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Has anyone had a script made into a movie? (currently 4018 views)
dogglebe
Posted: November 25th, 2007, 2:54pm
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I don't think anyone here has sold to the studios.
In this business, most people get somewhere taking baby steps. Work on getting some shorts produced so you can show them around when you want to sell a feature.
I do, but there is no way on God's green earth I'm saying what it is cause it turned out horrible, a few members here had the unfortunate opportunity to see it, I still feel bad for them, sorry guys
Grrrr, don't say that, it's got me interested now. I really want to know.
Completed Scripts: None. Nothing. Nowt. Zip. Zilch. Kabloom. Bubkiss. But check back in a few months.
Working on: Legends (Horror-Feature) - When Legends Won't Stay In The Past. [note: suspended] The Tourist (Comedy-Short) - How a simply vacation can end up going to pot.
The first and only thing i ever sold was a feature, which proves anything can happen, also that there is no God.
Oh Jordan, there is a God, He just wasn't being kind to the person who you sold your script to.
I had a short script made into a film. My script, "Daisy." It's an old script, and I didn't know what to expect, but I was satisfied, and I didn't really expect anything great, but it was cool to see it put into a film.
Though my only "success" so far (only written a few shorts) is limited to a few US film students asking to film one of my scripts (for free), so I can't help if you're looking for insight into the UK film-making process.
It's all still a mystery to me.
Hopefully not for much longer. I intend to write a decent script one day.
(Then I intend to get my Internet connection sorted out properly, so that people can actually read my script!)
The price varies depending on if you have a manager, agent, or lawyer, also depending on how much a producer pays you. Generally speaking when you use all 3, including taxes and commissions, you already lose, if I recall correctly 65% of your check to those taxes.
But I haven't had any of my scripts produced, I can only tell you based on what I've been taught in FTV60, not through first hand experience, sorry.
I actually wondering how my fate as foreigner will be decide
btw, talking about produced film. In 2002 me and my friends were gathering some story idea, and I was the one who's in charge to write the script. I dunno nothing about scriptwriting format that day, neverthless, the movie is shoot and produced for the Indonesian Independent Film Festival. We didnt win, but the film was nominated as 10 best film in the competition.
No haven't had anything filmed yet, but have had 3 feature scripts go through pre production rewrite hell to the point where they no longer resembled the original script, and every element the producers found so exciting at first were somehow elements that needed to be removed...go figure.
Of course, once they were rewritten to the point of insanity, each one died in preproduction lol. Hmmm, I think this needs a thread of it's own...
13 feature scripts, 2 short subjects. One sale, 4 options. Nothing filmed. Damn.
Currently rewriting another writer's SciFi script for an indie producer in L.A.