Hi, I'd like to submit a sitcom to Amazon Studios Inc., their WGA signatory, but I am not a member of the WGA (and do not yet even have an agent).
The sitcom I'd like to submit involves characters working at a company similar to Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos' private rocket company (seriously), with which there could be many synergies. Also AS has made smart moves lately - such as purchasing professional first-rate series directly from agents - and, AS employees seem cool, ambitious, and tech literate...so my preference if other things were equal would be to go with AS. I _believe_ in AS (think Netflix with House of Cards or HBO with Boardwalk but even more ambitious, with deeper pockets, and more technical expertise...a series streaming on Amazon Prime could be extraordinarily successful. An extra rocket company is icing ; )
Assuming the script and bible are professional enough to attract an agent, could he or she make a simple phone call to submit work of a non-WGA member to AS Inc for marginally better terms than their standard "click to upload" contract?
Specifically I am interested in maintaing enough credit to become a member of the WGA and to retain a degree of involvement with writing the show - rather than residuals or upfront payments. (This particular theme is important to me personally, so, my interest is less financial than - sounds corny, but - ensuring scientific and technical accuracy.) If the series were to take off I would like contractual assurance I could be involved to some degree with future episodes. Not as showrunner, just a writer. Is this conceivable?
Is this a pathetic common amateurish expectation? (I honestly think even a cursory glance at a url with previz material would lead an agent (and AS) to think the show at least worth terms approximating the low-end of those they offer established WGA writers (on a track separate from their normal public submissions).
Or should the sitcom be set at a generic rocket company and be pitched to every studio possible??
Thanks
The sitcom I'd like to submit involves characters working at a company similar to Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos' private rocket company (seriously), with which there could be many synergies. Also AS has made smart moves lately - such as purchasing professional first-rate series directly from agents - and, AS employees seem cool, ambitious, and tech literate...so my preference if other things were equal would be to go with AS. I _believe_ in AS (think Netflix with House of Cards or HBO with Boardwalk but even more ambitious, with deeper pockets, and more technical expertise...a series streaming on Amazon Prime could be extraordinarily successful. An extra rocket company is icing ; )
Assuming the script and bible are professional enough to attract an agent, could he or she make a simple phone call to submit work of a non-WGA member to AS Inc for marginally better terms than their standard "click to upload" contract?
Specifically I am interested in maintaing enough credit to become a member of the WGA and to retain a degree of involvement with writing the show - rather than residuals or upfront payments. (This particular theme is important to me personally, so, my interest is less financial than - sounds corny, but - ensuring scientific and technical accuracy.) If the series were to take off I would like contractual assurance I could be involved to some degree with future episodes. Not as showrunner, just a writer. Is this conceivable?
Is this a pathetic common amateurish expectation? (I honestly think even a cursory glance at a url with previz material would lead an agent (and AS) to think the show at least worth terms approximating the low-end of those they offer established WGA writers (on a track separate from their normal public submissions).
Or should the sitcom be set at a generic rocket company and be pitched to every studio possible??
Thanks
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