Women in Film & Television Vancouver

presents a

PRODUCER'S PITCH WORKSHOP

WITH MICKEY ROGERS

AND PANELISTS JB SUGAR & ELIZABETH YAKE

Saturday, May 14, 2011

10:00 am - 4:30 pm (doors open at 9:30 am)

at UBC Robson Square in room C-550
Parking at Robson Square, enter on Howe Street

Advance registration is now finished.
Please visit us at UBC Robson Square to register at the door (space permitting).

Learn how to pitch your TV projects—drama, documentary, reality, or multi-platform—to producers, broadcasters and distributors.

ARE YOU READY TO PITCH AT THE BANFF WORLD TELEVISION FESTIVAL?

Join pitching coach MICKEY ROGERS and a panel of industry representatives for an intense one day workshop on the art of pitching.  In the morning session, Mickey will cover how to pitch, pitch materials, the sizzle reel, and how to incorporate multi-platforms into your pitch. In the afternoon, practice your pitch (features welcome, as well) in front of established producers JB SUGAR and ELIZABETH YAKE who will give you feedback and guidance on your presentation.

Mickey is an entrepreneur, broadcaster, producer and distributor. She has over 20 award winning years in the media business and knows what it takes to launch a profitable project into the Canadian and international market place. With her strategic knowledge and complete honesty, Mickey will work with you to present your ideas clearly and persuasively.

Through her company, Mickey Rogers Media, Mickey leads successful workshops for executive women in Vancouver and has helped women, with great skills and accomplishments, to set and achieve goals they saw as impossible. She is a founding partner of Forefront Entertainment, growing the enterprise from a few hundred dollars to revenue highs of $14 million.  She is also an Associate Coach at the University of British Columbia.

As a global media strategist to clients such as Martha Stewart Omnimedia, Corus Entertainment, Creative Business Wales and the National Screen Institute, Mickey has dramatically expanded her clients’ international business opportunities.  She has negotiated multi-million dollar deals, facilitated strategic partnerships, and created successful marketing plan.

Mickey's latest book is From Start to Screen: The Essential Guide to Pitching Creative Ideas in which she opens the vault on all the secrets of pitching a successful show, concept or business. From Start to Screen, the book and ebook with videos shows you how to get your concept off the page and into face-to-face meetings with decision makers. You'll find exclusive tips from award-winning showrunners such as Ron Moore of Battleship Galactica, buyers such as ITV, independent filmmakers, investors and transmedia storytellers.  
 
From Start to Screen provides tips on ensuring you’ve done your research, analyzed the needs of your potential buyers and outlines the structure of your pitch.  This innovative book provides you with tools to conduct market research, create your log line and encourages you to chart and track every step of the way to your pitch meetings. In no time, you'll be able to convince those who hold the purse strings that your ideas are worth pursuing -- and investing in.

The book is available in two packages: e-book only ($29.99) and an e-book and printed version bundle ($49.99). Buy the book on Mickey Rogers’ website at http://www.mrogersmedia.com/book/.

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J.B. Sugar currently works as a director, writer and producer at the Vancouver-based production company, No Equal Entertainment. His most recent credits include directing 2 episodes of The Troop for Nickelodeon as well as executive producing and showrunning 13 episodes of the CBC one-hour dramedy, jPod, based on the best selling novel by Douglas Coupland. jPod was nominated for best series at the 2008 Monte Carlo International Television Festival as well as the 2008 Leo Awards, where J.B. also earned nominations for his writing and directing efforts. Just prior to his work on jPod, J.B. directed an episode of Painkiller Jane for Sci-Fi and Global TV. http://www.jbsugar.net/

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Women In Film & Television Vancouver (WIFTV) is an internationally affiliated non-profit society committed to advancing & celebrating women in screen-based media.
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