Industry Information regarding Film, Streaming, and Broadcast companies.
Announcement for our Newsletter members only!
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Our company along with others that are in the data base of film and streaming studios on occasion receive a call notice for specific genres. Click here for more information.
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For our Newsletter members:submit your log line if your script's genre is drama/suspense, for review.
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Part One. How Film, Streaming, and Broadcast companies decide what scripts are accepted and what scripts are rejected.
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How can writers that don’t have an agent submit a script to film & streaming companies?
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What steps have studios, streaming, and broadcast companies streamlined for submitting scripts?
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When asked to send over information about your project, companies want to see more than your script.
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Why are the first 10 pages of your script critical to the review process continuing or your script being “Passed” on?
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What you should know regarding how the industry process works for accepting and reviewing scripts being submitted by writers and Independents.
Most important first step: you and/or your team member to submit your script to studios, streaming, or a broadcast company, you must meet requirements and the rules set by the industry.
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One Sheet: Is a one-page line-item description of what your script is about. It includes: the genre of your script, one sentence log line, what it cost to produce, quadrant level, concept video one-minute run-time, and support information if available.
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Budget: Top sheet budget that is created by a Line Producer familiar with cost that are specific to the production and budget needs of who it will be submitted to.
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Script Polish: Includes a thorough analysis, evaluation and comparison of what's written compared to vision of the writer and edit (results are discussed with writer before any written edits are made.
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Concept Video is not included in this package but can be added. Samples and rates of concepts videos.
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Script Analysis Report: is a one-page cost-effective analysis of your script.
How Your Script Is Processed Once It's Accepted By
Streaming, Film, Cable, and Broadcast Companies
Short version of:
What you should know regarding how the industry process works for
accepting and reviewing scripts.
Note: All projects will first be reviewed by a company’s legal division.
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Once it determined you meet the required criteria to submit scripts.
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A script release form will be issued to the production company of record before the process begins to accept and send your project to their Development division.
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Once approved, your Development Package along with your script will be a key factor in identifying companies your project is submitted to. All companies have their own production or programming needs that varies week to week and often determines what projects are accepted for review or sent to inventory.
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All projects submitted by Independents or well-known producers go through that company's same process, for review and evaluation. And yes, even well-known producers get rejected.
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Streaming, film studios, cable, and broadcast companies have complete control over what projects they will accept, and when or if a project will be reviewed.
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All companies do not produce all types of genres. Therefore, your project will not be submitted to all companies.
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If a project is "Passed" on, it does not mean the script does not have entertainment value. Most times, it means they don't have a need for it that time. In some cases, it may be sent to their inventory.
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Once your script has been submitted, there are no guarantees your project will be accepted for review or get produced. Companies that accept scripts for review and consideration do not send out emails or notices on the status of a script.
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The only time a company will notify a producer about a script that's been submitted, is when they have questions or wish to have a meeting and discuss a possible deal for licensing, option, or purchase.
Note: Producers that have contact information and names of Development Executives do not release that information. Industry executives do not want their information public unless it is released to individuals, they release it to.
Also keep in mind, it took Steven Spielberg 17 years to get Shindler's List produced by a major studio. Within those 17 years he wrote a lot of other block buster movies. He will be the first to tell you, keep pushing your script, but don't stop writing more scripts.