FINAL PITCHING SESSION - LEIPZIG - DOC CAMPUS MASTERSCHOOL
Today was THE DAY for our project to pitch in front of the world’s commissioners. About 200 people were in the room in total.
Rudy Buttignol sent positive vibes around the room with om cymbols. Commissioning editors suddenly become a lot less intimidating when their chanting “oooommmmm” and smiling from ear to ear.
We had a good slot for the pitch, just after the morning coffee break. So, in that time Ben and I took ourselves away from the crowds and snuck off to the floor below and jumped up and down, did star jumps along the corridors and swung our arms around. We then rehearsed the pitch while doing lunges!!
We then ran back up the stairs just in time for the pitching sessions to start again. It was great, endorphins were surging which left less room for nerves. Apparently my voice wobbling was minimal. Yessss!! Then 7 people around the table of commissioners put their hands up for follow up meetings.
So, we’ve just come back from an afternoon of one-on-one meetings. Now time for a little nap before dinner and PARTY tonight.
Well done ALL Masterschool pupils. You nailed it!!
The Monument to The Battle of Nations - highest monument in Europe. Fact.
Monument to The Battle of Nations - a stunning place.
Today, the lovely Juliane gave us a much needed break from the pitching sessions and took us to the Monument to the Battle of the Nations, walking through a Leipzig autumn.
It was cold, crisp and beautiful.
Practice makes perfect (hopefully)…
LAST MINUTE CHANGES!
Sound advice from Sibylle Kurz - don’t forget the basics and keep it wonderfully simple! Your audience are not experts.
DOC. CAMPUS MASTERSCHOOL #4 | LEIPZIG | DAY 1 | PITCHING TRAINING
Today’s Tutors:
We arrived in Leipzig quite late last night, due to foggy skies and a delayed Ryan Air flight, so we were tired and groggy by the time we got to the hotel. But we were quickly energised when we saw a whole bunch of our classmates outside the entrance – it was like our own little welcome party.
At breakfast this morning everyone was discussing the “P Word”. This week’s campus is all about pitch, pitch, pitch. By 3.30pm we’d already pitched our project twice, and received super helpful yet quite differing feedback. It seems we have the art angle nailed, but the universal story is yet to be conveyed. Later this evening we will have our one-on-one meeting with the Queen of Pitches, Sibylle Kurz – we’ve got 45 minutes to pick our pitch apart and figure out what the driving engine of our story is. We’ve got it in our heads; we just need to get it into the commissioners’ too.
Hopefully tomorrow we’ll be one step closer to engaging everyone in Paa Joe’s story.
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We’re here!!!! The final Doc. Campus Masterschool workshop. We have a feeling it’s gonna be a good ‘un.
Good luck everyone!
All set for DOK Leipzig!
Wish us luck!!!!!
