With AFM coming up I’m getting a lot of people asking me if as a screenwriter you need a manager or agent to be able to submit your projects to production companies. . While it certainly can help in certain situations and particularly with the bigger companies, you can also skirt around this requirement by […]
Earlier this week we talked about getting your TV series to buyers, and I introduced the TV Essentials Course 2 I’ll be leading next month, right on the heels of MIPCOM so you’ll be getting all the most recent up to date intel for 2018. . If you’d like to learn more about the course […]
I hope you had a great weekend! Anyone else up for watching the Emmy’s tonight? I’m typically not a fan of award shows but one thing I love about the Emmy’s is observing how much TV series have developed and evolved in the last few years and also, how many film stars have fully crossed […]
Last week we left off talking about What Real Distribution Numbers Look Like which is one of our most popular threads in the FS member forums…. . And before that we highlighted a thread on Distributors Who Pay MG’s… . We’re highlighting these topics and discussions during our annual FS Yearly Membership Promo which is […]
The other day we talked about distributors who pay MG’s and people’s natural response was – well if we can’t get an MG/Advance, then what kind of numbers can we expect to make later? . Of course that’s a complicated questions since how much you can make on your film depends on many factors – […]
As we wind down to the final few weeks of summer I’m going to be highlighting some of the discussions we’ve been having in the FS Member Forums that I think are worth sharing with you all. . Over the years the FS Member Forums have evolved from just one of many benefits of the Film […]
I hope you had a great weekend! . I was having a conversation with a Film Market Consulting client recently weighing the pro’s and con’s of distribution offers we had on the table and a few things came up that I thought I’d share with you guys. . It turns out a couple of the distributors […]
After Friday’s Film Financing Series Recap, are you ready to hit the ground running again with this stuff? . The Role Of Sales Agents In Film Financing…. . An often misunderstood topic! And for good reason. The role of sales agents have dramatically evolved over the last 5 years even. Not to mention, many of […]
On Monday we discussed Film Finance In 2018 – Optioning Your Script vs. DIY Packaging Your Project. It seems like it resonated with quite a few of you judging from the responses I received too. . And it brought up another question – if you are optioning your script to producers or a production company, […]
We ended last week talking about whether networks will let you produce your own series, and I have follow up to that on production partnerships and what makes a good partner company to produce your series…. but in the mean time, I’m going to go off topic today and talk about something that’s happening a […]
