"Pitch" is a contraction of the phrase "sales pitch".

[2] A pitch is used throughout different stages of production, such as casting and distribution, as well as to urge film producers to further fund a project. Filmmakers who devise a pitch tend to manufacture a production package, which is handed out to each potential investor during the pitch. The package contains the basic information for the filmmaker's project, such as a plot synopsis and budgeting values. A pitch is a concise verbal (and sometimes visual) presentation of an idea for a film or TV series generally made by a screenwriter or director to a producer or studio executive in the hope of attracting development finance to pay for the writing of a screenplay. Treatments are widely used within the motion picture industry as selling documents to outline story and character aspects of a planned screenplay, whereas outlines are generally produced as part of the development process. Screenwriters may use a treatment to initially pitch a screenplay, but may also use a treatment to sell a concept they are pitching without a completed screenplay. Generally speaking, a film's treatment is similar to that of an overview or synopsis of the film idea. It usually ranges from 8 to 15 pages and includes all the important conceptual elements, structured in 3-5 acts, each with a beginning, middle and end. When you submit your script, your treatment will often be the first document to be glanced over. An idea can come from something realistic, like a personal story, or a historic event. EG: World trade centre EG: Harry Potter EG: 127 Hours

A producer is a person who oversees the start of the project from the conceptual to the final stage of completion.

Adaptations can be used to form ideas; such as books and TV shows. Often ideas and concepts are stolen from other people.

EG: Frank Marshal A producer does not alone have the funds to create the film, so they must seek possible interest in the creation of the film

Sources of inspiration Pitch Producer To create a film, the first stage is to create a concept or an idea.
Tim Burton

Christopher Nolan

They are the driving force of the production company.

Treatment

George Lucas

J. M. Barrie

Director

Writer

During pre-production, Directors make crucial decisions, such as selecting the right cast, crew and locations for the film. David Lynch

Directors may write the film's script or commission it to be written; or they may be hired after an early draft of the script is complete. Directors must then develop a vision for the finished film, and define a practical A film treatment (or treatment) is a piece of prose, typically route for the step between scene cards (index cards) and the first draft achieving of a screenplay for a motion picture, television program, or it radio play. It is generally longer and more detailed than an outline (or one-page synopsis), and it may include details of directorial style that an outline omits.

A film director is a person who directs the making of a film. Generally, a film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, and visualizes the script while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. Directors also manage the technical aspects of filming, including the camera, sound, lighting, design and special effects departments. James Cameron (Avatar)

Directors may write the film's script or commission it to be written; or they may be hired after an early draft of the script is complete. Directors must then develop a vision The screenplay must therefore not only feature fascinating for the finished film, and decharacters, an exciting plot, and a great premise for a marfine a practical route for ketable film, but it must also conform to the logical princiachieving it ples of dramatic construction, as well as to industry expectations regarding format and style.