“Two-thirds of the earth’s surface is covered with water and the other third is covered with people who have fabulous ideas for shows if only a producer would give them an opportunity. Ken Rotcop, an award-winning writer and producer, provides a guiding light to this group.”
Robert Siegel, All Things Considered, NPR
“Ken Rotcop is the guru when it comes to teaching writing.”
Starz’ Entertainment Tonight
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Pitchmart is a semi-annual event available to Ken Rotcop's Screenwriter's Workshop students who really want to work in the business. Current members are given the opportunity to pitch the scripts that have gone through the workshop to Studio and Production company executives on a one-on-one basis. PitchMart is held every Spring and Fall @ the Smoke House. The Smoke House Restaurant Out-of-town Arrangements Ken recommends that out-of-town writers stay at the Marriott in Woodland Hills or two other hotels listed below. He also offers to come to the three hotels and pick up all writers who wish to come to the Practice-Your-Pitch Breakfast on Friday morning. He will also caravan writers to the Smoke House on PitchMart morning. You are, of course, free to make your own arrangements, as well as your own transportation to the workshop and Pitchmart. Prices of hotel rooms listed may vary due to dates and seasons. Warner Center Marriott - $129*/night 6360 Canoga Ave. Woodland Hills 91367 Phone # 818-595-1000 Fax # 818-596-4578 Hilton Woodland Hills - $93*/night6360 Canoga Ave. The airports in the area are either LAX or Burbank , depending on where you're coming from. Note that the Burbank airport (a.k.a. Bob Hope Airport ) is much closer to Woodland Hills than LAX (and a lot easier to get in and out of!). *Hotel Rates Subject to Change Pitchmart Format The PitchMart is informal. There will be 20-25 producers and development executives in attendance with a few agents and/or managers mixed in. We won't have a final list of who's coming until a few days before PitchMart. When you arrive, you'll get a writers packet with a list of all the execs, their contact info, and what type of material they're looking for. You will then have the opportunity to meet each exec one-on-one and pitch your scripts. There's a break for a great hot lunch (included) and an opportunity to sit with an exec you may have hit it off with, then back to pitching. After PitchMart is done, the producers/execs submit a list of the scripts that they want to receive. This information is shared with the writers within the following week – either during your regular scheduled workshop or meeting with Ken, or via email. Thursday Night Workshop If you are coming from out-of-town and are arriving by noon, you are invited to attend Ken’s regularly scheduled workshop that evening, as Ken’s guest. The group meets in the Community Room of the Farmers Market located in Hollywood on the corner of 3rd and Fairfax . Practice-Your-Pitch Breakfast On the Friday morning before the PitchMart, Ken opens up the workshop to all out of town people to give them a chance to try their pitches out. This is your opportunity to get help with your pitch before trying it on the bigwigs! Let Ken know you'll be coming to the morning session. The breakfast will be at: Coco's If you stay at the Marriott, Ken will pick up everyone for the Friday morning class – be out front at 7:45 – 8:15 am. Hire an Actor to Pitch For any writer who cannot make the Pitchmart but would still like their script or scripts pitched, Ken has a number of actors who will pitch you story for you. If you hire one of our actors, they will call you and practice your pitch with you before the Pitchmart. You can also make arrangements with them to read your screenplay, if you like. The charge to use an actor to pitch is the usual $149 for the Pitchmart, plus $100 for the actor - $249 total. If you are interested, you will pay Ken the full amount (one payment), and he will then pay the actor their part. The payment includes multiple scripts to be pitched, but all of the scripts must have been through Ken's workshop first and received his stamp of approval. After the Pitchmart, the actor will follow up with a call to let you know how he or she did and what kind of feedback they received from the executives. The final results will be sent out via email sometime later that week after the Pitchmart. RSVP If you are coming to the Pitchmart, please contact us. Also, please let them know if you will be attending the Thursday night workshop and/or the Friday morning Pitch Breakfast and need a ride to any of the events. |
