by Angelo J. Bell
This year’s Great American Pitchfest (#GAPF) marks the 1-year anniversary of the beginning of the Royal Court of World Domination (#RCWD). It was one year ago that I drove up to Burbank to meet with Justin W Hedges. At the time I was submitting pitches to NBCUniversal through my prod co. Kiss Hug Five and a membership in IFTA.
Justin and I had met a year earlier when he came to LA for a visit and scheduled time with me. He even drove down to my neck of the woods to meet up. I was appreciative of that.
This time I had reached out to Justin because I’d read one of his scripts and I knew he embraced the concept of creatingcommercially viable projects. Yes, we understood the nature of developing passion projects, but we also understood that a project that won’t sell does very little for your career, if indeed you expect to make money in this business.