Pitching Reality Shows: Ultimate Guide

Our new resource on pitching reality TV is a free guide and ebook I coerced Joke into writing with me :-) We set out to make it the ultimate free resource about pitching reality TV anywhere on the web. Our TV Shows and YOU As many of you know, we work extensively in Unscripted Television, … Read more

Who Doesn’t Love Big Dorks and Indie Spirit?

Twitter has been good to us. We’ve funded the release of a film, built an audience for our new podcast, and, most importantly, met many, many amazing people. One of them is Nicholas Brandt, or Super Nick, as we’re fond of calling him. A screenwriter, film lover, and all around amazing dude (who KNOWS how … Read more

The Ghost Inside My Child: Our Series Returns on BIO

This Monday, August 5th, our series The Ghost Inside My Child returns to Biography Channel. This Show Came From One Of You Originally pitched to us by Suzanne Stratford from Cleveland, this show is another example of people just like you who’ve brought your show ideas our way. (MTV’s CAGED was another example.) Let’s Make … Read more

Joke and Biagio’s New Podcast: It’s All About You

A Grand Experiment

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As you know, awhile back we started an experiment.

Despite warnings from our agents and lawyers, we started accepting show pitches from people willing to sign a submission agreement.

That experiment has paid off.

We credit our unorthodox outreach in helping put CAGED on MTV, GHOST INSIDE MY CHILD on BIO, and to finding our latest MTV True Life Presents: SECRETS, LIES, AND SEX, and most importantly, helping new producers and filmmakers break into the business.

But We Can Do Better For You

We often say things like “send us your show pitches” and “make great tape.”

Sure, easy for us to say. We’ve been doing it for a decade. But statements like that aren’t helpful to you.

So we’ve been working to make it easier for you to pitch shows to us.

Our New Podcast: Producing Unscripted

Over the last month, we’ve secretly been recording a new podcast called:

Producing Unscripted: Make Reality TV Shows and Documentary Series with Joke and Biagio.

The goal of the podcast is simple: to help you create, develop, pitch, and sell unscripted television and film.

Hopefully, by teaming up with us.

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Are You Good In A Room?

As owners of our production company, Joke Productions, Inc., we’ve been on both sides of a Hollywood pitch meeting. The selling side, when we’re out convincing networks to buy our shows, and… The receiving side, when taking unscripted TV pitches from agents, producers, talent, and some of you. In more than a few emails and … Read more

How to Sell Two TV Pilots in 8 Months

Who wouldn’t want to sell two TV pilots in the course of 8 months? Well, that’s what Wendy C Squirewell did. How? We’re very proud to share this message we received from Wendy yesterday:

“Since joining the list and taking your advice I have two pilots ordered at two different networks.”

Just what list is she talking about?

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Our New TV Special: The Ghost Inside My Child

Set your DVRs! Out latest TV special is THE GHOST INSIDE MY CHILD, premiering Friday, November 23, at 10pm 9 central on BIO (The Biography Channel.) It’s about children who have unexplainable memories of dying in a past life. As new parents ourselves, we were both fascinated and a little terrified of the subject matter. … Read more

Follow Rian Johnson’s Lead to Jumpstart Your Filmmaking Career

Rian Johnson sold LOOPER the same way we’ve sold all of our TV shows and pilots…using great tape to generate excitement.

Clip-O-Mania

If you haven’t seen it already, Rian released the “clip-o-matic” tape he put together to help generate interest in his latest box-office hit LOOPER starring Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon- Levitt.

Have a peek:

Talk about a super-cool behind the scenes look at the birth of a film.

A Tried and True Technique

Clip reels like these are created for every kind of project you can imagine, and the good ones really do open doors.

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