The topic has come up some, recently—Spencer Robinson has been pretty firm on it. And I have no doubt that his professional observation is based on solid evidence. But it would be nice to get a broader sense of the field here, and see if this is a general principle industry-wide.
(Especially because I've just about finished the first act of a pilot for an animated comedy inspired by The Mask and Roger Rabbit—if I'm better off turning it into a movie, or pivoting to an idea that works better as a movie than a show, now is the time to figure that out.)
So there's the question: are new writers well-advised to aim for a movie, rather than a show, as their entry into the professional creative world, assuming that the project is a reasonable goal given the concepts they've got to develop?
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I know my opinion doesn't really matter here, but go look at who creates the shows you watch, then look at their credits. How many of them have zero credits before that show? Really, go do that.
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Yes.
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Yes.
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Absolutely!
Timmy, I'd rather break in with a movie instead of a TV show. (And Spencer, your opinion DOES count...big time! Well, I like to think so!)