PACKAGING AGENTS

One way into a writing career is to make a splashy spec sale. However, it is rare and not the only way. Another way is to get a movie made, even a small movie with independent distribution. Every major agency in town (that would be L.A.) has a department to help you do this. They call it “packaging”. Packaging means taking a great script, finding a director, talent, money and distribution, and bringing them all together. Yes, that is what a producer is supposed to do, but the agencies realized some time ago that they have ready access to all the elements and can charge huge fees for doing the same thing as long as they don’t call themselves producers.

The rub is, there is tremendous competition for the attention of packaging agents just as there is for all other agents. However, unlike in ordinary spec sales, elements you bring to the table besides the script itself can help in packaging. For example, if you have interest from a bankable director, if you have raised part of the budget, or if you have interest from a bankable actor, you have a good chance of at least getting the project reviewed by a packaging agent. And remember, what is bankable to the indie market is much broader than what is bankable to the studios.

Packaging is particularly suited to quality scripts that can be made on a budget. Quality genre scripts are very popular for packaging. There is also a fairly strong market for schlock genre scripts, but because there are so many of these mediocre scripts out there, you really need to bring some other strong element to the table to get your mediocre script noticed.

The money for packaged scripts is typically not nearly as good as for studio projects, but you are launching a career. It pays to consider packaging as another avenue into the biz.

81 thoughts on “PACKAGING AGENTS”

  20. I have been surfing online more than 3 hours nowadays, yet
    I never discovered any interesting article
    like yours. It is pretty value sufficient for me.
    In my opinion, if all website owners and bloggers made excellent content as you probably did,
    the internet will probably be a lot more helpful than ever before.
    바카라
    wep

  22. The vacation trades offered are evaluated a variety of in the chosen and simply good value all around the world. Those hostels are normally based towards households which you’ll find accented via charming shores promoting crystal-clear fishing holes, concurrent of one’s Ocean. Hotels Discounts
    오피월드
    oworldsmewep

  23. Hello there! Quick question that’s completely off topic.
    Do you know how to make your site mobile friendly? My website looks weird when viewing from my iphone.
    I’m trying to find a template or plugin that might
    be able to resolve this issue. If you have any recommendations, please share.
    Thank you!

    website:온라인카지노

  24. “MY PROGRAMMER IS TRYING TO CONVINCE ME TO MOVE TO .NET
    FROM PHP. I HAVE ALWAYS DISLIKED THE IDEA BECAUSE OF THE EXPENSES.
    BUT HE’S TRYING NONE THE LESS. I’VE BEEN USING WORD PRESS ON A NUMBER OF WEBSITES
    FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND AM NERVOUS ABOUT SWITCHING TO ANOTHER PLATFORM.
    I HAVE HEARD GREAT THINGS ABOUT BLOG ENGINE IS THERE A
    WAY I CAN TRANSFER ALL MY WORD PRESS POSTS INTO IT? ANY KIND OF HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!”

    야한동영상

  28. Hello, I am one of the most impressed people in your article. sòng bạc I’m very curious about how you write such a good article. Are you an expert on this subject? I think so. Thank you again for allowing me to read these posts, and have a nice day today. Thank you.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *