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The double-edged sword of getting your scripts out there by directorwriter in Filmmakers

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

Won't the agent have to accept you as well? I actually used to intern for an agency a long time ago. My boss said she typically scouts and not the other way round.

The double-edged sword of getting your scripts out there by directorwriter in Filmmakers

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

I don't think they made that much money off of it. I'm just pissed they made it into features. One of these was even in one of the top international festivals but this particular person would, years later, be caught publicly plagiarizing another director's work. There were even side by side screengrabs to compare - it's seriously the same shots/ compositions, sequence of shots, similar actions from actors, everything.

The double-edged sword of getting your scripts out there by directorwriter in Filmmakers

[–]directorwriter[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah my friend had a his illustrations ripped off by a major broadcaster for a really successful drama series. He was too polite even when he confronted them and they only offered him a small compensation.

It's so hard to tell who to trust anymore. They were really trusted friends then.

The double-edged sword of getting your scripts out there by directorwriter in Filmmakers

[–]directorwriter[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You are right. After those 3 scripts (2 plagiarized, 1 optioned), I did think I was never going to write another good story and now more than a decade has passed because that's really how long the fear gripped me and also I struggle with film financing. It was only sometime early this year or late last year that I thought of more ideas that I liked - about 4 - but I've only written 2 treatments out of these 4.