| Like many of us, you probably have an idea, or | | | | frustrating for anyone who has taken the time to |
| several ideas, for the perfect movie. How many | | | | write a screenplay. |
| times have you watched a movie and thought | | | | Pitch your idea to a producer |
| that you could have done better? How many | | | | This is the best way to get your idea across to a |
| times have you imagined movies in your head | | | | real producer, who will be the person you want to |
| starring your favorite actors? You probably have | | | | woo when you are trying to get your movie |
| a lot of movie ideas running around in your head | | | | ideas discovered. The trouble with pitching your |
| but you do not know how to put them on paper. | | | | ideas to a producer is that you have to get a |
| Hollywood has always given the people what they | | | | meeting with a producer to enable yourself to do |
| want. When an idea sells, they are more than | | | | this. It is sometimes easier to get a meeting with |
| happy to jump on the bandwagon and spend | | | | the President of the United States than a |
| hundreds of thousands of dollars for a screenplay | | | | Hollywood producer. You can pitch your idea to a |
| or idea that will sell to the general public. But how | | | | producer who does independent films, however. |
| do you get that idea on paper and across to the | | | | One problem with doing this is that the producer |
| general public to see? | | | | may like your idea...and take it as his own. You |
| There are several ways that you can get your | | | | have nothing in writing and he can just as easily |
| movie ideas discovered. Here are a few: | | | | claim that it is his idea. You are better off to be |
| Write a screenplay | | | | well established before you go this route. |
| Writing a screenplay takes a lot of work as well | | | | Post your idea on a movie idea website |
| as a knowledge of the abbreviations that are | | | | If you write down your movie idea on a movie |
| used regarding camera angles terms in the world | | | | idea website, you can not only save yourself the |
| of film making. Before you write a screenplay, | | | | trouble of writing a full length screenplay, but you |
| you should understand something about film and | | | | have something in writing under common |
| also understand how to write a screenplay. The | | | | copyright that will protect your idea from theft. |
| average screenplay is 120 pages long and consists | | | | The internet has changed the way that producers |
| mostly of dialogue. It will be up to the director to | | | | and other people who make films judge the value |
| decide which angles should be shot and how. If | | | | of screenplays as well as movie ideas. If you post |
| you have a lot of ideas running around in your | | | | your idea on a site that allows the public to vote |
| head and are great at dialogue writing as well as | | | | on the quality of the idea, you may very well get |
| versed in film terminology, you should write a | | | | your idea discovered by a producer who will be |
| screenplay. | | | | only too glad to negotiate a price for the idea. |
| After you have written a screenplay, you should | | | | If you have ideas in your head for movies, think |
| have it copyrighted and then proceed to pitch it | | | | about posting them on an internet site that you |
| to producers in the hopes that someone will pick | | | | can trust. One that will not only give you |
| it up as an option. They will sometimes pay | | | | feedback on your ideas, but can also catch the |
| money for the rights to the screenplay and the | | | | eye of a producer who will be interested in buying |
| movie will never see the light of day. Or they will | | | | your idea for a film. |
| hire someone to re-write it. This can be | | | | |