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Submitting to Streaming, Film, Cable, and Broadcast Companies
Your Development Presentation (DP) is the first document Development Executives will review.
* What is a Development Presentation (DP) A DP is a concise overview of how your project meets the creative, entertainment, and marketing needs of the investor or executive you’re submitting it to.
* What information is required to be included in a DP? Click here to view basic information
* Sample of what a Development Presentation looks like: Sample-Video Dev. Presentation & SAR | BSI Films
* Difference between a Development Presentation and a Pitch Deck? A Development Presentation focuses on how a script meets their specific creative, entertainment and marketing needs.
* A Pitch Deck tends to focus on the entertainment value of a script.
Note: A DP may be called a different name by different executives, but the information that needs to be included in whatever you call it, is consistent throughout the industry when submitting your script. Click here to view a sample of a Development Presentation
Why the first 10 pages of your script are critical to capturing the attention of the audience and reveal how the creative value of your script meets the needs of the company you're submitting to.
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A film or series must excite and grab the attention of the DE within the first or 2nd page of your script. In most cases, if that does not happen, they will lose interest.
*When writing or having your script polished, think of how Law & Order starts each episode.
*The film industry spends millions studying what makes the viewing audience pay to watch a movie, and how to capture their attention. Currently, movies are competing with a lot of options vying for their attention.
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This is why the first 5-10 pages of your script is critical, and if it does not catch the attention of the DE, they will not pay millions to produce it!
*When writing or having your script polished,
these are additional factors to take into consideration.
What is a quadrant?
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What Quadrant Level is the script? Quadrant is defined as what demographic does it appeal to? - A movie that appeals to all four major demographics both male and female, and both over and under the age of 25 is a level 4, the most desirable level for any content.
What is HC?
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High Concept: What is the hook that makes the audience want to keep watching? (a.) example: think Law & Order or any genre that has some type of action happen in t
he first page.
What is CQ?
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What is the CQ (Central Question of the story.) The script begins with an action, that creates the central question "who, what, or why." (a.) example: scene opens with an Amour Car being robbed, but only a box was taken (why.)
Development Presentation Includes the following
Click here to view a Sample of Executive Development Presentation
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Script Polish is included.
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Budget: Top sheet budget - created by line producer familiar with cost that are specific to production and budget needs of who it will be submitted to.
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Executive One Sheet - Includes a summary that highlights information regarding the entertainment and business components of your project.
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Pitching/Submitting Your Script - For Independents wanting to submit their scripts to investors, streaming, studios, cable and broadcast companies, our executive team has the ability to present projects that meet standards and guidelines set by each individual investment group or company accepting scripts for review. To ensure projects meet those standards, we only submit scripts developed by our team.
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Support information that highlights the entertainment and business value of your project, i.e., talent, director attached, books with a following, YouTube channel with clips or shorts of your project, social media following, etc.