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Film Courage: When being pitched every executive has this question, “Why am I looking at this?”
Executive Vice President of Co-Productions & Distribution/Author Scott Kirkpatrick: Yes, there are I think a couple of questions that may never be asked that you have to be able to answer with a pitch and that is definitely one of them. I think that’s probably the most critical first one, and it goes back to a lot of the other things we’ve been discussing, its executives have very limited time and they have very specific needs that they’re looking for. They need to find content that’s going to fit into very specific slots or buckets and that’s what they need to know, is it going to fit or is it not? That’s really I think what the core of that question is;
-Why am I looking at this?
-Does it work for us?
-Does it fit?
-Is it in the price point?
-Can we utilize it?
-Can we make it into an even bigger opportunity (etcetera)?
But yeah, they want to know How is this serving what we’re trying to do?
Film Courage: Should the writer then try to put themselves in that executive shoes and question why…(Watch the video interview on Youtube here).
BIO:
Scott Kirkpatrick is the Executive Vice President of Co-Productions & Distribution for Nicely Entertainment—a Los Angeles-based production and distribution company that produces original TV movies and scripted TV series—where he brokers major content deals and has executive produced a variety of TV movies including “The Art of Christmas”, “Sappy Holiday” and “The Snowball Effect”. Previously, Kirkpatrick served as the Senior Vice President of North American Sales & Business Development for the London-based NENT Studios UK where he oversaw international television distribution deals on a variety of programs including BBC’s “The Cry”, Channel 4’s “Shameless” and ITV’s “Doc Martin”. Prior to this, Kirkpatrick served as Executive Director of Distribution for MarVista Entertainment, a Los Angeles-based production and distribution company that produces original TV movies and has managed international TV deals on major franchises, including “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers”. Before shifting to the distribution side of the industry, Kirkpatrick worked behind the scenes on major studio productions, including “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby”, and has produced and directed TV series and feature films including “Eye for an Eye” and “Roadside Massacre”. He is the author of the books “Writing for the Green Light: How to Make Your Script the One Hollywood Notices” and “Introduction to Media Distribution: Film, Television and New Media”. Kirkpatrick lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two children.
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