Quoted from ToggleOff I recently noticed this post and I can attest that, over 2 years later, Get It Made X (GIMx) is not a scam. As a matter of fact, my proof-of-concept (POC) film is being shot by founder/producer Matt Boda on 2/1/22. Yes, if I were a filmmaker I could shoot this myself, but I’m not, I’m a writer. Matt had called me as well after my short script placed in the top 10 of the annual contest you mentioned (another placed in the top 100). He explained right away that he was forming a new fee-based group called Get It Made X. His excitement and unique vision for this new group to launch in January 2019 which would give writers the opportunity to create POCs excited me. A POC is a marketing tool to sell the larger completed script. This is exactly what I needed so I signed up without hesitation. Joining turned out to be a good decision as there are many learning opportunities to participate in, for example (and I know I’m not accounting for them all here): peer-to-peer exchanges; monthly contests judged by a 3rd party with ratings and feedback; end-of-year production contests for members and non-members; weekly table reads with the group; 3-month long coaching sessions; weekly articles and videos; and we do it all through an app with a chat feature. There are 0 additional fees for any of this; but you can hire pros outside of the membership for low fees if you so choose. Writing POC’s the toughest form of screenwriting. POCs give the producer your “whole” story in just 6 pages, not an easy feat, and there’s a specific technique to achieving this. After writing and developing six over two years, I can attest to that. The hope is that when a producer sees your POC, they’ll request the full script and then option the project. However, the best part GIMx is the other members who have become like family. I’ve never been part of a group of writers who give so much to each other through the online events, posts, emails, phone calls, etc. We’re there for each other. While our goal is the same, to get produced (a few members have been produced), we don’t feel like competitors due to the subjectivity of the entertainment business. If you’re wondering what happens to the membership dues, they don’t just vanish into profits for the founders; they go into your production point savings account and accumulate for as long as you’re a member. You can use these points to help finance your POC when ready. There are also other opportunities to add to that account. Matt and team spend a ton of time developing POCs once you decide to go into production. You can purchase a trial membership to see if it isn’t everything (and more) than I’ve stated. Here’s the link to the Get It Made site [Don's edit - removed link to the site as I am not confortable adding search authority to the site. And I wish to remain neutral regarding this site.  I'm sure anyone who is intersted will be able to find the site.]  Click ‘Path to Production’ for the GIMx info. The POCs and other films they’ve produced/currently in production are on the site as well. Best wishes with your writing!

Hmmm... okay.

So you joined SS just to give us the great news.

lol Warren!

Quoted from Warren Hmmm... okay. So you joined SS just to give us the great news.

Nailed it - My thoughts exactly!

Quoted from ToggleOff I recently noticed this post and I can attest that, over 2 years later, Get It Made X (GIMx) is not a scam.

Nobody saying it is. In the top post we see the marketing technique they use. And I for one consider it a play on hopes and dreams of a writer which is not cool at all.

So, thank you for telling us it payed of and for that one person who end up on top it will. I wouldn't want to contribute to something like this but that's me.

Quoted from khamanna Nobody saying it is. In the top post we see the marketing technique they use. And I for one consider it a play on hopes and dreams of a writer which is not cool at all. So, thank you for telling us it payed of and for that one person who end up on top it will. I wouldn't want to contribute to something like this but that's me.

Exactly!

Quoted from ToggleOff I recently noticed this post and I can attest that, over 2 years later, Get It Made X (GIMx) is not a scam. As a matter of fact, my proof-of-concept (POC) film is being shot by founder/producer Matt Boda on 2/1/22. Yes, if I were a filmmaker I could shoot this myself, but I’m not, I’m a writer. Matt had called me as well after my short script placed in the top 10 of the annual contest you mentioned (another placed in the top 100). He explained right away that he was forming a new fee-based group called Get It Made X. His excitement and unique vision for this new group to launch in January 2019 which would give writers the opportunity to create POCs excited me. A POC is a marketing tool to sell the larger completed script. This is exactly what I needed so I signed up without hesitation. Joining turned out to be a good decision as there are many learning opportunities to participate in, for example (and I know I’m not accounting for them all here): peer-to-peer exchanges; monthly contests judged by a 3rd party with ratings and feedback; end-of-year production contests for members and non-members; weekly table reads with the group; 3-month long coaching sessions; weekly articles and videos; and we do it all through an app with a chat feature. There are 0 additional fees for any of this; but you can hire pros outside of the membership for low fees if you so choose. Writing POC’s the toughest form of screenwriting. POCs give the producer your “whole” story in just 6 pages, not an easy feat, and there’s a specific technique to achieving this. After writing and developing six over two years, I can attest to that. The hope is that when a producer sees your POC, they’ll request the full script and then option the project. However, the best part GIMx is the other members who have become like family. I’ve never been part of a group of writers who give so much to each other through the online events, posts, emails, phone calls, etc. We’re there for each other. While our goal is the same, to get produced (a few members have been produced), we don’t feel like competitors due to the subjectivity of the entertainment business. If you’re wondering what happens to the membership dues, they don’t just vanish into profits for the founders; they go into your production point savings account and accumulate for as long as you’re a member. You can use these points to help finance your POC when ready. There are also other opportunities to add to that account. Matt and team spend a ton of time developing POCs once you decide to go into production. You can purchase a trial membership to see if it isn’t everything (and more) than I’ve stated. Here’s the link to the Get It Made site [Don's edit - removed link to the site as I am not confortable adding search authority to the site. And I wish to remain neutral regarding this site.  I'm sure anyone who is intersted will be able to find the site.]  Click ‘Path to Production’ for the GIMx info. The POCs and other films they’ve produced/currently in production are on the site as well. Best wishes with your writing!

Let's just give you the benefit of the doubt and say you are a writer and not someone from the Get It Made organisation doing a bit of PR management here. If you have found a productive community that is working for you and you are happy to pay for this service, then good for you and best of luck with your POC. I hope it leads to the full production of a screenplay that you don't have to finance yourself.  As I said in my original post, I don't believe this is a scam. It's a subscription service.

At the time I was invited to join, it seemed the basic subscription package was around $60 a month, and I'm sure there will be extras. You even said it yourself, you can add to the POC pot. After 2 years you will have spent at least $1,440. That's enough to finance a full short film, never mind a POC. I should know, I've financed three of my own.

I'm no filmmaker either. But if you have funds like that, you can find filmmakers and as you are the writer and producer funding the project, you get much more creative control over the whole process. You get the experience of being part of producing a film and then go on the film fest circuit and make a load of connections networking the festivals. It is a priceless learning experience.

You can't do that with a POC. You still have to go out there and try to find someone willing to option your script and fund its production. It's easier to do that with a BIO of completed films and awards from festivals.  

If the Get It Made organisation are set up the way I think it is, they will have their own equipment, crew and regular actors they utilise. They could probably shoot these POCs in a day or so and have several on the go at once which they can produce very cheaply. From the competition admission fees and this subscription service, Matt can finance work for himself from writers desperate to break into this industry all year long and make a tidy profit.

This isn't for me. I have a community of creatives all over social media which hasn't cost me a penny. I communicate and collaborate with them all the time without having to fork out any fees. If I wanted to produce a POC or a short film, I'd save up and do it - I've done so before.

I've moved on from that now though. Now I sell options on short films rather than pay someone to produce them. I also sell short stories for publication in anthologies while I work on writing features, TV pilots and my first novel which I'll be publishing later this year. I'm trying to work for myself rather than paying someone else to work.

You don't need a POC to sell a script and they are not the norm. A good pitch and something on your BIO, like a recognised high profile competition win or writing credits from produced films with recognised awards. You need to be able to pitch something in less than a minute verbally (elevator pitch) or in a single page and hook the producer so much they request the full screenplay. Producers don't want the whole story in 6 pages or 6 minutes of screen time. They don't have time for that. They want the whole story in a page and THAT takes skill.

I don't know of any production company or agency that asks to see a POC first. The pitch and the screenplay is all they are interested in, plus who you are as a writer and a person to see if you'll be a good fit for them.

However, there is no right way through this maze. If Get it Made gets something produced for you then my hat is off to you. I just think it's more about making money and movies for Get It Made then it is about the writers.

Quoted from Warren Hmmm... okay. So you joined SS just to give us the great news.

But wait! There's more! If you act now...

If someone is going to try to convince a group of writers that this service is legit, the writing is going to have to be Oscar worthy. I mean, we're talking Butch Cassidy and The Shawshank Wizard Over The Cuckoo's Spotless Mind... Part II, good.

This sounds like a sales pitch.

I did recently "join" SS although I've been visiting the site and viewing scripts for many years. My proof of concept film, a sales tool for the feature, will be in the can on March 21 and it'll be a high-quality film made by a professional crew and professional actors and could not be made for $1400. You can keep doing the same things that don't work. It's up to you.

I've looked at some of the POC films on the Get It Made X website and they look like high-quality productions.

I Can't see anything about success stories though, these websites usually have those. Do you know how many POC films created by Get It Made X have led to script sales and/or productions of the entire script?

This is neither here nor there, but this is on their about me page...

Quoted Text Our platform connects writers and filmmakers from all over world -- America, Canada, Australia, Scotland, UK... even Tahiti!

Scotland is in the UK so no need to have it separate... I might message them about it  

Quoted from ToggleOff I did recently "join" SS although I've been visiting the site and viewing scripts for many years. My proof of concept film, a sales tool for the feature, will be in the can on March 21 and it'll be a high-quality film made by a professional crew and professional actors and could not be made for $1400. You can keep doing the same things that don't work. It's up to you.

Good luck.

BUT

After you have paid to have a POC film produced what you have is a POC film. You have not sold a script. It's kind of like vanity publishing. Anyone can self-publish their book. It means nothing other than you paid $$ to self-publish.

The point where I would be interested at is if there was any data that linked the creation of POCs to sales. Otherwise - it's really no different than an expensive pitch deck.

ANd - I do mean sincere good luck. Hope this lands something for you. Be sure to let us know if it does

Quoted from ToggleOff I did recently "join" SS although I've been visiting the site and viewing scripts for many years. My proof of concept film, a sales tool for the feature, will be in the can on March 21 and it'll be a high-quality film made by a professional crew and professional actors and could not be made for $1400. You can keep doing the same things that don't work. It's up to you.

Sorry, but it's hilarious to me that this is how you used your 2nd post on SS.

Quoted from ToggleOff I did recently "join" SS although I've been visiting the site and viewing scripts for many years. My proof of concept film, a sales tool for the feature, will be in the can on March 21 and it'll be a high-quality film made by a professional crew and professional actors and could not be made for $1400. You can keep doing the same things that don't work. It's up to you.

On the 15th of February my short screenplay Altered Perspective begins shooting in Scotland, which seems a weird coincidence given Matthew's comment. The difference is I've not had to spend a penny, the director paid me for the script and it's the second time I've sold an option on it.

The last short film I produced (but didnt write, that was all Matias, baby!) with director Al Lougher has over 23 million views on YouTube.

I don't say those things to show off because there is nothing to show off about. I'm still working full time in a day job that isn't screenwriting and I haven't broken through by a long shot, but I'm making connections, getting content produced, stories published and being paid for it. One day I hope this will be more than a hobby, but to suggest the writers here are doing the same things that don't work because they are not paying for the same service you are is an insult to all the hard work every writer does to try and break through.

If your POC gets you a feature deal, my hat is off to you and I do wish you the very best of luck as all screenwriters need it.