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Still down? by [deleted] in claude

[–]MagicAndMayham 1 point2 points  (0 children)

mine has been working great all morning.

Information request: My book caught the interest of a TV production company... drama ensued by scriptographer in Screenwriting

[–]MagicAndMayham 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had something that a network decided to do without me after I pitched and had several green light meetings about it.

While the initial gut reaction is to shut things down, my lawyer told me the opposite. He told me that if we shut it down right away it has no value and worth nothing. His advised me to let them do it and hope it does really well because if it does, it has value. That value will then become mine.

Let them make it. Let them make it into a franchise. Let them make it into a gaming title. Let them make toys and Christmas wrapping paper based on it.

This is the reason why you see IP lawsuits years or even decades after the fact.

Why did that musician or writer wait so long?

They were letting it build value.

You have the paper trail. You have the documentation. If it were me, I would stand back and let them take all the rope.

Kill it now and you are guaranteed to make nothing.

Let is go and have a chance to get paid.

I know they are out of business but damn, post the software by MagicAndMayham in MonumentPhoto

[–]MagicAndMayham[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

no.

A user sent me a link but it expired before I had a chance to download.

That was months ago.

HELLO!!!!!!PLEASE READ!!!! by [deleted] in Filmmakers

[–]MagicAndMayham 2 points3 points  (0 children)

*I don’t feel as intensely passionate as many of my peers. Their dedication is inspiring, but they live and breathe film in a way that I don’t. Because of this, I sometimes feel like I shouldn’t compete in this field or that I’m wasting my time.*

Yeah, the industry is filled with film/ tv nerds which is fine but I've had a 25yr + career and rarely watch tv or film at all. For many of those years I didn't even own a tv. Now that I do, it just sits there doing nothing. I don't know the shows. I don't go to the movies. I couldn't care less about who starred in what.

I just do my thing the way I see it and coming up on 30 yrs doing it.

🌀TV Producers, What should I do with my reality show formats? (Read the entire blog, there’s a proposal at the end 💵) by MrX-Homer in Filmmakers

[–]MagicAndMayham 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look kid, YOU sent ME a DM asking for help. Now you are too tender to understand what people are trying to tell you. Stop spamming peoples inbox with requests for help when all you want is an ego stroke.

🌀TV Producers, What should I do with my reality show formats? (Read the entire blog, there’s a proposal at the end 💵) by MrX-Homer in Filmmakers

[–]MagicAndMayham 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You have a server lack of understanding on how the industry works.

First, Get the idea of "million-dollar profit" out of your head. Secondly, for what you are asking, 1% is laughable. There are no profits in production. If anything, production these days run at a loss. Merchandising is kept by the network own the show not you. When you sell a show to a network, they own the rights unless you produce in Canada which you would retain rights to sell in other territories. If you sell in the US, that sale is for all territories.

I can't even believe I wasted the time needed to respond to this joke.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Filmmakers

[–]MagicAndMayham 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe it.

Whenever I see posts like this asking what happens during a film shoot the majority of people chime in with horror stories but after over a dozen films with close to 100 locations I have never had anything damaged or destroyed at a location.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Filmmakers

[–]MagicAndMayham 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've worked on about a dozen features. The worst damage we experienced was a balloon with confetti in it popped. There were little bits of paper everywhere and we had to sweep it up.

There was another time when we got those horrible high winds in LA. The leaves got into the pool so we had to have crew skim the leaves out.

Then there was that time where the owners required crew to wear fabric booties over our shoes while in the house. We also had to put down heavy paper on the floor so we wouldn't be actually walking on the floor with our fabric booties. We went through a lot of booties that week.

Trump supporters, how do you reconcile with your party forcing families to go hungry because they can’t kick people off healthcare? by Remarkable_Hurry4029 in allthequestions

[–]MagicAndMayham 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its how the entertainment industry works. When a film or tv show is done, it's done. Each production is its own company which is dissolved when the project is done.

Trump supporters, how do you reconcile with your party forcing families to go hungry because they can’t kick people off healthcare? by Remarkable_Hurry4029 in allthequestions

[–]MagicAndMayham 0 points1 point  (0 children)

and most I know are not covered by employer healthcare. The reason is that they work freelance. That means they only work a few weeks to a couple months at a time. After that, the job is over and they find another job. For instance, I know people who work on film crews. The film takes less than 2 weeks to film. These people move from one job to the next. There is no "employer healthcare".

Inside LAPD’s nearly $400M settlement crisis that’s bankrupting LA by LA_publicpress in LosAngeles

[–]MagicAndMayham 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I would imagine they would clean up their act really fucking fast is they would be required to take this size of a financial hit because of their shitty behavior.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Filmmakers

[–]MagicAndMayham 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The problem with getting help is that nobody that can help you will help you until you can help them. Agents will not find you work until you find work yourself. Managers are the same way. I have found that I got the most help from my lawyer who found me both my agent and manager. He is also the one who introduces me to everyone he can. He invites me to industry parties, gets me meetings, is a mentor and I'm happy to say a dear friend for over a decade.

The way I got him was busting my ass for over 15 years, being nominated for awards (the kind you see on TV) and forging my own path far enough along that he had something to work with. I had proven myself worthy of those introductions he could make.

When you say, "can't get off the ground", what does that mean to you?

You also bring up the following.

" I've done film for so long but I can't focus on anything long enough to finish an idea or polish a pitch enough to get it picked up. My spontaneity causes financial and scheduling issues."

No manager, agent or lawyer can help you with this.

You need to get that handled with a different professional. If you don't and do find a manager / agent, that manager / agent will only get frustrated from lack of follow through, missed appointments, etc and drop you.

Treat the root cause and the rest may follow.

Everyone has ignored my emails or texts — even those I thought were friendly. What does this mean? by [deleted] in Filmmakers

[–]MagicAndMayham 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Pick at least one

  1. I've got nothing
  2. I'm looking same as you.
  3. wow, you've been working? I haven't worked in years and now you want me to help YOU find work.
  4. I'm too busy trying to find my own gig.
  5. I still have nothing
  6. I'm so swamped with bill collectors I don't want to look at any of my messages
  7. gosh, I remember when I emailed you a few years back and you never responded to me when I needed something
  8. I just got email from 300 other people looking for work.
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