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Filmmaking Bootcamp: The Pitching Investors Blueprint (Udemy.com)

Learn how to pitch investors to get financing for your filmmaking and video creations. Filmmakers & Screenwriters Unite!

Created by: IFH Courses

Last updated March 2022

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What you will learn

  • Pitch your film idea or film project to a potential investor

How it compares

Against the other 1,210 rated Udemy courses in Business on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.2 out of 5higher than 9% of them
  • Reviews27#1,204 of 1,211 by number of reviews
  • Length1.9 hoursshorter than 67% of them
  • Last updatedMarch 2022earlier than 82% of them

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Course Description

Join over 30,000 students learning from our courses!

Have a film idea or project but have no financing for it? Want to learn how to properly pitch your indie film to an investor?

So you’ve got your budget, you’ve found your audience, and now it’s time to pitch.  But this is no simple process, it’s a skill that must be practiced and honed. 

Great movie ideas, like great business ideas, are not actionable unless they get the funding and resources needed to make it happen. Many believe that a good idea is all it takes to get funding, but what it really takes is a good pitch. Being able to effectively deliver a pitch is critical to your success, whether you are building your team, attracting talent, or raising money.

Yet many filmmakers struggle to create and present a pitch that brings results. So, how do you develop a good pitch? While we've done a few workshops to help filmmakers get feedback on their pitches, a lot of filmmakers just don't understand how to structure a pitch. So Producer Foundry has teamed up with Chris Aguilar to bring you a primer on building a pitch that will get Results.

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What people are saying about our courses: 

"By far, the best director and cinematography course on the Internet." - Nate Carroll

"I really enjoyed taking this class. It wasn't just that the subject was interesting to me, but the teacher also made the class intriguing. I would gladly recommend this class to anyone who would be interested." - Leah Ames

Very helpful. Adds depth to your understanding and intuitive insights which you surely had if you happened to play with video shooting and editing without doing any learning beforehand. It's enriching. The movie samples are great as the clarify the points. Love it! - Yosi Tsitsu

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Chris has heard more than 2,000 pitches for an investment bank, and in his time there that bank raised more than $3 Billion dollars for it's clients. He's an Expert at knowing what it takes to get that "Yes."

Topics to Be Covered:

  • Philosophy of a Pitch 

  • Elements of a Pitch (use some, lose some) 

  • The Human Factors – Yours and the Audience’s 

  • Practice, Practice, Practice!

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So what are you waiting for? Whether you are fresh out of film school, a screenwriter who wants to create his/her own content or just someone who wants to make a feature film this course is for you. Join over 25,000 students that have already taken Indie Film Hustle filmmaking and screenwriting courses. 

If you've got the dream.

If you've got the drive.

If you've got the passion - but you're missing the knowledge and experience...this course will help you sell your feature film at AFM (American Film Market).

Enroll NOW and learn how to make a low budget feature film! Let's get started!

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Instructor Details

IFH Courses

IFH Courses is a creator, publisher and distributor of high-quality online courses covering all avenues of the filmmaking, screenwriting, post-production, and social media/marketing crafts. Think of it as the ultimate online film school. We bring together industry-leading experts from all disciplines so you can learn from the best. Filmmakers, Screenwriters & Content Creators are our passion!

Our expert instructors will teach you skills that will have an immediate positive impact on your career or business.

You'll find his approach to our courses a bit raw and real. That's because I care about my students, fellow artists, and filmmakers. He has seen and personally made many missteps over the years and he wants to help you avoid making the same costly mistakes. The industry is abusive to the newcomer and he hopes Indie Film Hustle can help you navigate the shark-infested waters of the film industry.

We also are the founder of Bulletproof Screenwriting, Filmtrepreneur, IFH Academy, and Indie Film Hustle TV, the world's first streaming service dedicated to filmmakers, screenwriters, and content creators. Think Netflix for Filmmakers.

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Reviews

4.2

27 ratings on Udemy

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By Alron Phillips on 1/6/2025

The course confirmed a lot of the things I was doing right and introduced new ideas that I will implement. I'm still trying to understand what I need in my pitch package and a few other small things.

By Kathryn Carmichael on 10/27/2022

Well, I was watching this course from a pre-recorded video. But I would have liked to have seen more questions, and also more examples of style of pitches, example for when you are pitching for TV to Film...given an idea on the length of time you are likely to have (But the point about calling and asking was good). Are there any exceptional pitches seen apart from the lady in the class who was pitching a bio...things done, said, props....what about rip-reels?

By Paul Mahoney on 12/25/2020

There were some good gems, but I thought this class could have been better. I think the location of filming in front of an audience was a mistake because there was a guy on the right who kept scratching his hair as if he had nits or headlice. At times it was a little too long and dull and I felt some of the earlier lessons could have been cut by a few minutes without losing any detail. With the use of some more graphics, editing and losing the audience I felt it could have been a 4. The presenter didn't seem to practice what he preached. For example, he said to have factoids in your presentation and practice, practice, practice, yet he didn't seem to have relevant factoids in his and several times forgot the titles of movies he was referring to. Sometimes, it felt like he didn't have much movie experience for example, he asked does your movie have 3 scenes or 25?

By Vince Jeffers on 5/2/2020

Overall it is a good course. It would be nice to see examples of each pitch type in full.

By Gregory Bascomb on 5/24/2019

Exceeded expectation. Very helpful.

By Brett Snyder on 1/4/2019

One of the best classes on Udemy I felt. Gave me everything I needed to feel confident in my pitch.

By Gary Timleck on 9/9/2018

So far, so good

By Mark Ross on 7/31/2018

The instructor was fine. I would have liked more real world examples. I would like to have seen successful pitches. I would like to have seen some case studies. The instructor's instructions really didn't have much to do about financing a film, but in reality how to be confident presenter/speaker. I wish he would have re-labelled the course as such. No matter, for what it was, it was fine. The instructor's ace in the hole is that he is likable on camera and engaging. (Both of which make a successful pitch.)

By Vivian Idris on 10/20/2022

By Emeka Mbadiwe on 1/20/2019

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Overall Score : 84 / 100