hey all
got a project ready to go. it's as writer-director. have a few buyers lined up who are ready to pull the trigger. what I am giving them: a 25 page treatment and a look book detailing the film. these buyers are also financiers.
however my agent is ringing warning bells. he wants me to write it on spec. "you will have more control that way".
really tho?!
to me the two scenarios are:
1) sell the current package (i.e. treatment), get paid to write script, get notes, hopefully make the movie I want to make.
or
2) write the script on spec, find a buyer who CLAIMS to "get" your movie, hopefully sell it to said buyer, knowing that it's extremely likely they too will have notes.
Just wondering what the reasoning is for not getting paid to write the script, considering the people who end up paying for the script will also finance the film and, ultimately, should be on the same page from the start.
got a project ready to go. it's as writer-director. have a few buyers lined up who are ready to pull the trigger. what I am giving them: a 25 page treatment and a look book detailing the film. these buyers are also financiers.
however my agent is ringing warning bells. he wants me to write it on spec. "you will have more control that way".
really tho?!
to me the two scenarios are:
1) sell the current package (i.e. treatment), get paid to write script, get notes, hopefully make the movie I want to make.
or
2) write the script on spec, find a buyer who CLAIMS to "get" your movie, hopefully sell it to said buyer, knowing that it's extremely likely they too will have notes.
Just wondering what the reasoning is for not getting paid to write the script, considering the people who end up paying for the script will also finance the film and, ultimately, should be on the same page from the start.
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