The Perfect Pitch: How to Sell Yourself and Your Movie Idea to Hollywood (Paperback)

by Ken Rotcop (Author)

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Product Description
Selling a movie is seen to be almost even more complicated and stressful than actually putting a film together. Explore the talents of Ken Roctop, a highly respected pitchman in the industry and learn how to communicate through a memorable and passionate pitch that will make you and your story a winner.

Perfect Pitch is a tip top source of all the techniques and tricks of the trade required to sell a movie in Hollywood. With Ken Roctop extensive experience there is the opportunity to identify the important differences in pitching features, TV programmes, series and short films.

Read this book before your next pitch meeting, and see what a difference it makes!

KEY FEATURES:
* Learn the techniques, enter the limelight in style
* By the leading, most highly respected pitchman in the industry
* Features all the techniques to sell any kind of movie

About the Author
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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 250 pages
• Publisher: Michael Wiese Productions (July 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0941188310
• ISBN-13: 978-0941188319
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #834,841 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Marginal at Best, April 25, 2004

By A Customer

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.

19 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Perfectly Uninformative, July 4, 2004

By	J.A.R. "mobuli" (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews

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.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars So painfully bad..., December 6, 2004

By	Larry Greenberg (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

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.