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Film Pitch Deck Template

A film pitch deck is a short slide deck that sells your movie or series to producers, financiers and talent before they read the script. Fill in the ten standard slides here, preview each one in 16:9, and save the whole deck as a PDF. There is a complete example deck below.

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Written and reviewed by ScriptLix EditorialUpdated October 2026

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Slide 1 of 10. Save deck as PDF prints all ten as 16:9 pages.

How to use it

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Pick a slide and fill in the fields: title, logline, synopsis, characters, tone, world and more.
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Watch the 16:9 preview update, switch between dark and light, and add a cover or world image.
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Tap Save deck as PDF and choose Save as PDF in the print dialog to get a ten page deck.

What goes on each slide of a film pitch deck?

Slide	What it has to do
Title	Title, genre, format and a tagline that sets the tone in one line
Logline	The whole story in one sentence: who, what they want, what stops them
Synopsis	The shape of the story in a paragraph or two, ending included
Characters	The three people who matter most, one or two lines each
Tone and comps	How it feels, and two or three existing titles it sits beside
World	Where it happens and how it will look on screen
Why now	Why this story matters to an audience today, and why you are telling it
Team	Who is attached and what they have made
Budget and schedule	The range you are working in and where the project is now
Contact	Who to call, and how

How long should a pitch deck be?

Short. The ten slides here are the usual core, and many decks stop there. Producers and financiers see a lot of decks, and the deck decides whether they read the script, so every slide has to earn its place. If a slide repeats something an earlier one said, cut it.

A series deck usually adds a slide on the season arc and future seasons. A feature deck for financiers may add a page on comparable films and audience. Start with these ten and add only what your reader needs.

What makes a pitch deck example work?

Specificity. The example deck below never says "a thrilling journey". It names the ship, the storm, the deadline and the twist. Every slide answers a question a producer has: what is it, who is it about, why would anyone watch it, and can this team make it.

Images matter more than words on the world and title slides. Use a few strong reference frames you have the right to use, or your own photography. Avoid a collage of famous film stills: it is common, and it makes your film look like someone else’s.

Do you need a pitch deck to sell a script?

Not always. Many writers get read from a logline and a query letter alone. A deck helps most when you are packaging a project yourself: attaching a director or actor, raising money, or applying to a lab. Make sure the script is ready first, because a good deck gets the script read and the script has to hold up.

What does a film pitch deck look like?

Here is a complete example deck for The Last Crossing, a film we made up to show the format. The writer, team, budget and schedule are all invented. Tap Load the example above to open it in the builder and change anything.

Contained thriller · Feature film (example deck)
The Last Crossing
Forty passengers. One storm. Someone on board is not who they say.
Written by Mara Quinn (fictional)
The Last Crossing1
1. Title
Logline
When a storm strands the last night ferry mid channel, a recovering alcoholic deckhand has until dawn to find which passenger is smuggling a kidnapped child, before the captain she once got fired makes her the suspect.
The Last Crossing2
2. Logline
Synopsis
Nell Varga works the night ferry because nobody else will hire her. Tonight a storm kills the engines halfway across, and a frightened girl slips Nell a note: help me. By the time Nell finds the cabin, the girl is gone and the passenger list says she never boarded. With the radio down and the captain convinced Nell is drinking again, she has to search a crippled ship, decide which of forty strangers she can trust, and keep herself sober long enough to be believed. At the midpoint she finds the girl, and learns the girl was never kidnapped: she is the witness someone on board was sent to silence.
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3. Synopsis
Characters
Nell Varga
Deckhand, nine months sober, knows every bolt of the ship and has no credibility left.
Captain Ossian Reed
Fired once because of Nell. Wants a quiet crossing more than he wants the truth.
Ada
Eleven years old, says almost nothing, and has seen something that is worth killing for.
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4. Characters
Tone and comps
Tense, wet, claustrophobic, with one moment of grace
Comparable titles
A storm bound locked room thriller in the vein of classic single location suspense
Why
A single location and a small cast keep the budget contained while the storm and the ticking clock keep the scale big on screen.
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5. Tone and comps
The world
A tired car ferry, mid channel, at night. Rust, sodium light, a bar that never closes and a car deck full of shadows. The storm turns the ship into a maze that moves.
Visual approach
Handheld in the corridors, locked off on the bridge. Sodium orange against storm blue. The sea is mostly sound until the last act.
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6. World
Why now
Stories about people nobody believes have never been more relevant. Nell is a protagonist audiences root for because she has to earn back the right to be heard while saving someone else.
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7. Why now
The team
Mara Quinn, writer and director (fictional): two award winning shorts
Sam Ortiz, producer (fictional): produced a festival feature on a small budget
Jun Park, cinematographer (fictional): known for low light work
Attached: a ferry operator open to night shoots out of season (example)
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8. Team
Budget and schedule
Budget
Example only: a modest single location budget
Schedule
Example only: four weeks of prep, a short shoot mostly at night, post in the spring
Status
Script in its third draft, director attached, looking for a lead and a co producer. This is an invented example.
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9. Budget
Contact
Name
Sam Ortiz (fictional)
Email
[email protected]
Phone
Phone
Website
example.com
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10. Contact

Pitch deck examples by genre

Three short sample pitch decks for made up films, showing how the key slides change with the genre. The projects, budgets and people are invented; the shape is what to copy.

Micro budget horror

Night Feed

Logline: A father doing the 3am feeds alone notices his newborn’s eyes follow something across the empty nursery, every night, a little closer to the cot.
Why now: Every new parent knows the fear of the night shift. This film turns that exhaustion into a question the audience takes home: what are they looking at?
Look and sound: One house, practical light from a baby monitor and a hallway lamp. The scares live in sound: the hum of the monitor and a second breath that should not be there.
Production: Single location, four main cast, an 18 day shoot. Every scare is practical and achievable on a small crew.

Indie romantic comedy

The Vineyard Accounts

Logline: A city accountant sent to close a failing family vineyard falls for the stubborn winemaker trying to save it, one harvest before the bank calls in the loan.
Tone: Warm, quick and grown up. The comedy comes from spreadsheets meeting soil, the romance from two people who are both right about the numbers.
Characters: Nell, who has never failed an audit and never had a holiday. Rafa, who has never read a contract and never left the valley.
Audience: Adults who want a romance with stakes they recognize: work, family and the fear of starting again.

Studio thriller

Grid Line

Logline: When a heatwave blackout hits a coastal city, a utility lineworker has twelve hours to restore power to a hospital while the people who caused it watch through her own cameras.
Set pieces: A substation fire, a climb up a failing pylon in a storm and a final race through flooded tunnels with the hospital’s backup generator running dry.
Why it travels: A blue collar hero, a ticking clock and a city in the dark play in any market without translation.
The ask: Seeking a producing partner and a director with large scale practical action experience.

Questions writers ask

Is there a free pitch deck template for films?

Yes. Fill in the ten slides here and save the deck as a 16:9 PDF from your browser. No signup, and nothing you type is uploaded.

Is there a sample pitch deck I can look at?

Yes. The example deck on this page is a complete sample for a fictional film called The Last Crossing. Load it into the builder to edit it.

What should a movie pitch deck include?

Title, logline, synopsis, main characters, tone and comparable titles, the world and visual approach, why now, the team, budget and schedule, and contact details.

Can I make a TV pitch deck with this?

Yes. Set the format on the title slide to a series, use the synopsis for the pilot, and use Why now for where the seasons go.

Are my images uploaded?

No. Images you add stay in your browser and are only used to draw the preview and the PDF. Close the tab and they are gone.