Hi everyone! First time poster, long time lurker.
I'm putting together a verbal pitch for my sitcom and I'm having some success watching and reading pitches of other shows (Studiobinder does a great "Breaking Bad" mock pitch that's SUPER helpful.) However, my show is an ensemble cast, and everyone shares the spotlight – so I'm looking for inspiration on how some popular shows with an ensemble pitched their concepts (Friends, Big Bang Theory, Superstore, for example.)
Anyone here have any leads on where to find pitches online? If anyone else is in this predicament, I'll be sure to share anything I find here in this thread as well!
Hi Dustin,
I'VE BEEN THERE.
When I started working on the pitch for my ensemble cast show it felt like there were no resources! What we ended up doing is crafting the pitch to revolve around the main storyline of the show and discussed some of the major overarching plots. Our written pitch showcased more of our characters (a great example can be gotten from S32 via the Writers Help Team if prepping for a pitch session) and so did our pitch deck, but our verbal pitch had to focus in on our main four characters (which was definitely hard to pick who was truly the "leads"). There is a LOST show bible out there that might be helpful, but when it comes to pitching, it is definitely more elusive to find any resources for the actual pitches, but fingers crossed you do! PS One place to maybe try would be the Screencraft Elevator Pitch Contest, I believe they recorded them via Zoom the past two years and you can watch it back, there might be an ensemble cast show on one of them with feedback, if not I will say I hopped into the Writer's Room for a month to get some guidance with their Practice Pitch Tank sessions and they really helped!
Best of Luck!