Production Company question

[darthshawn]

Does anyone know how to "attach" a film to a registered production company?

Thanks.

[Greg Crawford]

Please explain or re-state your question.

[Nigel]

If I understand what you are trying to say then you don't attach a film to them.

They pick up your film and you become attached to them. In order to get a bigger production company to pick it up then you need to pitch your film to them--Get your script to them. They might read it--more than often than not they won't.

Good Luck

[Nigel]

It helps if you can get an actor(the bigger the better) to read it first and agree to work on it and then to go to a production company with an actor attached to you. They might read it then.

Good Luck

[darthshawn]

To restate:

I have registered my company called "Joe Bloe films". Now I would like to make a film entitled "Joe's movie" which incorporates various investers as limited partners.

What steps are involved to make "Joe's movie" a product of "Joe Bloe films" and therefore attach a film to the production company.

[seekaee]

If I were you I would pick up some books on film marketing/producing. They won?t teach you everything, but it's a good way to start. Check out the Samuel French website, They?re the premiere bookstore in LA that is devoted to nothing but the film industry.

www.samuelfrench.com

[Actor]

Samuel French is a broker for playwrights. They sell performance rights for stage plays to little theatre groups and have little, if anything, to do with the film industry.

[Nigel]

Did you file for non-profit status?? If you didn't then people will have very little incentive to throw money at you. Otherwise you put on your best clothes and you take your script to people with money---Then do your best to try to convince them that the script you are holding is the best damn thing they have seen in years.

Good Luck

[Matt Pacini]

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Since when?
It's been a couple years since I've been in their store, but I've seen, and bought quite a few books & magazines having nothing to do with theater stuff there.
Sure, they do what you're talking about, catering to theater stuff, but they also have lots of film industry stuff, including selling mailing lists (and labels) to film casting agents, and all sorts of stuff that are relevant to film, unless they've stopped doing this in the last couple years, which I doubt.
Having said that, you'll find more film industry books in Borders or Barnes & Noble.

Matt Pacini

[seekaee]

Hate to say your wrong Actor, but they really do have an excellent collection of books and get practically all the latest titles in regards to the entertainment industry. Many of which I haven?t seen at Bordners or Barnes and Nobles. Recently I just bought Blair Brown's "Cinematography: theory and Practice" and ?Motion Picture and Video lighting" and In fact had to pick up his lighting book at Samuels because Opamp ( Hollywood?s premiere technical bookstore) didn't even carry it. Go figure...

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