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| "Pitcher Perfect" at EWA Network in Barcelona, 2013. |
The length and style of each workshop is designed to meet the needs and parameters of client organizations. She also offers consultation sessions via phone and skype. Jan LOVES to teach. She loves working with producers, directors and writers to mine their ideas and help refine their stories and themes until the pitch become effortless and clear. Although her preference is for the intimacy and effectiveness of smaller workshops, she occasionally offers large introductory interactive workshops. Let her know who you are trying to train and what your timeline allows and she can design a workshop structure that best meets your needs.
Pitcher Perfect - One Day Workshop
Instructor: Jan Miller
6 hours (approx)
Maximum 10-12 people
Whether you are a Producer, Director or Writer – strengthen your project and your package, perfect your pitching and communication skills.Pitcher Perfect is an interactive workshop which will:
- further develop the elements of the story/project idea
- identify the key components that contribute to a good pitch: the introduction, cut line, logline, synopsis, the heart, the package of pluses, the close
- teach how to adapt your pitch to a conversational one-on-one, a chance meeting, a pitch forum presentation
- teach how to research you audience before the meeting
- identify and strengthen your personal communications skills to reinforce your pitch in person
- improve your story telling skills: clarity, structure, economy, vision
- strengthen your ability to hook your listener and effectively convey both the essence of your story and what credentials you’re are bringing to the table
- review and improve the essentials required for a pitch one sheet
- identify achievable goals for each kind of meeting
- develop the skills for follow-up
- increase your chances of finding a good fit for your project by successfully targeting your pitch to the right person at the right place, at the right time
Pitcher Perfect is filled with practice, coaching and feedback, responding to the needs of each individual in a supportive and nurturing environment.
Each Applicant must submit the following:
- a short project synopsis
- project status (e.g. in development, treatment, first draft etc.)
- what the applicant is looking for (e.g. a broadcaster, an executive producer, a distributor etc.)
- the resume and position of the individual applying (e.g. producer, director, writer)
- partners/funders attached
Pitcher Perfect - Three Day Workshop
Instructor: Jan Miller
4 hour Pitch Intro Workshop
30 minute one-on-one sessions
Public pitches with industry resources
Pitcher Perfect begins with a 4 hour interactive workshop filled with practice, coaching and feedback, responding to the needs of each individual in a supportive and nurturing environment. Every participant needs to come with a project that they want to pitch.
If selected to pitch on the second day of the workshop, participants will also receive an individual coaching session with Jan to further develop their Pitch. On the third day, each Pitchee will have 5 minutes for a” pitch presentation”, in front of a panel of industry players and the other participants.. A short feedback session will follow each pitch with input on both the project and the pitch.
Pitcher Perfect is an interactive workshop which will:
- further develop the element of the story/project idea
- identify the key components that contribute to a good pitch: the introduction, cut line, logline, synopsis, the heart, the package of pluses, the close
- teach how to adapt a pitch to a conversational one-on-one, a chance meeting, a pitch forum presentation
- teach how to research the audience before the meeting
- identify and strengthen personal communications skills to reinforce the individual’s pitch in person
- improve story telling skills: clarity, structure, economy, evoking visual images
- strengthen one’s ability to hook the listener and effectively convey both the essence of the story and what credentials one is bringing to the table
- review and improve the essentials required for a pitch one sheet
- identify achievable goals for each kind of meeting
- develop the skills for follow-up
- increase one’s chances of finding a good fit for each project by successfully targeting the pitch to the right person at the right place, at the right time
Each Applicant must submit the following:
- a project synopsis
- project status (e.g. in development, treatment, first draft etc.)
- what the applicant is looking for (e.g. a broadcaster, an executive producer, a distributor etc.)
- the resume and position of the individual applying (e.g. producer, director, writer)
- partners/funders attached
Jan Miller has been teaching film and television Pitching workshops across Canada and around the world for the past 20 years. Eight years ago she was invited by the East Coast Music Association to begin to offer these workshops to their industry, recognizing that the skills required for pitching apply to either industry and are completely transferable. Jan has now offered these workshops at both the Atlantic Film Festival Music & Image Program and the East Coast Music Awards, smaller workshops throughout the 4 Atlantic provinces and at the West Coast Music Awards conference for the past 2 years. As an international touring performer for 15 years, Jan also brings this insight and expertise to the workshop discussions
The Workshop
Do you have to introduce your music, your band, your clients to a festival programmer, a manager, a music supervisor, a booking agent? In preparing for these meetings,internationally acclaimed pitching consultant Jan Miller will introduce you to the basic ingredients that need to be considered whether one is an artist, an artist/manager or a talent rep.
In a 4 hour interactive session, Jan explores the principles of communicating ideas in a clear, engaging style, the importance of the story behind the music, the value and use of preparation, research, defining the sound, creating a picture of the music, targeting the pitch to the right person at the right place, at the right time, and the follow up.
As a starting point for the training, many participants have the opportunity to introduce who they are and what they are ‘bringing to the table’. Through feedback and discussion, Jan helps to define the most effective approach for each individual. Following this session, selected participants are provided the public opportunity to have a 15 minute one-on-one conversation with an appropriately matched industry player. A short facilitated feedback discussion follows in which other resource industry players comment on what worked in the pitch and how to take it the next step.
