Introduce Yourself : how to find a Producer in international market? by Na Kul

Hi Na, The normal route is to obtain a Manager and then an agent for the US market or an Agent for the UK. Most production companies don't take unsolicited scripts. There are competitions but only a handful that offer advancement. A direct line to a producer isn't so easy. You have to know someone who can get you in. So it's important you good get representation. Hope that helps.

hi Karen,

thank you for the response. can you tell a little about how to get an agent or manager? what do they expect you to have when you first approach them? and any more details that i don't know i should ask for...

thank you

have a beautiful day

Na

I'm UK so I can only say regarding that. The US, others can probably advise better than me. I think you get your manager first there. Their job is to promote you and help you form a career. They usually help finding an agent. ( I may be wrong on that as I say I'm UK not US) you also need an attorney. The UK you need an agent and they are to be found by searching for agents who represent your field. That's just a case of looking at all the agents and seeing who will except submissions. Independent for instance doesn't. You can also attend events and festivals which might get someone asking for you to submit. I'm new to it all too so I don't have a font of wisdom I'm afraid. If you have produced work it does help as you can create show reels and have them at hand to send off. Have a nice day too Na.

I am going the route of creating visual depictions of the characters,

and advertising them throughout the artworld. With all of the things that

seem to deter advancement in the industry, the first thing you have to

maintain is the idea that you can always create your own secret ingredient

and get the rights to it, before you ever open a directory of who's who,

in the world of talent representation.

thank you Karen, I like your style. you keep facts from opinions and maintain common sense in between. can you throw some light on the UK part of the deal? How would you approach a manager? is there some website or yellow pages to get contact info? how would you approach one? wiyh a full screenplay in hand as a sample of your work or toss a synopsis first to see if the subject interests them?

do they go for representing a writer or can we stay for just one script to see how things work with a manager?

have a beautiful day,

Na

Hi Na, I don't know if you will be able to access google in the same way as it is accessible from the UK. By that I mean perhaps your country will not throw up such an area based result search. Give it a go. Agents vary in the UK with regards to submissions. Some do have that inlet, some never do ( how do they get clients???) some open occasionally to them. I would search through all the agents. I am not aware of a list but there may be something I haven't seen. If you word your search " screenwriting agents UK" you should find pages of them. It's then a case of reading who they are, finding one's that suit you as a writer and reaching out. Small ones are more amenable however they have less footing in the industry. However some representation is better than none and always a good starting block. Approach them with whatever they request. some want a completed piece of work. some may want four. Mostly like Kay says they want sellable projects so if you have those you have something they might want. The UK market is very different from the UK however that's not to say that a UK agent can't reach over the pond to the US.

Another way to promote yourself is through social media. If you have produced projects then promotion via that is a good path for exposure. You can upload your work to sites and then create connections through social media. I saw a director build a large following on twitter and he now has those two films streaming on Amazon Prime. So if you have anything you have done then you can to use social media to promote that.

hi Kay,

thanks for the response. i understand the point that the managers have to invest in younger talents who have years ahead of them. then again, as they say in my area, 'Each deck of cards has 4 Aces'. you never know whwn an artist is about to come with his masterpiece. Now, whether those guys care for not is their choice. And, to create our best piece yet is our job.

I only want to sell my screenplay which i know i cannot make in my industry, at least, not in the next 10 years.

I'll consider finding the listing services. i hope to learn something new even if nothing comes out of it. as you say, Can't hurt.

have a beautiful day,

Na

Hi Karen,

Thank you for the ideas. doing a search looks like the way to go. i did not do it earlier because i wanted to know what i am supposed to look for and why. as i talk to you and Kay, i find several questions that i should look for answers when i approach a manager.

as for the material that sells, well, it is a sin if you make a piece of art and bore your audeince. such waste of everyones time and efforts. what i intend to sell (it's not ready yet) is certainly good stuff for sale.

on a side note, can you suggest a line of thought on how to trust a manager or agent with a screenplay? i mean, he's from a different country altogether and totally out of reach. it shouldn't be too difficult to rob someone who isn't physically present. any ideas on how to trust or test a man's integrity?

have a beautiful day,

Na

Na, you don't tend to get industry professionals stealing work. However if you want peace of mind just register you completed work with the WGA ( Writers Guild of America ) It's highly unlikely anyone representing professionals would steal a writers work. It would be career suicide.

thank you Karen,

you eased off a lot of hesitatiins i had in mind. i tried searching for agents and managers on google. though not all links made sense, i realized if i keep digging, sooner or later i will find the right page.

can you suggest a link or something about what to expect in terms of a script deal? I'll tell you why I ask. Over here, you tell a producer you have a script and he thinks it is his property and not of the writer's. he wants to pay less than he himself agreed on (which is peanuts) and he wants rights for all mediums, all platforms, all languages and for all eternity. No royalties either. I don't want to give in to this kind of deal.

I'm really sorry to bother you about all this. if you have a screenolay or story idea you want to develop, I'll be more than happy to help you in anyway possible.

have a beautiful day,

Na

A lot of comic book writers don't get credits for their original creations, and I've seen that a lot of people try to use pier pressure against me, because I know that people inadvertently tend to take bits and pieces of other peoples ideas in on-line discussions. Social media tends to dissuade the

introverted cultivation of quality work, because everywhere you go their is an I Phone or something.

A retainer for a lawyer to solicit something legally is about 5400$, they make you pay that in and

around Hollywood, and from that they charge you roughly 350.00$ an hour. A copyright in the US

costs $100,00. Get the copyright, Visual Arts and put in visual depictions of the characters as well as the writing, and you will have a certificate in a year, as long as you fill out the form correctly.

Good luck with your epic, the limit on photographs in a copyright claim is 750 with the fee and I

am pretty sure you can still deposit a text. I put my paintings that I do along with the screen play when I register that, and they took it.

GK-

Google Entertainment Lawyer.

thank you Glenn, I'll have to read your comment a couple of times. there is a lot in it to absorb. I shall bother you if there's something i don't fully understand. .

have a beautiful day,

Na