TV Pitch Documents (PT82)




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Summary: Alex and Nick discuss the content and formats of successful TV pitch documents, from one-pagers to pitch bibles.<br> <br> How do you effectively communicate the vision of a TV show? What are the different formats of TV pitch documents? What should you include in your pitch? How do you structure a pitch document? What are the burning questions you need to answer? How do you write your pitch in a compelling and unique way?<br> <br> Plus, we talk dramedy script categories.<br> <br> The Paper Team gives their sales pitch...<br> <br> <br> SHOWNOTES<br> <br> Content<br> Paper Scraps: Spec Lists and Script Categories (00:31)<br> 1 - Formats of TV pitch documents (03:41)<br> 2 - Content of a TV pitch document (06:35)<br> 3 - How to best express your pitch: format, structure, and prose (19:40)<br> Takeaways and Resources (33:19)<br> <br> Links<br> <a href="https://www.speakpipe.com/TVCalling">Leave a voicemail for Paper Team &amp; TV Calling</a><br> <a href="http://www.sundance.org/programs/episodic-storytelling#/">Sundance Episodic Program</a><br> <a href="https://www.tv-calling.com/pitch-doc-one/">"Pitch Doc One" - TV Calling</a><br> <a href="https://www.tv-calling.com/meetings-101-generals-and-tv-staffing-pt62/">"Meetings 101: Generals and TV Staffing" (PT62)</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terra_Nova_(TV_series)">Terra Nova</a><br> <br> Resources<br> <a href="https://amzn.to/2HmOysE">"The Ultimate Sales Letter" - Dan S. Kennedy</a><br> <br> Special thanks to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/girl_evan/">Evan Schmitt</a> for helping us edit this episode.<br> <br> If you enjoyed this episode (and others), please consider leaving us an iTunes review at <a href="http://paperteam.co/itunes">paperteam.co/itunes</a>! :)<br> <br> You can find Paper Team on Twitter:<br> Alex - <a href="https://twitter.com/TVCalling">@TVCalling</a><br> Nick - <a href="https://twitter.com/_njwatson">@_njwatson</a><br> If you have any questions, comments or feedback, you can e-mail us: ask@paperteam.co<br> <br>