HELLO PRODUCERS:

You have the Script, you have the Budget, you have 2 TV Name Actor commitments…

You also know someone who has 2 cameras… They’re even “Reds”

You have the passion. You have the desire. You have a lot of out of work Cast & Crew saying “they’re in”

You’re all ready…

But, what you don’t have is the Money…

FIRST GET REAL

You need to partner with a company that can get the Money…

No studio or Network is going to fund you when (A) you have no track of proof that you-deliver and

Here are 5 Production Companies with Development Deals at Studios who are looking for projects.

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HELLO ACTORS:

Remember, You are Unique. No one looks like you.

IMPORTANT: Please-Please make those Headshots “look like you”… Not like how “you’d like to look”.

Now, got your headshot. It shows that you are unique and original… not just another guy with a “6 pack” or girl with 36DDs

Let’s get your headshot to Hollywood Casting Directors.

But the real ones

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ONLY SEND SCRIPTS TO BUYERS… NOT TO ANYONE “WHO KNOWS A BUYER” (No Middlemen)

Remember, this is a professional Bullsh*t industry (No-Problem, I-Got-Contacts, Check-is-in-Mail, I’m goin’-to-Cannes, I Know Quentin, etc.) loaded with professionals and you are not even qualified to be an amateur bullsh*tter.

So lets first WRITE-THE-SCRIPT.

Then second MAKE-IT-GREAT

Then third CYA

Then fourth CYA (again… WGA & LOC)

Then fifth stay away from Bullsh*tters.

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SCREENWRITING & FILMMAKING: Avoid Guaranteed Failure… If you desire to either Produce or Direct a script that you either wrote or optioned then Absolutely-Make-Sure that any of these 6 words-or-phrases have not been typed in the 90-100 pages that you are about to make with very little money.

If you do not desire to either Produce or Direct the script you either wrote or have secured the rights to then disregard what I am about to detail…

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Do You Believe Hollywood?

Simple Question. When you hear or read about the announced budget of a movie… Do you believe it.

So What’s Your Budget.

Now here’s what I learned with playing the “What’s Your Budget” game.

If you have $100,000-$200,000 and someone asks “What’s your Budget”… you are going to say “Just-Under $500,000”

If you have $200,000-$300,000 and someone asks “What’s your Budget”… you are going to say “Just-Under a Mill”

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HELLO FILMMAKERS:

Got Your Script. It’s perfect. Good. Now submit to Screenwriting Contests. Win & Get Representation…
Here are 4 coming up contests in MAY-NOVEMBER 2015…that have merit…

Merit is the fact that Hollywood Agents believe that these contests have quality entrants with elite judges… and are very aware of who wrote the script that won (if it wins) and want to represent him/her, the creator, as a writer and also,

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HELLO WRITERS:

You have the script and you’re sure it’s great… not a single word needs re-typing… It’s written. It’s registered with the WGA. It’s copyrighted with Library of Congress. Then you’re ready to go.

Then send it to the Buyers… Buyers being Production Companies that actually hire writers, option properties and make movies.

Here are 8 that have their name start with a number.

1. 100% TERRYCLOTH             ATTN: Terrence Michael (Producer)
2.             310-393-8585 (Contact@TerenceMichael.com)
3. 1801 Ave of the Stars,

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The Key is and always will be “GRAB-THE-READER”

SCREENWRITING SECRETS: Last week’s Post had 4 Scriptwriting Pointers on Readers and their mentalities with respect to Format, Structure & Job and I ended with I will Post the Tricks on Part 2.. Okay, here’s Part 2 and the 3 Tricks.

1) Grab-The Reader: Line 5-7

2) Grab-The-Reader: Bottom Line of Page-1

3) Grab-The-Reader: Top Line of Page-2

3 GREAT SCREENWRITING TRICKS

Reader’s are negative people..

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First 4 Points & 3 Great Screenwriting Tips

25 years ago when I first came to Hollywood-land my first paying jobs were as a Reader-of-Scripts (aka: Doing COVERAGE) for Production Companies that could not afford $120-$250K per year for a Development Exec with a Masters degree in literary from Harvard, Yale or Cambridge… but they could afford a dude like me $25-30 for a 90-100 Page script.

POINT # 1; Over 3 years I read and did a 2-page Book Report called “COVERAGE”

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NON-SCRIPTED TV: Got an idea for a Reality Series. Below are the 18 most powerful Reality Dealmakers

REALITY TV: First, a Fact & a Pearl of Wisdom…

(1) FACT: It’s not called Reality TV it’s called Non-Scripted TV…

(2) PEARL OF WISDOM: You have no track record of ability to deliver an entire season of 4-13 episodes (on-time & on-budget) so you ain’t pitching directly to the funding network.

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