“Pitching” is an art form in itself so it’s always useful to practise as much as possible. Although it’s a very important part of the writer’s armoury I personally do not like the 30-second or one page pitch. I know that there are great pitchers out there who are poor scriptwriters and visa versa. For me the only real way to know if a project is any good is to read the script (but Producers are too busy or lazy for this!) and even here one mans epic is another mans dumbbell! And this brings me to Epic TV. This is the East Of England Production Innovation Centre and they are currently running a pitching competition. Although open to all genre, reading between the lines, they are really looking for studio based Reality TV or Games Shows etc, however as I happen to have a pilot script (The Solar Tower) for a Science Fiction TV series I’ve entered the contest. Six finalists will be invited to pitch to camera in front of a studio audience so wish me luck! Watch this space in March for an update.
