I was wondering what all of you would do if you just finished a feature you wanted to do something with. I haven't personally, but i'm interested in advice. Who would you send it to? Who would you want to see it?

I guess I would try to hit up every festivsal under the sun. If it was really high quality, I might contact an agent to get the word out.

Shopping a full feature is a lot harder than shopping a feature script; a script has a better chance of getting picked up and has better means of being solicited. A script, you can send to agencies, studios and they pay people around the clock to read them or option them. A film, particularly a feature, they have to watch and if it was Joe Nobody who was the director of the flick, they're not gonna watch it, ergo the reason festivals will pick up a two minute film faster than a marvelous thirty minute film. They want short and sweet with no personal investment. A script can be read quickly. But- if you do wanna market a feature that's been made, your best bet is the direct-to-video market, you can make your money back.

hey rub, I can't read a feature length script in 60 minutes! :P

I know what you're saying though. Most script readers usually only read to page 20ish (if that far).

I am shooting a feature film (hopefully) in fall of 2005. I don't want to sell this script but if someone catches my movie at a screening and wanted to buy the script to redo it - I would sell it then.

Also, I think it's a great idea to do a longer script (that's not B.S.)

The guy who spoke before me said that festivals don't want things that have personal investment. I don't know what you mean by that, but I would have to disagree. I think they would prefer soemone investing 120% in every second of the film. But anyway, what will I do after I finish my movie?

Enter it into festivals and proposition people (as will be done during production) for funds to transfer to film - maybe - to be screened in theatres. It's a horrorlike film so I plan on having it ready for viewing sometime in October 2006. Wow 3 years! That's a long dang time.

- C. Davis
YELLOW HAMMER PRODUCTIONS

Have to disagree with you there Rubix. First off, agency "readers" are a joke. They rarley give un-solicited material a fair shake, and the people reading them are very often disgruntled film school grads. Distributors also dont care to see a feature script. With a script you have to not only sell them on the idea, but also on yourself and your capabilities as a director, ect. With a finished film its all there. They dont need to doubt what you can and cant do (and believe me, they will doubt) they have it in black and white (or color) It works or it does not. Films rarley get distribution based on a script (although it did happen for us with "Redemption") You are often much better off shooting your film, and pursuing distribution after the fact.

Bottom line, if your script requires a studio to get it made, work toward that. If it can be made independenty, go for it and hope for the best. Niethere is easy. If it was, i would be typing this from my cushy studio office instead of from the spare room in my apartment I can hardly afford.
R. Michael

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