I am currently writing a script 1st one as a matter of fact and just had a couple of dumb questions to ask. how many times would actually rewrite your script? What I do is just keep reading a page over and over and over and when I think its perfect I leave it then start to write another. I am also planning to do a 5 min reel teaser, I was wondering on how you go about setting a meeting with some investors? I know I cant fund this myself even though I would want to. I already have the visions, sounds,settings, and screen shots all in my head. Will I be able to voice my opinions if the project gets up and runnin? I want to be able to put my vision the way I want it to be. Im such a freekin newbie. I just want to know step by step after I get done writing. where do I copywrite? who should I contact? what should I do? I really need some guidance after I get done. thanks in advance peace
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how many times would actually rewrite your script? What I do is just keep reading a page over and over and over and when I think its perfect I leave it then start to write another.
I do kind of the same thing, but I write the whole script and then go back over it. I don't think one page at a time would work for me. But if it works for you, go for it!
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I am also planning to do a 5 min reel teaser, I was wondering on how you go about setting a meeting with some investors?
For the five minute teaser? How much is that going to cost?
Typically a filmmaker with finished the script and make the teaser themselves in order to show investors what they can do. I don't know of any investor who would put up the money for a teaser.
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Will I be able to voice my opinions if the project gets up and runnin? I want to be able to put my vision the way I want it to be.
Yes.
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where do I copywrite? who should I contact? what should I do? I really need some guidance after I get done.
You copyRIGHT a script after it's done. I'm not trying to be a jerk, it's just that if you look on Google for "copywrite" you'll get something very different from "copyRIGHT". So go ahead and type "copyright" into google and you'll find all the info you need.
If you want to sell the script, you'll need to contact agents, producers and production companies. If you want to make the script yourself (as the producer/director) you'll need to put together a business plan and then contact investors.
But my advice is to slow down a little. Finish that script first. While it's important to think about the outcome, it's to early to start setting up meetings with investors. Frankly, investors are more interested on how much it's going to cost and how much they will make back than visions, sounds,settings, and screen shots.
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The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress.
Joseph Joubert, essayist (1754-1824)
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The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress.
Joseph Joubert, essayist (1754-1824)
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I don't know of any investor who would put up the money for a teaser.
I met one guy who got just that: he was asking for a couple of million and the investor threw him a few thousand to make a two-minute trailer to prove he could make the movie properly.
Of course although he got the two million, the feature sucked and, as far as I'm aware, he never got another directing job again.
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Will I be able to voice my opinions if the project gets up and runnin? I want to be able to put my vision the way I want it to be.
Voice, yes, but when the investor says he wants his twenty-year-old son -- who's never acted before -- to play the protagonist who's currently a middle-aged man, and he wants to change the setting from Hawaii to Wisconsin for tax reasons, and he thinks there should be a love interest and can you write his black panther into the movie while you're at it, you'll have to decide whether to take the money or have the movie made the way you want it made.
I'm sure you could find one or two examples where this has happened. But in general this isn't a very common thing. However if you (or anyone) know of investors who put up money for teasers, maybe you can help grandmasterninja out by pointing him in the right direction.
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The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress.
Joseph Joubert, essayist (1754-1824)
I doubt that guy will ever invest in a movie again :).
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how many times would actually rewrite your script? What I do is just keep reading a page over and over and over and when I think its perfect I leave it then start to write another.I do kind of the same thing, but I write the whole script and then go back over it. I don't think one page at a time would work for me. But if it works for you, go for it!
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I am also planning to do a 5 min reel teaser, I was wondering on how you go about setting a meeting with some investors?For the five minute teaser? How much is that going to cost?
Typically a filmmaker with finished the script and make the teaser themselves in order to show investors what they can do. I don't know of any investor who would put up the money for a teaser.
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Will I be able to voice my opinions if the project gets up and runnin? I want to be able to put my vision the way I want it to be.Yes.
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where do I copywrite? who should I contact? what should I do? I really need some guidance after I get done.You copyRIGHT a script after it's done. I'm not trying to be a jerk, it's just that if you look on Google for "copywrite" you'll get something very different from "copyRIGHT". So go ahead and type "copyright" into google and you'll find all the info you need.
If you want to sell the script, you'll need to contact agents, producers and production companies. If you want to make the script yourself (as the producer/director) you'll need to put together a business plan and then contact investors.
But my advice is to slow down a little. Finish that script first. While it's important to think about the outcome, it's to early to start setting up meetings with investors. Frankly, investors are more interested on how much it's going to cost and how much they will make back than visions, sounds,settings, and screen shots.
thanks man. I know what you are saying as far as the copy write I just wanted to know how some of you people would do it and which site is the best. I know it cost to do it I just wanted to know the best way. thanks for your advice though good shit
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The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress.
Joseph Joubert, essayist (1754-1824)
I have found, for me, rewriting a single page or couple of scenes over and over leads to writers block and stunted flow between scenes. Some might prefer this method but I think powering through the first draft allows a sense of where things are going and provides more of a sense of completion. Follwup rewrites are then polishing and moving scenens and storythreads around (a task they may never be finished if you don't have self-discipline).
RJSchwarz
San Diego, CA
RJSchwarz
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Originally posted by grandmasterninja
thanks man. I know what you are saying as far as the copy write I just wanted to know how some of you people would do it and which site is the best. I know it cost to do it I just wanted to know the best way. thanks for your advice though good shit
The best way is through the copyright office. You can also register your script with the Writers Guild of America. wga.org
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The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress.
Joseph Joubert, essayist (1754-1824)
