tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-738814364413384768.post3557611484614665643..comments2024-03-13T23:42:25.845-07:00Comments on Animondays: WHEN IT COMES TO PITCHING, THERE ARE NO UNIVERSAL TRUTHSDavid B. Levyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12611160893518781463noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-738814364413384768.post-31817424922121282172007-10-14T20:57:00.000-07:002007-10-14T20:57:00.000-07:00Thanks for the comment, Fred. All good points and ...Thanks for the comment, Fred. All good points and thoughts. And I couldn't agree more that it is a waste of time to pitch just to try to get a deal. <BR/><BR/>Its a special thing when an idea comes to you and doesn't let you move on until you fully execute it. Those are the ideas to nurture. <BR/><BR/>I think the big danger is when people pitch in an attempt to generate work for themselves. That's a fools game. And, I don't see how that could lead to honest heart-felt projects. <BR/><BR/>The key, I've learned, is to not give away your power to any one network or opportunity. If it works out, great.. but, the outcome should not determine your creative worth nor does it prove that the development executive was right or wrong. <BR/><BR/>The irony is that the success or failure of networks /development programs may be determined more by what they let get away then by what they pickup.David B. Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12611160893518781463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-738814364413384768.post-24579779660074840582007-10-14T18:00:00.000-07:002007-10-14T18:00:00.000-07:00David, I couldn't agree with you more. There are N...David, I couldn't agree with you more. There are NO absolute truths in pitching, even to Frederator. <BR/><BR/>I'll say here what I think I've said to you in person many times; if I missed saying at the panel, it's a bad oversight. No doubt when we ask filmmakers for storyboards --*and* trash bibles-- we know the board is often less useful at other places. We try and let all filmmakers know we know, and we absolutely understand if that work is something they'd rather not do for us. It's a choice for someone to come to us with their idea, as it's our choice whether we all ought to work together or not.<BR/><BR/>We don't like to waste people's time, and it's a shame when they feel the process with us has not been productive for them.<BR/><BR/>Like you said there are no absolutes, on any side of the table. The best thing to do is be confident that your pitch method is the best way to convey the film you most want to make. <BR/><BR/>Never put something together just to get a deal, <I>that's</I> the waste. A deal is nothing, a film is everything.Fred Seiberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10280783007117937680noreply@blogger.com