New Digital Hollywood Pitch Camp Added for FEATURES & TV projects. To submit your project:
- Create a pitch page on IndieGoGo (if you don't already have one)
- Tag it DHCS_Narr
It will take place Wed, May 5 at the Loews Hotel in Santa Monica, CA. Submissions due by Monday, April 26
Good luck!
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IndieGoGo will be hosting four Pitch Camps at Digital Hollywood in Santa Monica. If you have a documentary, feature film, web series, transmedia or cause/brand-aligned project, this Pitch Camp is for you. Enter by tagging your project on IndieGoGo before April 19. (See below for detailed instructions.)
Digital Hollywood Content Summit III
May 3, 4, 5 & 6, 2010
Loew’s Santa Monica Hotel, Santa Monica, CA
Filmmakers Lounge @ Venice Room
4:30 PM – 5:15 PM (every day)
Executives from networks, portals, agencies, studios and brands will be standing by to take your pitch and provide feedback in front of a live audience. 3 projects will be selected to pitch for each Pitch Camp.
- Mon, May 3: Documentary, Reality Show and Non-Fiction Web Series
- Tues, May 4: Web Series (Fiction)
- Wed, May 5: Transmedia Projects
- Thurs, May 6: Cause related Projects for Brands
How To Enter
Register by creating a project on IndieGoGo and adding the tag that corresponds to the Pitch Camp in which you’d like to participate. (Instructions)
TAG Pitch Camp
DHCS_NF Documentary, Reality Show and Non-Fiction Web Series
DHCS_Web Web Series (Fiction)
DHCS_Trans Transmedia Projects
DHCS_Brand Cause related Projects for Brands
Criteria
Filmmakers should submit if their project matches the following criteria:
- Project stage – development, production, a work-in-progress or complete
- Purpose of Pitch – fundraising, feedback, or distribution
Projects will be selected to pitch based on the information and media presented on their IndieGoGo pitch page. Selections will also receive a full pass to Digital Hollywood (value: $465)
Structure
Each selected filmmaker will have 5 minutes to pitch their project. If showing a trailer or clip, they must include that in their 5 minutes. Judges will then have 5 minutes to give feedback.
Judging feedback
Judges will evaluate and provide feedback on the following:
- Story
- Team
- Execution
- Presentation
- Video
Open Forum Pitch
After the finalists pitch, IndieGoGo will then open the floor to filmmakers in the audience to deliver a 2 minute pitch. 1-3 projects will be selected at random.
Judges
The judging panel varies from Hollywood execs to to financiers to distributors. Pitch Camp is a great opportunity to get feedback from and access to professionals who might be able to help your project – whatever stage it's in. Judges will include individuals from:
- MTV
- NBC
- IMDB
- Withoutabox
- Distribber
- Funny or Die
- Babelgum
- YouTube
- Break.COM
- Crackle
- Blue State DigitalWGA
- KCET, PBS
- International Documentary Association
- SnagFilms
- AFI Digital Content Lab
- Writers Guild of America (WGA-W)
- Screen Actors Guild (SAG)
- Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Check out the highlights from 2009 Digital Hollywood Pitch Camp.
Timeline:
Projects must be tagged by Monday, April 19. Finalists will be announced by Monday, April 26.
Good luck!






CSU-Monterey Bay representin!
What’s the latest news on this? I haven’t heard any updates.