How To Sell Your TV Show With Sundance Episodic Darling
So you have written a tv show that you want to sell, but how do you do it? How do you get people to become intrigued and vested in your idea? How much should you practice your pitch, and can you use gimmicks in the pitch meeting to grab attention?
In today’s episode, No Film School’s Charles Haine, GG Hawkins, Jason Hellerman, and the team behind the show Chanshi discuss:
Defining what an “If Come” is
Realizing that the showrunner must have past experience on other tv shows
Answering the "why now" and "why you" in a pitch meeting
How to not feel icky when selling an idea
Evaluating agents and managers just like they evaluate you
Using unique gimmicks and stunts when pitching
Talking about Chanshi, a hilarious, heartfelt, yet dark tv show filmed in Israel
Why they didn’t write the main character as "more likable"
Difficulty casting American actors in Israel
What it was like having two directors on set for the show
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This episode of The No Film School Podcast was produced by GG Hawkins.
