I finally made it home from Expo 4 and wanted to pass on my thoughts while they were still fresh.
I've organized and hosted large one and two day events in the past. But they were much smaller in scale than Expo. Every additional day adds a tremendous amount of additional work - like having triplets, instead of twins. I was tremendously impressed with the organization and the quality of the experience I had at Expo 4.
The speakers were superb and willing to spend extra time with you if requested. The pitch sessions were organized with great precision (to as great a degree as the Expo staff could, considering some people didn't show up as promised or arrive when they said they would). One of my pitchees didn't show but the staff allowed me - and all others in a similar situation - to pitch to whoever they wanted after regular time was up. I got to pitch to Kopelson, instead of much smaller producer! And they requested a read!
I made ten pitches (including the one to Kopelson) on Saturday - 9 in the morning and 1 in the afternoon. All but one requested additional material from me - one pages or scripts. Also, every staff member I interacted with was friendly and helpful. One producer/writer told everyone at his seminar that they could send the first 15 pages of their scripts and he would read and respond to them. I can't thank the organizers (Jim, Eric, and ?) enough.
I also met with a WGA signatory agent while I was down, before Expo started, and he requested two of my scripts. So, it was a great trip!
Thanks again to all who made this a terrific experience.
I've organized and hosted large one and two day events in the past. But they were much smaller in scale than Expo. Every additional day adds a tremendous amount of additional work - like having triplets, instead of twins. I was tremendously impressed with the organization and the quality of the experience I had at Expo 4.
The speakers were superb and willing to spend extra time with you if requested. The pitch sessions were organized with great precision (to as great a degree as the Expo staff could, considering some people didn't show up as promised or arrive when they said they would). One of my pitchees didn't show but the staff allowed me - and all others in a similar situation - to pitch to whoever they wanted after regular time was up. I got to pitch to Kopelson, instead of much smaller producer! And they requested a read!
I made ten pitches (including the one to Kopelson) on Saturday - 9 in the morning and 1 in the afternoon. All but one requested additional material from me - one pages or scripts. Also, every staff member I interacted with was friendly and helpful. One producer/writer told everyone at his seminar that they could send the first 15 pages of their scripts and he would read and respond to them. I can't thank the organizers (Jim, Eric, and ?) enough.
I also met with a WGA signatory agent while I was down, before Expo started, and he requested two of my scripts. So, it was a great trip!
Thanks again to all who made this a terrific experience.
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