Monetizing Your Creativity - Pursuing A Career In Film, Television, Writing, Theatre, Music & Design With Your Talents

Keena Herman is one of a team of writers, animators and designers called Castle Acadia in Calgary, Canada. The group provides services to corporate clients as well as developing their own original projects. Having won a major competition for seed money for their latest animated fantasy adventure series called “Noonright”, Keena and team attended the Banff World Media Festival to pitch their concept to broadcasters and production studios. That's where Marvin had Keena pitch the series to him as she put it to her prospective buyers. There are certain principles of pitching to keep in mind prior to, during and after you put your project on the table. Keena describes for you the preparation process and the items one should have on hand to share with potential funders. Do you have a sizzle reel that demonstrates your proposed story and execution, should people ask to see samples of your work? Could you create a video portfolio so that the work can be seen and experienced? Yes, you could. Remember the old