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Richard Day's avatar

Putting together the entire package when selling spec scripts is more than just a lot of work; for new writers it's an insurmountable barrier. Virtually the only way to get a script to stars is through their agents and the best way to get to their agent is through yours. Needless to say stars' agents put such "offers" at the bottom of their pile, so you don't even get a pass for weeks. Your agent won't send it to more than one actor at a time and will lose interest completely after the third pass. All this of assumes you have an agent, and of course the bigger your name the better your chances. Like the ten-theater rule for Academy Award consideration, this emerging expectation just ushers real chances of success yet further up the food chain

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Michael Rose's avatar

The issue is how much do streamers make from content and how much are they willing to share with content creators. Also, clearly the content model is broken when most movies made are big tent pole events & there are no more sleeper or art house hit movies. As for TV, the chickens have come home to roost on the networks & the advertising feature of free television no longer works.

Streamers are proving that if you treat your customers poorly, you won’t have many customers left.

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