Film Class: How To Make A Pitch Document To Finance Your Film Project
Pitch Class Trailer | 13 video lessons | 40 min
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In this class, you'll learn how to create a compelling and professional document to present your film project to investors. I will share the tools for making a Film Proposal that have helped me finance numerous ficiton films and documentaries. (See free download gifts: Pitch Template Below!)
SIX KEY STEPS to crafting an effective Film Proposal (see free downloadable PDF documents examples below).
- Logline: A one-sentence summary of your film's plot.
- Synopsis: A brief overview of your film's story, characters, and themes.
- Treatment: A detailed description of your film, including character development, plot points, and key scenes.
- Author Statement: A statement about your vision for the film and your unique perspective as the filmmaker.
- Visual Statement: A description of the look and feel of your film, including lighting, cinematography, and production design.
- Audience & Marketing: A description of your film's target audience and marketing strategy.
★★★★ “Olaf demystifies the process of presenting your film to investors in an inviting way that makes you say, I can do that! Olaf lays out the fundamental steps to getting support for your film with clear examples and materials, an explanation of why each step is important, and actual techniques to use. The practice exercises were useful. I came away understanding the tools needed to go from an idea in my head to a pitch that could inspire funders to support my project. It's a practical step-by-step approach that I can actually use." - Bob Wolf (review from Skillshare)
★★★★ REVIEWS FOR THIS CLASS
- "Thank you Olaf for creating such an engaging class on film proposals. I'm grateful for this information because I rarely hear about how essential they are when needing to attract investors. I feel more confident, knowledgable and prepared. I highly recommend this course!" - Daphne Gabriel
- Excellent class, clear and calm and with great examples and structure. Olaf should be a late-night DJ, he's got a great voice ! I recommend this class highly to filmmakers of any level. - Ronald Wright
- It takes a lot to say a little. Maybe that’s why my favorite experience in this class was watching a filmmaker whittle three paragraphs of a long synopsis down to a compelling, four-sentence, short synopsis. A satisfyingly helpful demonstration in a class that’s a breezy, 40-minute cruise through an award-winning filmmaker’s process of developing a film proposal for financing. That’s valuable enough, but I think your expectations will be exceeded with the added value of the detailed downloadable resources and in the confidence you gain when you follow the simple prompts in each video. - Ralston Vaz
- I think that the information presented in this class is much more than meets the eye. Being full of concret examples and step-by-step guided tasks, request some work to be done. In the same time, helped me to discovery some important parts for my own film projects. Experiential education (or Learning by doing) is well known to increase knowledge, develop skills, clarify values, and develop students capacity while having fun and Olaf's class is exactly this way build. Thank you for the outstanding experience. - Karol Wild
- "Olaf has done it again! He has managed to give us learners as many golden nuggets in a compact package. I really enjoyed watching the class and learning more about how to put a film proposal together. This class is a great compliment to all the other classes, materials, and free film seminars he offers. Thank you so much for demystifying the process and giving us concrete tools to work with so that we can actually start getting out there and getting our projects made." - Christie Q
- "Olaf is a generous teacher who manages to make projects feel human scale, not impossible. He has made an enjoyable (yes really) class about getting ready to submit a film proposal for financing. It is a class which made me think harder and more clearly about my own projects. In conjunction with Olaf's other classes you can learn a huge amount about film. Thanks Olaf" - Ruby
Pitch Class | Overview Of What You Will Learn
In each lesson, you will be given a short task that will help you practice and apply the concepts you have learned. By completing these tasks and working through the example project, you will gain hands-on experience in creating a Film Proposal and be well-prepared to pitch your own film ideas to investors.
These six key steps mentioned above are the fundamentals. After completing this class, you can also add more elements (character report, world view, backstory, etc.) to your Film Proposal depending on your personal style.
About My Experience Regarding Making A Pitch Document
FREE DOWNLOAD GIFTS | PITCH BROCHURE TEMPLATES
- "Olaf's experience and compassion is a unique resource for all who are open and ready" Giancarlo Esposito, actor, Breaking Bad
- "Olaf's coaching helped me realize I was ready to write my first film. What for many years seemed daunting, became possible because of his expertise and warrior spirit." Suilma Rodriguez, actress
- "Olaf's ability to see beyond the surface is like conjuring. I am forever grateful for his pragmatic, and expansive guidance." Jesse Megan Eidsness, CEO of Wild Love Apothecary
- "I mentored Olaf and I'm happy he's spreading his wisdom" Dr. Jeff Spencer, The Cornerman Coach