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Forum: Business Questions and Advice 04-21-2008, 08:11 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 4,674
Posted By Minibrain
Re: to sell or not to sell...

Get a good agent.
Forum: TV 11-25-2007, 02:23 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 26,609
Posted By Minibrain
Re: TV Series Proposal Format

There is no "format" for a TV series proposal.

TV series are generally pitched, verbally, by the creator. Who is almost always the writer.
Forum: Research and Resources 11-18-2007, 04:09 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,359
Posted By Minibrain
Re: "When out on the lawn, one of the dogs will sniff out some spot...."

Bingo.

Next thing you know, the dog'll go missing.
Forum: Research and Resources 11-14-2007, 07:10 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,359
Posted By Minibrain
Re: Dog behaviour

They do that where you've buried the dead bodies.
Forum: Business Questions and Advice 11-09-2007, 09:34 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 4,186
Posted By Minibrain
Re: Greatest networking opportunity in history

There were people at the showrunners picket Wednesday who weren't showrunners, but were showing support for the WGA while trying to chat up showrunners.

I saw a handful of writers who I know to be...
Forum: Agents, Lawyers & Managers 10-28-2007, 11:50 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 4,082
Posted By Minibrain
Re: What to Wear to Meeting?

A dress?

Sure, you can wear one. But it certainly isn't expected.

I'm thinking back, counting the number of meetings I've been to in a dress:

Hmmm. None.

My outfits for meetings are often a good...
Forum: Television 10-13-2007, 04:09 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 701
Posted By Minibrain
Re: The State of TV ... Correct Me If I'm Wrong

Most, if not all, of the shows you name started out as TV show ideas.

Not movie ideas.

You may think that they are more suited to being movies, but that doesn't change what the creators were...
Forum: Business Questions and Advice 10-07-2007, 11:17 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 3,637
Posted By Minibrain
Re: Should I send script to actress home address???

Sending unsolicited scripts to actors is considered, by the LAPD's Threat Assessment Unit (the stalker specialists), to be a sign of possible stalking behavior.

And you notice that I didn't say...
Forum: Producers, Production Companies, Studios & Networks 09-27-2007, 03:52 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 3,122
Posted By Minibrain
Re: "I enjoyed it but it's not for me..."

"You're great, really. It's not you, it's me. Let's just be friends."
Forum: Business Questions and Advice 09-21-2007, 12:22 PM
Replies: 57
Views: 5,517
Posted By Minibrain
Re: How many writers from this board have been optioned?

Dear people, in all the fuss about Taotropics work record, please don't miss the very important piece of advice he offered at the very end...

...about options.
Forum: Screenwriting 09-06-2007, 11:40 PM
Replies: 170
Views: 15,998
Posted By Minibrain
Re: Writing vs Construction

Wait, somebody said screenwriting is mathematics?

That's kinda funny.

Not really true, either.

At least not mathematics as I understand it. And I gotta tell ya, I got a pretty good perspective.
Forum: Agents, Lawyers & Managers 09-06-2007, 06:31 PM
Replies: 81
Views: 7,725
Posted By Minibrain
Re: Spec/new writer implications of a strike?

You know what, I think that was the word I was going for.

Wonder what happened to the "co" part.
Forum: Business Questions and Advice 09-06-2007, 06:27 PM
Replies: 57
Views: 5,517
Posted By Minibrain
Re: How many writers from this board have been optioned?

Why the emphasis on being optioned?

Sales and assignments are probably what most working professionals talk about when they talk about how they make money.

Options seem to hold a strange...
Forum: Agents, Lawyers & Managers 09-06-2007, 03:31 PM
Replies: 81
Views: 7,725
Posted By Minibrain
Re: Spec/new writer implications of a strike?

The weird thing is -- I'm not sure what word I was trying for in the first place. So I put in "parties."

But it might have been "panties."
Forum: Agents, Lawyers & Managers 09-06-2007, 12:14 AM
Replies: 81
Views: 7,725
Posted By Minibrain
Re: Spec/new writer implications of a strike?

I fixed it, I fixed it!


What do you want: wisdom, or typing?
Forum: Agents, Lawyers & Managers 09-05-2007, 03:40 PM
Replies: 81
Views: 7,725
Posted By Minibrain
Re: Spec/new writer implications of a strike?

Understand -- non-WGA writers are actually free to sell projects to non-signatory companies. Even during a strike. The world of moviemaking that takes place outside of the WGA goes on during a...
Forum: TV 09-01-2007, 02:11 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,371
Posted By Minibrain
Re: A sure way not to get staffed

Are we sure that anybody from Law & Order was even involved in judging?

The court judge's ruling said that her claims of access were invalid. Which leads me to think that the contest misrepresented...
Forum: Business Questions and Advice 09-01-2007, 02:07 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,938
Posted By Minibrain
Re: Giving A % To People Who Hook You Up

No finders fees.

Those of us who are in a position to help people make meaningful contacts -- never accept them.

Agents and managers are in that business.

For the rest of us, it's about...
Forum: Business Questions and Advice 08-17-2007, 06:55 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 3,099
Posted By Minibrain
Re: A co-worker sells a script

I was once that cube-rat who sold a screenplay and got to quit my day job...

Though I stayed on the job for a while-- since it takes a couple months (or more) for the WGA health insurance to kick...
Forum: Business Questions and Advice 08-10-2007, 03:42 PM
Replies: 77
Views: 6,079
Posted By Minibrain
Re: What To Do?

Maybe the firm is A-list, but their work with you hasn't been.

If I were you, I'd be actively looking for new reps. I'd stay with this firm until I had either a new agent, or a new manager. Or...
Forum: Producers, Production Companies, Studios & Networks 08-05-2007, 11:50 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 858
Posted By Minibrain
Re: Networking question

Oh, and one other thing --

Probably more important than trying to get read right now, is getting another job. In Los Angeles.

If you're still in school, try to line one up for your next break.
...
Forum: Business Questions and Advice 08-04-2007, 09:08 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,288
Posted By Minibrain
Re: story by...

Since you want to be generous to this guy --

When you take the project out, let him be attached as the director.

Which is a good deal for him -- to be attached to a project as a director.
...
Forum: Producers, Production Companies, Studios & Networks 08-04-2007, 09:03 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 858
Posted By Minibrain
Re: Networking question

Be the most useful, competent, hard-working guy on the production.

With a good attitude and sense of humor.

Without being pushy or obvious, mention that you're in school, what you're studying....
Forum: Business Questions and Advice 08-03-2007, 12:39 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,853
Posted By Minibrain
Re: Pitching

Guys, this is really simple.

When people in the business refer to a pitch, they mean a writer coming in and telling the story of a project that they propose to write.

You don't pitch out a script...
Forum: Agents, Lawyers & Managers 07-22-2007, 11:54 AM
Replies: 85
Views: 11,445
Posted By Minibrain
Re: Curious about what you folks make of this?

I think one other poster alluded to this, too --

But I would point out that an issue with the opening post that's separate from racism is --

You oughta think twice about managers and producers...
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