Professional Pitching for Documentaries
Teaser: Yes or No?
A course by Marco Spagnoli , Journalist, Screenwriter, and Documentary Director
About the video: Teaser: Yes or No?
Overview
“I am often asked if a teaser is needed, the answer is not always. In this lesson you will see what a teaser is and I will tell you some of its essential features.”
In this video lesson Marco Spagnoli addresses the topic: Teaser: Yes or No?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Professional Pitching for Documentaries. Learn to draft a clear and effective pitch to present your documentary and tell a story from an original point of view.
Partial transcription of the video
“Teaser: yes or no? In this lesson we will address the possibility that you are asked for a teaser. What is a teaser? A teaser and a video, basically a trailer, however not intended for the general public, the commercial public, but to professionals who can finance or produce your project. In some Pitching Forums and in some markets, it is actually requested from the author and producer to present a teaser to give to possible lenders the idea and atmosphere of what they might see in the documentary, if they succeeded or if they wanted to finance it. Clearly, being a material intended for a c...”
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Course summary for: Professional Pitching for Documentaries
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Film, Film, Video & TV, Script, Storytelling, Writing
Marco Spagnoli
A course by Marco Spagnoli
Marco Spagnoli is a journalist, screenwriter, and documentary director. Although he studied engineering, through a series of events he ended up working in radio, which led him to film journalism and gave him an insider's view of the film industry, as well as the opportunity to personally meet famous directors and industry professionals.
He later began to frequent film festivals and in 2000 started writing for the magazine Giornale dello Spettacolo, eventually rising to the position of director. In 2009, he filmed the documentary Hollywood sul Tevere, which launched his career as a documentary director. Since then, he's produced over 40 projects, some of which have been featured on Netflix and Amazon Prime Video.
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