books on pitching. Though I haven't read them, they have to be better. Or buy a book about storytelling. Or spend the money buying your friends coffee and pitch them to get practice. Or dig a hole and throw your money in that.
18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
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So painfully bad...,
By Larry Greenberg (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Perfect Pitch: How to Sell Yourself and Your Movie Idea to Hollywood (Paperback)
I only managed to finish this book by convincing myself that it must have at least one nugget of wisdom to impart. One technique that is actually practical. One tip that is not flat out ridiculous.
Unfortunately I was wrong. What Mr. Rotcop offers up here is a blend of the absurdly obvious ("Don't bring a 96-ounced drink to the executive's desk. It will leave a wet ring." Page 44. & "Never be late for an appointment" Page 45.) with the just plain absurd (Use action figures to act out your pitch. Or dress up as a superhero to give your pitch. Page 27.) This book is absolutely useless.
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The Perfect Pitch, Ken Rotcop, Crappie Talk, Medgar Evers, New York, New World, Favorite Student, George Clooney, True Rights, Any New Ones, Library of Congress, Sam Brown, Helluva Salesman, Mel Gibson, Movie of the Week, Writers Guild, Know They Won't Steal My Story, Irv Weinhous, Writers Workshop, Company Actually Takes My Screenplay, Warner Bros, Baby On Board, San Fernando Valley, Boston Globe, Captain America Browse Sample Pages:
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