Re: Imagine Impact X Netflix
If they put the FAQ remarks about the video under the “Sample & Video” section, there would be no confusion regarding the video’s topic. As it is, they have the video submission remarks under the “Sample & Video” section, so the video there seems to be related to the sample you might submit.
IMO, they could make it simple and ask you to submit the full screenplay of the project you want to submit rather than imply you can send a “sample” of something else such as a TV pilot or feature (see below).
Here’s the wording on the form asking for the sample: “Please upload a completed pilot or feature screenplay that best represents your ability to execute the project you're submitting. This can be a draft of the project you're submitting but it does not need to be.”
Here is where the video confusion arises: On the submission form under the “Sample & Video” heading section, they ask for a file upload of your sample, the title of the sample, the logline of the sample, and then the next line states: “Please upload a 30-second video telling us why this world and story need to be made into a movie.” Here, the instructions for the 30-second video seem to be related to the sample, a sample which, in their own words, “... can be a draft of the project you're submitting but it does not need to be.” Yet there’s nowhere else to upload your full screenplay (as per the FAQs) except in the “Sample & Video” section.
Then, in the FAQs, there’s this: “What if the script I want to submit isn’t completed?
A finished written work is required to submit, as we want to evaluate your ability to execute a story from start to finish. Please either complete the script that is in progress before submitting or submit a different script.”
Of course I’m going to submit a completed screenplay, but are they referring to the script that I’m using as a sample or are they referring to the script for the project or idea I’m pitching?
For the submission form, which is it? A sample? Or my screenplay? Or am I to discuss my project idea throughout the form and (possibly) submit a sample different from that project but a sample that demonstrates the ability to execute the project idea’s story?
If you don’t read the FAQs and simply fill out the form, you might miss their intention, which IMO is not clearly stated on the form. It’s a matter of how one interprets the wording, which to me seems vague in places. That is all. These discussions reveal (by sorting through the FAQs) more precisely what they expect in the video and as a submission.
Naturally, the thing to do is to submit the completed screenplay for the project idea you want to pitch along with the 30-second (or less; do them a favor) video of that same project idea.
Originally posted by Bono
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IMO, they could make it simple and ask you to submit the full screenplay of the project you want to submit rather than imply you can send a “sample” of something else such as a TV pilot or feature (see below).
Here’s the wording on the form asking for the sample: “Please upload a completed pilot or feature screenplay that best represents your ability to execute the project you're submitting. This can be a draft of the project you're submitting but it does not need to be.”
Here is where the video confusion arises: On the submission form under the “Sample & Video” heading section, they ask for a file upload of your sample, the title of the sample, the logline of the sample, and then the next line states: “Please upload a 30-second video telling us why this world and story need to be made into a movie.” Here, the instructions for the 30-second video seem to be related to the sample, a sample which, in their own words, “... can be a draft of the project you're submitting but it does not need to be.” Yet there’s nowhere else to upload your full screenplay (as per the FAQs) except in the “Sample & Video” section.
Then, in the FAQs, there’s this: “What if the script I want to submit isn’t completed?
A finished written work is required to submit, as we want to evaluate your ability to execute a story from start to finish. Please either complete the script that is in progress before submitting or submit a different script.”
Of course I’m going to submit a completed screenplay, but are they referring to the script that I’m using as a sample or are they referring to the script for the project or idea I’m pitching?
For the submission form, which is it? A sample? Or my screenplay? Or am I to discuss my project idea throughout the form and (possibly) submit a sample different from that project but a sample that demonstrates the ability to execute the project idea’s story?
If you don’t read the FAQs and simply fill out the form, you might miss their intention, which IMO is not clearly stated on the form. It’s a matter of how one interprets the wording, which to me seems vague in places. That is all. These discussions reveal (by sorting through the FAQs) more precisely what they expect in the video and as a submission.
Naturally, the thing to do is to submit the completed screenplay for the project idea you want to pitch along with the 30-second (or less; do them a favor) video of that same project idea.
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