Remember little flicks called Raiders of the Lost Ark? Or Jaws? Well, we have the same director. We can put those in front of the trailer. Not sold?
This is A Boy’s Life. We have an all-American young boy, Elliot, who is a bit of lone wolf...as much a 10 year old can be. Well, his favorite color is black.
Anyway, there is no father to be seen, and his family is tad dysfunctional.
Enter our “E.T.”, who, in a few smile inducing, heart warming scenes, becomes Elliot’s best (and only?) friend. E.T. makes perfect to sense to Elliot, but can the cold, cruel world see E.T. the same way?
One thing leads to the next, and we have E.T. captured. Heart strings are pulled as we kill off that innocent space-being. Then he's alive again...somehow (we'll figure it out in post). Boy saves alien. Alien is free to return to his brethren with all parties involved richer for the experience. Even our audience? Yes. Yes they are.
-William C.
1.) What combinations of genres can you place A Boy's Life in? It could into a lot...(think biography?)
2.)Do you think the above pitch would sell this script? How about to someone looking to make a bit of money?
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I like how you used the accredited director in the pitch. One of my discussion questions was, does an accredited director such as Steven Spielberg still have to give a formal pitch? I would think his name and credibility would be enough. Anyways, I liked how you mentioned that first because it draws the audience to whom you are pitching in immediately. They know the director and then listen intently to the rest of the movie.
I believe this pitch would sell the script because I liked the way you wrote it as if to pose a lot of questions about how the story will unfold. Instead of just telling what will happen flat out you presented it in such a way that makes me want to know how those questions will be explored.
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