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May 2011 Issue


Great American
Pitchfest Success
Stories




Writers Store



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June 3-5, 2011
The Marriott Burbank Hotel & Convention Center
2500 N. Hollywood Way
Burbank, CA 91505

Pitch to:
Willam Morris/Endeavor
(Agency representing Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Robert Pattinson, Olivia Wilde, Keira Knightley, Christian Bale, Ryan Reynolds, Matt Damon, Kenneth Branagh, Adam Sandler, John Krasinski, Quentin Tarantino, Zach Galifianakis, and many, many others.)

ICM
(Agency representing Ian Somerhalder, Megan Fox, Ian McShane, Jesse Eisenberg, Zoe Saldana, Al Pacino, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Christoph Waltz, Woody Allen, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Cera, Lindsay Lohan, Jodie Foster, and many, many others.)

Original Films
(Prison Break, Urban Legend, I Am Legend,
The Green Hornet, Battle: Los Angeles
)

Newmarket Capital Group
(The Usual Suspect, Dead Man, American Pie, Memento)

Village Roadshow
(Analyze This, The Matrix,
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Ocean's Eleven
)

And over 100 MORE companies! Tickets are nearly sold out!
Register at
www.pitchfest.com today!

 Feature
Writers Store All-Star Profile: Pilar Alessandra
by Deb Havener

Pilar Alessandra’s Master Class Intensive (Friday, June 3rd) is designed to help writers prepare their pitches for the big pitch day at the Great American Pitchfest, or for use any time. Register at www.pitchfest.com

Pilar Alessandra is one busy lady. She juggles her own business, coaches hundreds of students, lectures at numerous speaking engagements who request her presence – and somewhere in that mix she manages to be the devoted mother of two adorable children. The Great American Pitchfest is honored to have her back this year to teach her popular Master Class Intensive. This year’s course is What’s Your Story? (Read More)

 News


Today, I have almost 30 TV writing credits!!

-Mike Gosselin, Screenwriter

Congratulations Mike! Dozens of screenwriters have found success at The Great American Pitchfest! Register before we sell out, and start your screenwriting career today.


 Articles
Just In Time For GAPF: Free Video Series On How To Sell Your Movies & TV Shows!
Power Strategies From The A-list Insiders At Voyage Media

by Signe Olynyk

This little-known company has been the industry’s secret weapon for over 9 years, developing and selling some of the biggest movies and TV shows in the business. Now Nat Mundel and the team at Voyage Media are pulling back the curtain to reveal what it takes for emerging writers to get something made in Hollywood.

And the best part of it is that they’re giving friends of the Great American Pitchfest access to a free video series (click here) taught by an extraordinary team of executives who’ve been decision-makers at HBO, Dimension Films, CAA and Alcon Entertainment. (Read More)

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2011 HORROR SCREENPLAY CONTEST
CALL FOR ENTRIES!

www.HorrorScreenplayContest.com

 

Hollywood, CA
- The creators of
www.ScreenplayContests.com and Executive Producer, Michael David Jensen present the 2011 Horror Screenplay Contest.

The mission of the Horror Screenplay Contest is to further promote the horror genre in screenplay form. The contest is open to all writers, eighteen years and older. The contest is limited to the first 600 entries and the submission deadline is July 20, 2011. Writers may also submit their material online.

The 2011 Horror Screenplay Contest is sponsored by: Brain Damage Films, Gorilla Software, www.ScreenplayContests.com, www.TopFilmFestivals.com, Cherub Productions, www.KillerPumpkins.com , Final Draft, Palace of Horror, The Haunted Studio and Instock Costumes.

Winners of the 2011 contest will receive cash and industry related prizes in addition to having their material submitted to Hollywood producers, agents and studios.

The 2011 HORROR SCREENPLAY CONTEST is now accepting entries. Contest rules, information, and entry forms are available at: www.HorrorScreenplayContest.com



The Script-a-thon is a screenplay contest and marathon designed to encourage you to finish your screenplay by July of 2011.
Contest finalists are judged by:

Renny Harlin(director, Die Hard 2)
Scott Rosenfelt(producer, Home Alone)
Steve Mazur(writer, Liar Liar)

This year, there will be a MINI Script-a-thon at the Great American Pitchfest.

Writers will get a prompt for a scene, which they will write during the Pitchfest. Three winners will receive prizes that evening - Movie Magic software, a free entry into next year's Great American Pitchfest, free Script-a-thon contest entries, and more!

For more information, visit www.thescriptathon.com.


June 4-5, 2011
Marriott Burbank Hotel & Convention Center