What I’ve learned: You don’t break into the industry with a Mockumentary.
People really enjoy reading them, but no one wants to make them or believes you can write based on them. Which is weird because there’s a screenplay sitting there that they really enjoyed, but despite the success of The Office and Best in Show, and reality style in general, Mockumentaries are apparently too difficult to set up in Hollywood.
I wrote the screenplay because I liked the story and I love mockumentaries, I really never thought it’d be getting attention from Hollywood. From small indie producers, maybe. Maybe I hoped Christopher Guest would somehow find it on his reading list. But I didn’t figure Hollywood would be interested. And I was wrong in that they seem to have liked reading it enough to stay in touch with me, but not enough to take it on board.
15: Congratulations on your recent 2009 Nicholl Fellowship success! We read about you and would love to read your script BIBLE CON.
At *** Entertainment we manage about 50 writers in television and film, and produce feature films as well.
I’ve attached our **** Entertainment release form, and need it filled out for each piece of material being submitted. Despite its stringent language, I can assure you this is an industry-standard release form. Please fill out the form and either scan and email with the script, or fax the release to *** and then e-mail the script, or you can throw it all in the mail as well – our address is in my signature below.
16: I actually got this a long time ago and missed it
Congrats on your script being a semi-finalist in the Nicholl competition!
Sounds interesting–may I read it? My company manages screenwriters and playwrights and we are always reading new screenplays to find potential clients we can introduce to the Hollywood studio system.
Can you email me a copy?
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kgmadman
October 18, 2009 at 10:05 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
15 and 16? Dang girl, you are so cash. That’s awesome!
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October 20, 2009 at 9:06 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
[...] Nicholl: What I’ve learned so far; 15 and 16 Ashley F. Miller – PeopleRank: 0 – October 18, 2009 … Maybe I hoped Christopher Guest would somehow find it on his reading list. But I didn’t figure Hollywood would be interested. And I was wrong in that they seem to have liked reading it enough to stay in touch with me, but not enough to take it… + vote [...]