Nina Brooks's Lounge Discussions

I would love for someone to explain what a bond is and how it works. I will be looking for financing for an Action-Romance myself.

Hello Maxwell Moore Coincidentally I just wrote a post about the Completion Bond for my website. You can find the answer to your question there. In brief, a Completion Bond is an assurance by the bond company that a film will be finished and delivered to a distributor to enable payment. A fee is included in the budget, and the bond company works with the production to ensure it meets their standards to merit the bonding of the production. They make suggestions, changes, and will take over a picture if it is failing and facing financial ruin. Having said that, the bond company can be a friend. Read the article here: www.filmbudget.com/completion-bond/

www.filmbudget.com/completion-bond/

Great article Jack thank you

Maxwell Moore Thank you. Very kind, glad you found it of value.

Congrats. You can add me for developing the script if you need help..

Happy to hear

Congratulations!

Congratulations! I wish you both a great success with it.

Woohoo!!!

Congratulations Magnifique! Well done.

Zoetrope is not free. "An entry fee of US$40 (prior to the early-bird deadline) or US$50 (between the early-bird and final deadlines) must be paid online by credit card or PayPal at the time of script submission."

William, there are a variety of routes you can take. I'd recommend finding coverage first, which you can commission directly from Stage 32 and a variety of other resources. I entered a competition immediately with my last screenplay just to give my procrastinating self a deadline, and to see how I "stacked up" against others out there. You can sign up for an account on coverfly.com to see a list, by genre, of upcoming competitions with dates, and you can pay a little more to add coverage - but don't assume it's coming from the judges because it isn't usually. Also you can get free coverage from other writers but please with any coverage from any resource - strongly consider the validity of their comments. Some skim your writing, and some just aren't qualified.

Submit to IMdb verified festivals

Hi, William D. Tolkien. What are your goals as a screenwriter (sell scripts that you pitch, produce your scripts alongside producers, acting in your scripts, etc.)? Knowing that will help you know which direction to go in (contests, having an agent, etc.).

Get NOTES. Professional notes. before u submit it to any priducer, rep, or contest. Im happy to help over at No BullScript!

Nina, the normal way today is to shoot the project, then shop it for distribution. Possibly you can pitch to a larger streamer who will fund it or commit to stream/distribute but you need to get to their actual acquisition people fie tgat.

Hi Nina Brooks -

Nice to meet you!!

Stage32 has a great workshop called "The Keys to Building an Investor Deck that Works" with Sarah Elizabeth Timmins >> https://www.stage32.com/webinars/The-Keys-to-Building-an-Investor-Deck-t...

You can pair that with "How to Develop, Pitch and Sell Your Sitcom to a Network or Streamer" with Mike Gibbons >> https://www.stage32.com/webinars/How-to-Develop-Pitch-and-Sell-Your-Sitc...

Hey, Nina Brooks! Pitch Sessions are the best way to seek funding: https://www.stage32.com/scriptservices/pitch-sessions If you want a wider selection of executives, you could go for a Reel Review and submit your pilot to other executives not currently taking pitches: https://www.stage32.com/scriptservices/coverage/buy?id=71

Definitely reach out to our Director of Script Services, Jason Mirch, who is excellent at matching projects with potential executives (or managers, in your case): J.Mirch@stage32.com

Oh, and for ideas on funding, definitely check out the Financing Lounge - there are lots of great conversations happening there that could assist you on your journey: https://www.stage32.com/lounge/fundraising

Hey Nina Brooks! It is great to be connected with you! I am really glad to have you in the community. As Karen "Kay" Ross says, you are always welcome to reach out to me directly. I am the Director of Script Services at Stage 32. I help filmmakers and writers find the best way to move their projects forward using Stage 32. I hope to hear from you! j.mirch@stage32.com

Nina Brooks what is the logline of your short? Also which festivals circuits did this play in? Thank you - pritesh

Casey Bowker thank you!!

YAY! Best of luck, and keep us posted, Nina Brooks!

Very organized. Good luck!

Jack Binder Thank you so much!!!

Karen "Kay" Ross I sent you a message one of the opportunities to pitch with would like to move forward and wants to see all of my stuff but I dont have the abiity to send her everything only one file...she said for me to ask stage32 for her contact info

Hello Nina!

Hey, Nina Brooks! Great to see you again, how have you been? What kind of content have you written? Don't forget you can list your loglines, including format, on your profile so visiting members can more easily inquire about it: https://www.stage32.com/loglines

If you're looking for gigs, definitely keep tabs on the Job Listings: https://www.stage32.com/find-jobs Also, definitely check out the Filmmaking Lounge (https://www.stage32.com/lounge/directing) and the Producing Lounge (https://www.stage32.com/lounge/producing) to meet other like-minded creatives!

Thank you. I've been writing drama and romance pilots, features, and shorts.

Hi Nina Brooks. Nice to meet you. Definitely join and post in the lounges. Great places to network.

Welcome Nina! Sounds like you have lots of experience to draw on. Cannot wait to see what you'll bring to the community. I know it'll be great!

All in the Family & The Jeffersons.

especially with the edge they had back then... all in the family and the Jefferson's would be a great reboot

Breaking Bad

The Simpsons <jk><jk>

Hey everyone! Wow, so - so- so many great shows on here! Thank you for sharing which shows you enjoyed the most and would love to see more of. I have recently started Jericho on Paramount + and the first few episodes are really well written and I'm enjoying it!

Hi Tyler good to meet you! I’m a writer director and producer based in LOS ANGELES

Congrats Tyler. Is the podcast purely about writing?

Tyler Geis emailed you

Cool! I just started a podcast too! RADIOACTIVE on Spotify. I was thinking a podcast with writers talking about process would be brilliant. Thanks for doing this! I'll check it out!

Tyler Geis Nice to meet you! Great to have you here!

That's awesome that you have people connected to your project already. If you haven't seen it already,

Be sure to check out the lounges to get connected to certain groups of interest and check out Stage 32’s webinar with Netflix on how to successfully pitch a TV show or movie:

https://www.stage32.com/webinars/Stage-32-%20-Netflix-Present-Television...

If you have questions on who may be the best person to connect with on your scripts or projects, Stage 32's director of script services, Jason Mirch at j.mirch@stage32.com can point you in the right direction. Also feel free to let me know if you are looking for anything in particular and I can try and point you in the right direction!