Re: Spec Scout
This is a good opportunity to clear up this misconception -- w/r/t scripts and writers, the vast vast vast majority of private tracking boards don't discuss opinions beyond "I liked it" or "We aren't buying it." They all talk about who they're bringing in for a meeting -- on my last round of generals, I met with almost every member of at least two boards. It's funny when they ask who else you've met with and you mention a few names and they give knowing nods or "Yeah, Alex told me he really liked you." They don't post coverage -- that's proprietary. It's mostly banal business stuff and gossip -- what fund has this amount of money, who's going to which festival, that kind of thing.
They certainly *do* talk about scripts they've read and which ones they liked and which ones they don't, but usually in person -- and they're always meeting up with each other, mixers or lunch or parties at the aforementioned festivals or markets. This is a face-to-face business.
But the idea of a script being killed because one person on a tracking board said it sucked is false. Each board just isn't that large
I agree with 8bit -- the forums at tracking-board rarely involve opinions, and are the opposite of what could be considered influential.
I've already been blocked on twitter and had my account at tracking-board dot com suspended for expressing even the vaguest of criticisms, which don't even include this one:
tracking-board dot com charges for access to their forums, where spec and pre-production scripts are traded, which is ****ing ridiculous. Leaving aside the ethics of reading scripts which haven't been produced, how can it be ok for someone to charge for access to scripts they don't own?
Perhaps the head of tracking-board, who has posted here recently, would like to respond.
It is my understanding - which I admit could be wrong, especially since I have no credentials to back up my opinions - that spec scripts are routinely 'covered' with comments circulated on private tracking boards - the ones writers have no access to whatsoever.
They certainly *do* talk about scripts they've read and which ones they liked and which ones they don't, but usually in person -- and they're always meeting up with each other, mixers or lunch or parties at the aforementioned festivals or markets. This is a face-to-face business.
But the idea of a script being killed because one person on a tracking board said it sucked is false. Each board just isn't that large
I also know - and this is fact - that a well know tracking board open to subscription by anyone, routinely posts current scripts, and often has comments also posted, some of which can be pretty brutal.
I've already been blocked on twitter and had my account at tracking-board dot com suspended for expressing even the vaguest of criticisms, which don't even include this one:
tracking-board dot com charges for access to their forums, where spec and pre-production scripts are traded, which is ****ing ridiculous. Leaving aside the ethics of reading scripts which haven't been produced, how can it be ok for someone to charge for access to scripts they don't own?
Perhaps the head of tracking-board, who has posted here recently, would like to respond.
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