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vigilslant

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Anyone had any REAL success via inktip? From what i've heard/read, it's mainly a place for wannabe "producers & filmakers" to try & grab a cheap script. True or false?
 
Will it be made though? How long have you optioned it for? I see LOADS of "optioned" scripts on their site but what about the actual produced films?
 
It has alot of attachments so far. I optioned it last June (2009). I would recommend Inktip but I also do alot of work myself to get my writing out there. Plus, I have a manager.
 
Congratulations! You sound like you're going places. Big production company? Any attachments you can name here?
 
No. This will be their first feature. Attachments: no talent yet but a really great casting director who has cast some very successful films.

Have you tried Inktip yet?
 
It has been optioned since june 2009 and no cast attachments? When does the option run out? What is the budget?
 
Runs out in June this year. But, if they have a little under a third of the budget or an A-list actor attached, they get the next 6 months after that for free.

Have you optioned any work before? Anything produced?
 
Wow. small. Optioned since last june and they haven't yet secured 1/3 budget? under a mill?? What does yr manager think/say? Did he put the deal together for you? If they've been working on it since last june and they haven't been able to come up with atleast 1/3 of budget (in those 8 months) what makes them think they can do it in the next 4 months? Don't mean to sound harsh or skeptical, but...
 
"Optioned" usually means it'll never actually get made, unless you're playing with the big boys. In terms of connecting with people in the business, you could make a few friends on Inktip if your work gets read (and is good enough).
Light: I would ride the next few months out & pull out. Vigilslat is right - they don't sound as if they'll have the goods by then anyway.
If the director is as good (director or casting director?) as you say, the script probably has enough real merit to get looked at and picked up by a company that could actually make it. When the next option runs out in June, get yr manager/agent to shop it elsewhere.
That's my advice anyway. Good luck.
 
You guys are making me nervous.
But thanks for the advice.
I know the script is very good & will get made by someone, someday.
 
It's your script. You have all the power at this stage. If you believe in it then it will turn out ok, whoever you decide to sell it to.
Just a question: can we view the script somewhere? Can you give us a title?
 
I'm not even sure I would bother shopping my scripts around really because I'm so horrified by what screenwriters in general say of the industry. In theatre, which I don't follow or really care about so I'm just using this as an example, the writer is king, and their work cannot be changed without their permission. They are the auteurs and virtually have unlimited control over the work. Period. In filmmaking, the scriptwriters have very little to no control whatsoever. Their work can be completely rewritten repeatedly, it's basically like if I go to the grocery store and shop for ingredients, even if it may be completely terrible and disgusting, I can take eggs and mix them in a blender with chocolate chip cookies and starfruit and there's nothing anyone can say about it because I bought the ingredients so they are mine to screw up. Basically, that's screenwriting in Hollywood.

That's the main reason why I just want to be a writer-director because it's a lot easier to make sure nobody screws your content. The DGA actually has fairly good protections in place to make sure DGA directors don't get their work too badly screwed with. Sure, you probably aren't going to get final cut, but you have a lot of ways to make it a huge pain for the producer if they try to screw up your film. It's a lot better way to make sure your story gets to the screen. Just look at the writer who did Battlefield Earth -- he explained recently why it turned out to be so terrible and how the movie that was made really had nothing in common with his script, haha. That makes me sad and pretty horrified.

I wish writers got more respect in Hollywood simply because it really all starts at a great script, and a great script can make everything happen, so you'd think that there would be a little more respect given to the person who actually comes up with the story and the script! But alas, the executives assume they know better.
 
JonathanLB said:
That's the main reason why I just want to be a writer-director because it's a lot easier to make sure nobody screws your content. The DGA actually has fairly good protections in place to make sure DGA directors don't get their work too badly screwed with. Sure, you probably aren't going to get final cut, but you have a lot of ways to make it a huge pain for the producer if they try to screw up your film. It's a lot better way to make sure your story gets to the screen. Just look at the writer who did Battlefield Earth -- he explained recently why it turned out to be so terrible and how the movie that was made really had nothing in common with his script, haha. That makes me sad and pretty horrified.
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Even if you did have 100% control of your script as a director, you'd still have to cut out quite a chunk to edit your film down to 90 min-2 hours. On the first editing gig I had, the director told me that we had to deviate from the script in order to hit 88 minutes total.

Unless you're Christopher Nolan...
 
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F*** it. It was unnecessary. Apologies to the person towards whom it was directed, if you happened to have read it.

DP
 
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