SELLING A MOVIE SPEC SELLING A MOVIE SPEC SCRIPTSCRIPT

AGENTAGENT

Get it sold (could be six figures)Get it sold (could be six figures) Get it optionedGet it optioned Get a development dealGet a development deal

DO a QUERY LETTERDO a QUERY LETTER

Explain conceptExplain concept Give title and genreGive title and genre Do pitch (beginning/middle/end)Do pitch (beginning/middle/end) Give qualificationsGive qualifications Ask to forward scriptAsk to forward script

Get a Pitch MeetingGet a Pitch Meeting

They like your script, and buy itThey like your script, and buy it They don’t like your script but they They don’t like your script but they

like your writing:like your writing: Go for a development deal –your ideas, you write the Go for a development deal –your ideas, you write the

scriptscript Audition for an idea they haveAudition for an idea they have Have two to three pitches readyHave two to three pitches ready Personality matters ---schmoozePersonality matters ---schmooze

SO . . .SO . . .

Write two or three spec Write two or three spec scriptsscripts

Get an agent, get it sold, get it optioned, get Get an agent, get it sold, get it optioned, get meetings and push for development deals . . . meetings and push for development deals . . .