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 StudentFilmmakers.com
is proud to announce the documentary/docu-drama pitching workshop, "Live
from the Shark Tank: Strategies and Tactics for Surviving an Investor
Pitch - Get Your Film Project to the Silver Screen." Led by William
F. Vartorella, Ph.D., C.B.C., the event will take place in New York, New
York on Tuesday, September 13, 2011, 3:00pm-6:00pm at the StudentFilmmakers.com
headquarters in Manhattan.
(Pictured
right) Co-expedition leader Bill Vartorella takes a late-night break
at the scene of the raising of The Lake Murray B-25, documented by The
History Channel as part of its "Mega-Mover" series. Photo courtesy
of Bill Vartorella.
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 The
first 25 to pre-register will receive a FREE Screenwriting
Book: "Writing the Fantasy Film" (valued at $26.95.)
Sign
up now!
This event
will feature documentary and docu-drama pitching techniques, pitfalls,
and solutions. Participants will have the opportunity to have their pitches
critiqued in a two-hour "Pitches and Critiques" session.
Pre-registration
is required; limited seating.
Click
here to sign up for this event today.
| When: |
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
3:00pm-6:00pm |
| Where: |
StudentFilmmakers.com
1123 Broadway, Suite #307
New York, NY 10010.
(212) 255-5454
(Between W.25th and W.26th Street, subway stops R, W, 6, F,V) |
| Schedule: |
2:30pm
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Check-in and Networking at 2:30pm. |
| 3:00-3:30pm |
Lecture |
| 3:30-5:30pm |
Pitches and Critiques |
| 5:30-6:00pm |
Q&A |
| Cost: |
$45.00
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| Discounts: |
$15 off online registration.
Additionally,
students with ID receive an extra 10% off. |
Who
Should Attend:
This
Continuing Education Workshop is for documentary/docu-drama filmmakers,
producers, and screenwriters; independent filmmakers, professors, and
students.
Program
Details:
By
the time you complete this workshop, you will sharpen your focus on pitching
your film project to the cagey investor, plus the chance to practice your
skills before a panel of film professionals and get some constructive
advice.
William
F. Vartorella, Ph.D., C.B.C., will share documentary pitching techniques,
pitfalls, and solutions. Participants will have the opportunity to have
their pitches critiqued during the "Pitches and Critiques" portion
of the workshop.
The
documentary/docu-drama pitching workshop led by William F. Vartorella,
Ph.D., C.B.C., "Live from the Shark Tank: Strategies and Tactics
for Surviving an Investor Pitch - Get Your Film Project to the Silver
Screen," is presented by StudentFilmmakers.com,
a division of Welch Integrated, Inc. Sponsor opportunities are available.
Contact Kim Welch at 212.255.54548, or Jody Michelle Solis at 917.472.7849.
Click here
to fill out the online contact form.
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About
William F. Vartorella,
Ph.D., C.B.C.
Bill Vartorella is no stranger to film, whether from the creative
side (taught screenwriting at the university level), exotic location
"scouts" (the rainforest of Guyana), or the business perspective
(film incentives advisor to State and international governmental
Film Commissions). He helped secure funding for and assisted in
the build-out of a broadcast quality college TV facility and developed
internships at major media in the U.S. and Europe, including ABC
Network. He has appeared in BBC, Hollywood film, and educational
TV productions--often for "the blink of an eye." Vartorella
was a co-expedition leader featured in The History Channel's "The
Lake Murray B-25" ("Mega-Mover" series), where his
behind-the-scenes work included help negotiating the contract for
the expedition and securing film tax incentives for the expedition
leaders. His articles in U.S. and European publications have ranged
from studio construction to film finance and sponsorships.
Vartorella holds an earned Ph.D. in Mass Communications (Ohio University,
Athens, Ohio), a post-doc (C.B.C.) in business and professional
communications, and is the author of more than 100 scholarly and
professional papers across a wide range of disciplines. He has received
several awards, including The Order of the Palmetto (South Carolina's
highest civilian award), an Aviation Preservation Award (both related
to the Lake Murray B-25C Rescue Project), and is listed in Who's
Who in Media and Communications and International Businessmen's
Who's Who. Vartorella holds both commercial and amateur FCC licenses.
He is a Fellow of The Explorers Club and The Royal Geographical
Society.
Articles published in StudentFilmmakers Magazine
include:
"A Shot Card for that Shot-in-the-Dark with Film Investors"
7 Important Tips
"Let's Do Lunch:
60 Minutes to Turn a Starving Filmmaker into an Investor's Darling"
Structure of the One-Hour Investor Lunch and 'Presentation
Cycle'
"Scripting a Deal for Novice Film Investors" |
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