A literary manager in Film and TV will help with everything in your career. Beginning with the logline, to an outline and first draft of the script. The literary manager is a partner from development to production - the manager will take the project to partners, look at the deals and they can produce and package the project. The literary manager is focused on your overall career trajectory. Where are you now, where do you want to be and how can they get you there? A literary manager ...
Movies: it’s show, not tell
The medium of movies is visual - it's show, not tell. Movies are a visual experience, the audience isn't sitting by a radio nor watching a play from the stalls of an old Victorian theatre. They are either witnessing events on a huge cinema screen or (nowadays) a huge TV screen. If it's show, not tell, what does that mean for you as a filmmaker? This means conveying a story without exposition. Learn to tell a story without lengthy dialogue explaining what is happening to ...
Why a Script is Sent out for Coverage
Why a script is sent out for coverage This is a term you will come across when you submit your screenplay (for feature and television) to agents, producers, acquisitions teams, sales agents, distributors etc. Why a script is sent out for coverage: The people to whom you submit your project are incredibly busy and have lots of scripts submitted to them each week. They don't have time to review all of this material and will send a script out for coverage to get a ...
Finding a Producer Partner
How do you go about finding a producer partner? If you're just starting out as a filmmaker one of your key relationships will be with producers. At the lower budget levels of independent filmmaking, finding a producer partner is a crucial piece of the film puzzle. If you have a body of work behind you and an agent, it may be that your agent will send out a script to producers they know and who they feel will match you / the material. Finding a producer partner with experience will add ...
Why networking is important in the movie business
Why networking is important in the movie business and should not be underestimated. "It's who you know, not what you know" isn't entirely accurate but there's a ring of truth to the statement. The people who want access to the industry outweigh the number of jobs available. This is why networking is important in the movie business. Many of those jobs are filled via word of mouth - so, how do you get noticed in the first place? How do you get to the decision makers, to those ...
Online Film Distribution
Online film distribution means that the traditional indie film model is undergoing a transformation: Pre-sales + tax rebates + equity are harder to find.We live in a digital world - anyone can upload and download movies.VOD has replaced certain theatrical & DVD release patterns.You have more choices now - but that doesn't make it easy. how can you get your movie online & out to an audience? If you have managed to fund your movie - a major feat! - how can you get online film ...