How do you get producers to notice you on IMDB Pro when you are an unproduced writer?
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Hi, Tim Bragg. I'm not sure that producers use IMDB Pro to seek out unproduced writers. IMDB Pro is useful for unproduced writers seeking producers/production companies/agents/managers to pitch them their work. I'd say getting involved here and Stage32's The Writer's Room are better ways to connect with producers than IMDB Pro.
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IMDB isn't really a place that producers go to find new writers. You'd do better to get noticed through screenwriting competitions or looking for job opportunities here.
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I agree wholeheartedly with Ty Strange.
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Sadly I will be closing my IMDB Pro. I was listening to tutorials today and it is not designed for unproduced writers. To be fair IMDB Pro is a promising outlet if you have established credits or have something in development.
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IMDB is used more as a resume, as an AD I get "Looked up" by people whom may give me an interview for a show. The replacement for a paper resume.
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I hate the idea of going back to Ink Tip, they answer no questions, do not give feed back, there are no resources for writers and they did nothing to guide the writers through the writer strike, they collect your money every month and that is it.
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I'd invest your time and money here at Stage32, Tim Bragg. This is where connections are made.
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I am giving thought to going back into the writers room Ty now that the writers strike is over.
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I think you have it backwards, Tim. The idea of IMDBpro isn't to lure Producers to reach out to you, it's to research and reach out to them.
Pay attention to the end credits of a movie. If the production behind it prefers to work within your budget-range, genre, filming locations, etc, it's worth getting in contact and querying them.
Most of the time it's just assistants and interns that half-heartedly peruse through the hundreds of emails they receive each week on their behalf, trashing 9/10's of the pedestrian messages. But if you have a clever enough idea, a great Logline, a decent query letter, and maybe some contest cred, they will certainly be happy to reply to you.
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B.A. that was my understanding after watching the IMDB tutorial and how to use their site.