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My biggest tip would be to be able to pitch the idea or hook within a couple/few sentences right away. After that, I think it is important to be able to define clear characters and their arcs, and the primary turning points of the story, such as Act I break, Act II break, main obstacles, and resolution.
I am interested in primarily features and feature adaptation from books. I am interested in many genres, but particularly those that make an audience feel something, give them a really surprising gut punch, or cover an interesting part of history. I enjoy comedy, drama, dramedy, romance, historical, true stories, and elevated genre pictures that are about character and theme over spectacle. My primary concern in non-comedy genres is a good solid emotional hook (I wouldn't say I am a YA person per se, but was drawn in by the emotional hook of "I volunteer as tribute" in HUNGER GAMES, for example).
I am not interested in movies that are more of programmers. Many romcoms and action movies tend to fall into this category. I am not opposed to those genres at all, but look for original ways into them.