Alright, so I have this script idea which I think is a pretty funny comedy, the only thing is I just started working on it. Then I started to get curious, should I try to pitch my idea to a studio before I finish writing it or should I write it completely and then send it to as many studios as I can?

I'd write it out first, then pitch it.  What if you pitch it and someone wants to see it?

Writer:  "What do you think of a movie about a duck who finds a genie in a lamp?"

Producer:  "That's perfect!  I'll read it tonight!  Give it to me!"

Writer:  "I only got two pages done so far."

Crickets CHIRP in the background.



Phil

Making a studio read a script you wrote is as difficult as climbing the Everest. And getting a meeting to pitch your idea without having written the script, is like trying to climb it bare foot.

Write your script, make it as better as it can be, copyright it (you cannot copyright the idea, only the script), and then start to worry about the marketing phase. Your idea can never compete against a finished script, and trust me, there are already plenty of those trying to pass Hollywood's gate.

By the way, is this your first script? I ask this because 99% of first scripts haven't got the quality to be shown to producers. If you're just starting, I suggest you to show your script around here and see what kind of feedback you get. Think about studios, sales, etc, when you develop your craft enough to reach a professional level. And it takes a lot of scripts to reach that.

Even if you know someone in an important position, don't waste your contact by showing him/her the work of an amateur. Wait till you're ready.

Good luck.

And after you complete the steps that Phil and Mr. Z had suggested, look into attending a *pitch fest*.
And while that wouldn't take you anywhere either, it would teach you the art of pitching, prepare you for what and what not to say when you're face to face with a producer. I'm going through this process as we speak.

Ayham