In virtual roundtables limited to only 10 people, each writer will have 5 minutes to practice their pitch with an exec that specializes in the genre(s) you write in . The pitch should be 2-3 minutes, leaving time for the exec to provide verbal feedback.
The host of each Roundtable will select one writer to advance to the Pitch Finale.
Be sure to start your pitch with a hook. The people hearing your pitch need to be given a reason to stick their neck out for your idea. To get them to be exciting enough to do this, you need them locked in to your pitch. In the same way that writers need to hook a reader on page one, you need to hook your audience on minute one of your pitch.
Also - always leave them wanting more. Don't go beat by beat through your story. Give them just enough to be engaged from beginning to end of the plot summary but only include the details that you feel make this project special or will be those big trailer moments.
And always have comps for your movie that are movies made in the last 5 years. Ex. If you have a coming of age romance, comp it to ANORA not PRETTY WOMAN.
Horror, action, and thriller genres in the feature space. Must be something that has potential for a theatrical release. Great characters that lean on the older side (30 and up).
Hard sci-fi, comedies, dramas, movies about people in their 20s or younger (for casting purposes).
Connor Purcell is the current Director of Development for C2 Motion Picture Group, a production and financing company. He is a Co-EP on THE MONKEY by Oz Perkins. C2 is also known for films like LONGLEGS, AZRAEL, and GOODRICH. Previously he worked at Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Sugar23, and Paradigm Talent Agency. Connor attended Southern Methodist University for undergrad.
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