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eldave1 |
Posted: July 28th, 2016, 6:17pm |
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LocationSouthern California Posts6874 Posts Per Day 1.94 |
I have been contacted by a literary management company related to one of my scripts. They want to have a meeting next week.
Has anyone here had any experience with a management company? Any general pitfalls? |
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LC |
Posted: July 28th, 2016, 6:35pm |
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LocationThe Great Southern Land Posts7625 Posts Per Day 1.34 |
Ooh! Maybe Pia?
G'luck, Dave. Just make sure they/it's legit, and you're not paying them. That's my advice. |
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eldave1 |
Posted: July 28th, 2016, 6:44pm |
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January Project Group
LocationSouthern California Posts6874 Posts Per Day 1.94 |
Ooh! Maybe Pia?
G'luck, Dave. Just make sure they/it's legit, and you're not paying them. That's my advice. |
Thanks, Libby. I would never pay them. What was encouraging as they had read a script, were very familiar with the details of the story and they are L.A. based (as am I). We'll see. |
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MarkItZero |
Posted: July 28th, 2016, 7:51pm |
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Wow, awesome man. Congrats, you deserve it. |
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eldave1 |
Posted: July 28th, 2016, 7:57pm |
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LocationSouthern California Posts6874 Posts Per Day 1.94 |
Thanks, buddy - we'll see what happens. |
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Grandma Bear |
Posted: July 28th, 2016, 9:20pm |
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LocationThe Swamp... Posts7961 Posts Per Day 1.35 |
I don't know anything about managers. I don't even know what they do. I currently don't use anyone. No manager, no agent, no entertainment attorney. I haven't got to a level yet where any of that even matters. |
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DustinBowcot |
Posted: July 29th, 2016, 2:22am |
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Got a bit worried then because I've been contacted too, thought it might have been the same person and therefore a scam. But they're two different incidences (can't think of any other word, I've just woken up). Well done, Dave. They should be able to sell your script and probably any others you have lying around. They take 15%.
Good luck at the meeting... although I'm sure it will go well. Ka-frigging-boom! |
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khamanna |
Posted: July 29th, 2016, 4:02am |
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January Project Group
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Good luck, Dave. Don't know anything about management companies but it sounds good. I know that people quiry them - so, this can't be bad. Lets hope these are not frauds and they might very well not be. |
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AnthonyCawood |
Posted: July 29th, 2016, 4:31am |
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LocationUK Posts4323 Posts Per Day 1.13 |
Congrats Dave and keep us all posted (and you too Dustin), be great to hear first hand expereiences. |
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TonyDionisio |
Posted: July 29th, 2016, 5:00am |
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Been Around Damnit, get to the point!
LocationTennessee Posts768 Posts Per Day 0.20 |
GL Dave,
Keep posted on what happens with details, please.
Tony. |
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Bogey |
Posted: July 29th, 2016, 7:54am |
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LocationThe Chair Posts232 Posts Per Day 0.06 |
A manager generally acts as a career concierge, for lack of a better term, and often isn't the one who sells the script to the studio or the producer. An agent is usually the one with the direct connections to the money people. So, the most important thing a legitimate manager can do for you is to hook you up with one of their agent pals that can help you sell your scripts. Writer, manager, agent is the typical lineup of the team in Hollywood.
Agents also may have access within their agency to pull in actors, directors, and an entire team to package a deal to a studio.
I had a manager in L.A. last year for about 4 months after finishing high in a notable contest. It wasn't the greatest experience. He seemed locked on one producer that he kept pitching, and wasn't successful in bringing an agent into the mix. My biggest takeaway was figuring out the right questions to ask, which at the outset should relate to their agency connections.
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DustinBowcot |
Posted: July 29th, 2016, 11:44am |
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A manager generally acts as a career concierge, for lack of a better term, and often isn't the one who sells the script to the studio or the producer. An agent is usually the one with the direct connections to the money people. So, the most important thing a legitimate manager can do for you is to hook you up with one of their agent pals that can help you sell your scripts. Writer, manager, agent is the typical lineup of the team in Hollywood.
Agents also may have access within their agency to pull in actors, directors, and an entire team to package a deal to a studio.
I had a manager in L.A. last year for about 4 months after finishing high in a notable contest. It wasn't the greatest experience. He seemed locked on one producer that he kept pitching, and wasn't successful in bringing an agent into the mix. My biggest takeaway was figuring out the right questions to ask, which at the outset should relate to their agency connections.
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Thanks for the insight Bogey. I just double checked and it is a literary agent in my case. Fingers crossed it works out. I'm sure that in Dave's case things are good as they are based in LA and being called in for a meeting is definitely a good sign. |
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Bogey |
Posted: July 29th, 2016, 12:07pm |
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LocationThe Chair Posts232 Posts Per Day 0.06 |
Quoted from DustinBowcot I just double checked and it is a literary agent in my case. Fingers crossed it works out. I'm sure that in Dave's case things are good as they are based in LA and being called in for a meeting is definitely a good sign. |
Good luck. Rooting for both of you. |
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MarkItZero |
Posted: July 29th, 2016, 12:08pm |
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Still have no useful information to provide, did not even know there was a difference between a manager and an agent. But I have to clog this up with one more congrats to Dustin. Hope it leads to great things for the both of you. |
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eldave1 |
Posted: July 29th, 2016, 2:28pm |
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January Project Group
LocationSouthern California Posts6874 Posts Per Day 1.94 |
Quoted from DustinBowcot Got a bit worried then because I've been contacted too, thought it might have been the same person and therefore a scam. But they're two different incidences (can't think of any other word, I've just woken up). Well done, Dave. They should be able to sell your script and probably any others you have lying around. They take 15%.
Good luck at the meeting... although I'm sure it will go well. Ka-frigging-boom! |
Thanks, mate - we'll see. |
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