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Pitch Deck Examples and Film Pitch Deck Template

A pitch deck is a short slide deck, usually about ten slides, that sells a film or series to producers, financiers and talent before they read the script. Below are three sample pitch decks written out slide by slide and a full example deck; the free template lets you fill in ten slides and save a PDF.

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.

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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. Every one of the sample pitch decks below names a place, a person and a problem. 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.
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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, slide by slide

Three sample pitch decks for made up films in different genres, written out slide by slide: title, logline, world, characters, tone and comps, why now, team and the ask. The projects and people are invented; the comps are real films. Copy the shape, not the words.

Micro budget horror, slide by slide

Night Feed

Title: NIGHT FEED. A horror feature. Tagline: Something else is awake at 3am.
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.
World: One terraced house over one winter. Practical light only: the baby monitor, a hallway lamp, a phone screen. The house gets darker as the nights go on.
Characters: Dan, a new father on leave, sure he can do this alone. Priya, his wife, back at work and sleeping through it. Mrs Hale, the neighbour who keeps asking about the noise.
Tone and comps: Slow, quiet and close. The Babadook meets Paranormal Activity: parenthood fear, told with a camera that never leaves the house.
Why now: Every new parent knows the fear of the night shift. The film turns that exhaustion into a question the audience takes home: what are they looking at?
Team: Writer and director with two festival shorts in the genre, and a producer who has delivered a single location feature.
The ask: Single location, four cast, an 18 day shoot. Seeking finance partners and a sales agent.

Indie romantic comedy, slide by slide

The Vineyard Accounts

Title: THE VINEYARD ACCOUNTS. A romantic comedy. Tagline: The numbers say no.
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.
World: A small valley vineyard through one harvest: dusty rows at dawn, a cellar full of debt, and a town that has known everyone’s business for three generations.
Characters: Nell, who has never failed an audit or taken a holiday. Rafa, who has never read a contract or left the valley. His grandmother Ines, who keeps the real books.
Tone and comps: Warm, quick and grown up. Sideways meets The Proposal: wine country, work and two people who are both right about the numbers.
Why now: Small family businesses are closing everywhere. This is a romance about whether you save what you love or walk away from it.
Team: Writer with a produced short in the genre, attached director with a festival comedy, and a producer based in wine country.
The ask: Seeking two leads and a co producer. One main location and a harvest window that sets the shoot dates.

Studio thriller, slide by slide

Grid Line

Title: GRID LINE. An action thriller. Tagline: Twelve hours. No power. No backup.
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.
World: A city in the dark at the height of summer: substations, pylons, flooded service tunnels and a hospital running on its last generator.
Characters: Rosa, a lineworker who knows every cable in the city. Her estranged brother, a nurse on shift inside the hospital. The engineer who planned the attack.
Tone and comps: Relentless and practical. Speed meets Die Hard: one blue collar hero, one location at a time, a clock that never stops.
Why now: Heatwaves and grid failures are in the news every summer. Audiences know how fragile the power is; this film puts them on the pylon.
Team: Writer with a thriller on a contest shortlist, and a producer with large scale practical action experience.
The ask: Seeking a director and studio partner. Set pieces include a substation fire, a pylon climb in a storm and a tunnel flood.

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.

Where can I find film pitch deck examples?

On this page: three sample pitch decks for a horror film, a romantic comedy and a thriller, each written out slide by slide, plus a complete example deck you can load into the builder and edit.

Can AI write my pitch deck?

It can draft the copy. The free AI pitch deck generator turns a logline and genre into ten slides of text you edit, then you lay it out here.

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.