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  • #31
    Re: Anyone switch from large management co to small?

    Originally posted by GucciGhostXXX View Post
    Then send your sh!t to my ex... she's known for being nice, but she's actually cold as ice behind the scenes. That's where that story ends as I'm telling it to a producer next week... LOL. (I bet her moles are telling her every word I say from here on out. HA! FUKK THEM!)


    This town, man...
    that's all well and good, sending it isn't the problem.

    she can be mary ****ing poppins, but if she doesn't respond to queries you're SOL.

    that's reality. sent her a query. no response. not even a "no solicitation response." that's not any different than any other manager right now. it's not personal.

    being an agent is different than being a manager, so i assume she's learned to like reading and giving notes-- she's a manager now, so she has to.

    i think they're (managers) so bogged down trying to get their clients work to studios, networks and producers without agents. i get the feeling it's not an easy task. Agents have the relationship connections with the buyers.

    this is probably a good time to be a manager, because you're forced to create these new relationships-- that will probably help a lot in the end.
    "Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy b/c you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say." -- Edward Snowden

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    • #32
      Re: Anyone switch from large management co to small?

      Originally posted by McWriterson View Post
      Absolutely. Some give only grammar notes but are great salesmen, some develop something with you from the start and ask you to send them incremental progress drafts. Some are better at emotional support. You need to be honest with what you need.

      As far as taking what you can get first time around, sure. But leverage that quickly into another relationship that works.

      As far having to be high up to have choices, thats not completely true. I have choices. But I’m not high up by any means. It’s just that the feature market is so shitty right now. I just had a movie released in May and my rep said “you’re only as good as your next script.” No one cares unless you’re one of the handful true A List writers or Marvel.

      Go into TV is the new war cry.
      props on your movie release.

      this has never been truer than it is right now. many a-list managers comment on the fact that the best feature client is the one that has both a killer feature AND a killer pilot.

      you need to do both until, and if, the feature market pendulum ever swings back to interest in original material.
      Last edited by finalact4; 08-31-2019, 11:28 AM.
      "Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy b/c you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say." -- Edward Snowden

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      • #33
        Re: Anyone switch from large management co to small?

        Originally posted by GucciGhostXXX View Post
        My suggestion. YELL BACK!

        "Don't you fukkin speak to me like that! Listen bruh, I'm not trying to be a d!ck, but you're crossing a line of decency, let's relax and get back to trying to have this project be GREAT. We both want it to be great, correct?"

        But don't listen to me. Ha!

        I cussed a certain producer out and told him "Bro, I don't give a fukk who you are, feel me? Go fukk yourself for being an azzhole! I get it, we'll never work together, thing is I don't give a fukk. There's other producers further up the ladder than you, dude."

        Can't say what the guy did. That'll be in my show if we get to do it. ;-)

        Just... I can handle people voicing opinions and sh!t, but bruh, if you yell at me? Dude, now you just went 'street', so let's go there! Don't put up with that sh!t. That's a lawsuit in any other industry. Which I'll remind these fukkers of if I'm yelled at.
        no ****ing ****, right?

        no one yells at me and sticks around. will not tolerate it. swear to god.

        that's when you get in your car and walk into their office, dressed like the cheerleader in Suicide Squad, and say, very coolly, as you flick a butterfly open and closed in your hand, "you ever ****ing talk to me like that again and you'll be swallowing your balls. you hearin' me?"

        record that **** and social media his a$$. the thought tickles me pink.
        "Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy b/c you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say." -- Edward Snowden

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        • #34
          Re: Anyone switch from large management co to small?

          Originally posted by finalact4 View Post
          that's all well and good, sending it isn't the problem.

          she can be mary ****ing poppins, but if she doesn't respond to queries you're SOL.

          that's reality. sent her a query. no response. not even a "no solicitation response." that's not any different than any other manager right now. it's not personal.

          being an agent is different than being a manager, so i assume she's learned to like reading and giving notes-- she's a manager now, so she has to.

          i think they're (managers) so bogged down trying to get their clients work to studios, networks and producers without agents. i get the feeling it's not an easy task. Agents have the relationship connections with the buyers.

          this is probably a good time to be a manager, because you're forced to create these new relationships-- that will probably help a lot in the end.
          So you DID query her? Good for you for trying. Why not!

          Yup true... I was kinda joking because...

          I know how she operates. She won't respond. She's never responded to a query, EVER. Instant delete. She never opens queries no matter what you say. She won't respond with "No unsolicited material" she'll just delete it (isn't that right, ex?). If I queried her she'd delete it. HA!

          I asked her to read my friends script (who she's met and had over to the house), never read it far as I know. Just said the genre wasn't her style and that was that.

          But yeah, I think it's a hella change for her having to actually read sh!t as a manger. And with no more notes from me explaining what could be fixed. HAHA!
          Bruh, fukkin *smooches*! Feel me? Ha!

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          • #35
            Re: Anyone switch from large management co to small?

            Originally posted by finalact4 View Post
            no ****ing ****, right?

            no one yells at me and sticks around. will not tolerate it. swear to god.

            that's when you get in your car and walk into their office, dressed like the cheerleader in Suicide Squad, and say, very coolly, as you flick a butterfly open and closed in your hand, "you ever ****ing talk to me like that again and you'll be swallowing your balls. you hearin' me?"

            record that **** and social media his a$$. the thought tickles me pink.
            HA! Fo realzies!
            Bruh, fukkin *smooches*! Feel me? Ha!

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            • #36
              Re: Anyone switch from large management co to small?

              Originally posted by GucciGhostXXX View Post
              My suggestion. YELL BACK!

              "Don't you fukkin speak to me like that! Listen bruh, I'm not trying to be a d!ck, but you're crossing a line of decency, let's relax and get back to trying to have this project be GREAT. We both want it to be great, correct?"

              But don't listen to me. Ha!

              I cussed a certain producer out and told him "Bro, I don't give a fukk who you are, feel me? Go fukk yourself for being an azzhole! I get it, we'll never work together, thing is I don't give a fukk. There's other producers further up the ladder than you, dude."

              Can't say what the guy did. That'll be in my show if we get to do it. ;-)

              Just... I can handle people voicing opinions and sh!t, but bruh, if you yell at me? Dude, now you just went 'street', so let's go there! Don't put up with that sh!t. That's a lawsuit in any other industry. Which I'll remind these fukkers of if I'm yelled at.

              Haha. Nice.

              I worked on a drilling rig for three years and a shipyard for another three. I've been in a shouting match or two but I suppose I was never worried about being blacklisted (which I assume might happen in Hollywood). I don't anticipate having this problem but if I do I doubt I'd be the one that got it to that point.

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              • #37
                Re: Anyone switch from large management co to small?

                Originally posted by DDoc View Post
                Haha. Nice.

                I worked on a drilling rig for three years and a shipyard for another three. I've been in a shouting match or two but I suppose I was never worried about being blacklisted (which I assume might happen in Hollywood). I don't anticipate having this problem but if I do I doubt I'd be the one that got it to that point.
                Yeah, I don't anticipate it happening to you. Writers are generally nice and diplomatic.

                My situation was a personal interaction. But, I was willing to go at the dude because I knew he couldn't blacklist me, he just would never work with me. So what! LOL

                Generally, rule of thumb is just be cool and this sh!t won't happen to you, usually. But maybe...???
                Bruh, fukkin *smooches*! Feel me? Ha!

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                • #38
                  Re: Anyone switch from large management co to small?

                  Originally posted by DDoc View Post
                  Lol. That's kind of depressing. I wonder how one should handle being yelled at by a rep (or studio exec, producer, etc.)? I'm not sure. I've heard stories of people blowing jobs in those types of situations. I'm no badass myself but I probably wouldn't be able to stomach another grown man yelling at me (unless I did something catastrophically stupid. Then I'd feel bad enough already).
                  My friend who is higher up in the biz, told me to call the guy back (he hung up on me too) and apologize. After that we still talked fine the next day like nothing happened. I made the mistake of being "mean" to a junior manager and asking more about his boss and not buttering him up. He's out of the business now, but my friend is like "small town" you don't want this guy bad mouthing you... he could end up anywhere... so he was right. I made a mistake, but yelling like a manic is wrong. But it's part of all life and business right.

                  Ddoc -- that's my screenwriting life. I have even more depressing stories. And I already told you about the cancer.

                  So if there is a God, he hates me. Or she does. Or this test just sucks.

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                  • #39
                    Re: Anyone switch from large management co to small?

                    Gucci -- how did this "hypothetical rep" find clients then?

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                    • #40
                      Re: Anyone switch from large management co to small?

                      Originally posted by Bono View Post
                      Gucci -- how did this "hypothetical rep" find clients then?
                      Answer: Handed to hypothetical rep on a silver platter. Managers, producers, publishing agents. Mostly publishing agents. Always referrals. I could be wrong, but I'd guess ZERO found by other means.

                      Hypothetical rep will get mad (or hypothetical rep's moles) for me saying this, but hypothetical rep has done a seminar (whatever those things are called, pitch fest?) hypothetical rep wasn't listening, signed no one. Was a favor to the host (Ain't that right hypothetical rep?). HA! Hypothetical is prolly so pissed I'm telling the truth. I give ZERO fukks, bruh! LOL
                      Bruh, fukkin *smooches*! Feel me? Ha!

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                      • #41
                        Re: Anyone switch from large management co to small?

                        I'm just asking "hypothetical" how any rep gets in the position for people to come to them unless they first work hard and find clients that hit it big and draw people to them.

                        Like writers, don't most reps struggle to make it and some just don't? We make it sound so easy on their side.

                        I'm saying, can I switch sides and have a better life today?

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                        • #42
                          Re: Anyone switch from large management co to small?

                          Originally posted by GucciGhostXXX View Post
                          So you DID query her? Good for you for trying. Why not!

                          Yup true... I was kinda joking because...

                          I know how she operates. She won't respond. She's never responded to a query, EVER. Instant delete. She never opens queries no matter what you say. She won't respond with "No unsolicited material" she'll just delete it (isn't that right, ex?). If I queried her she'd delete it. HA!

                          I asked her to read my friends script (who she's met and had over to the house), never read it far as I know. Just said the genre wasn't her style and that was that.

                          But yeah, I think it's a hella change for her having to actually read sh!t as a manger. And with no more notes from me explaining what could be fixed. HAHA!

                          Why don't you query her "Nutsack Lunch, Bruh" and see what happens?

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                          • #43
                            Re: Anyone switch from large management co to small?

                            Originally posted by GucciGhostXXX View Post
                            I hear you. And as a sold writer (never produced, close but nope) I don't think that helps me. Actually being produced is a whole other ball game. I'd say the levels from bottom to top are...

                            1) Brand new writer never been repped
                            2) Repped but never sold
                            3) Repped and sold but never produced
                            4) Sold and Made
                            5) Made and HIT
                            6) Made and HIT several times
                            7) Hits and weekly'z
                            8) Hits and writer/director
                            9) Hits and weekly'z and writer/director
                            10) Chris Nolan

                            I'm a number 3 outta 10. So I'm pretty low on the totem pole.

                            Anything I got wrong?

                            Or you can be Mickey Fischer and skip all those steps, go straight to mogul.

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                            • #44
                              Re: Anyone switch from large management co to small?

                              Originally posted by McWriterson View Post
                              Absolutely. Some give only grammar notes but are great salesmen, some develop something with you from the start and ask you to send them incremental progress drafts. Some are better at emotional support. You need to be honest with what you need.

                              As far as taking what you can get first time around, sure. But leverage that quickly into another relationship that works.

                              As far having to be high up to have choices, thats not completely true. I have choices. But I'm not high up by any means. It's just that the feature market is so shitty right now. I just had a movie released in May and my rep said "you're only as good as your next script.- No one cares unless you're one of the handful true A List writers or Marvel.

                              Go into TV is the new war cry.

                              Agreed. Yeah, we might not always get what we want. But, collecting knowledge can't be a bad thing. If you're starting to get good grades and a high SAT, it's not unreasonable to start looking into prestigious colleges. Even if you never get into Harvard, it's always better to plan ahead.


                              I heard a manager say in an interview that agencies publish a list of opportunities for TV and features. The list for TV was like a phone book and the list for features were like a couple of sheets. TV looks intriguing, but it also looks like a tricky club to break into.

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                              • #45
                                Re: Anyone switch from large management co to small?

                                Originally posted by Bono View Post
                                I'm just asking "hypothetical" how any rep gets in the position for people to come to them unless they first work hard and find clients that hit it big and draw people to them.

                                Like writers, don't most reps struggle to make it and some just don't? We make it sound so easy on their side.

                                I'm saying, can I switch sides and have a better life today?
                                Yup. It's been so long since hypothetical had to do that, I don't totally remember.

                                I think hypothetical hustled to get in good with publishing agents looking for IP. Not saying it was easy. It was brutal to build a client base to the point that clients are handed to you "Please rep my writer, they have ____ going on." Takes a while to get to that level. It definitely takes a hit to make that mark. No one believes you have taste until you get a hit that no one saw coming. Then EVERYONE believes you that your taste is CORRECT. Hypothetical has had, what, 5 HITS? Most people in this industry have ZERO.

                                You start by helping on bigger agent's clients while at the same time trying to sign your own.
                                Bruh, fukkin *smooches*! Feel me? Ha!

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