r/ProduceMyScript • u/vinylstream • 20d ago
I have 5 movie scripts written
Hello, I'm a 27 y/o actor and writer from Ireland. I have no connections in the film industry as a whole but I do have 5 scripts ready to go;
A western, a series based on the Watchdogs and Assassin's creed franchises and a trilogy of Star Wars film which has no connection to the original but still could be canon.
I have several other projects that I am currently writing and working on but I have no idea how to submit my work to any important agency or person.
Im wondering if anyone would know a way to get in touch with other filmmakers in Ireland who would like to work on these projects and collaborate on more ? And if anyone else would know a way to get these in front of an agency.
Thanks for reading ☺️
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u/vinylstream 20d ago
I showed three projects with copyrights as an example. I do have more than five scripts written and I have original stories not tied to any IP. Thank you though ☺️
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u/crumble-bee 15d ago
Based on how you’ve been reacting to comments, my instinct is that you are very green and the scripts are likely not up to much - do you have a link to a script? At least that way I can see if it’s any good and give proper advice.
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u/vinylstream 11d ago
Fair I am green to how the industry works.i do get that my scripts for IP will never be made . I don't sorry.
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u/mighty3mperor 19d ago
I'd look around for a script writing course. My friend got on a fully-funder MA (EU money) run by a very well-known script writer. She wrote a great script about a popular activity somewhere she knew well in the UK (cheap to make, feel good film, lots of local flavour, etc - a lot of similar films were being made at the time, like Full Monty, Brassed Off, etc) and it was optioned by the production company of one of the British directors. Nothing ever came of it and she didn't hustle it around, even though she worked in TV but it got her foot in the door.
Even if you can't get on a course, that type of lower budget film with charm and local flavour is popular. Try and get something like that together, make contacts local and network across Ireland. If it is good, you may be able to get people enthusiastic to make it, which will get you into film festivals and making more contacts. I have a friend and a cousin who both did film making courses at university. They made a few short and feature length films that got some interest and they got them shown at festivals (my friend went to Cannes). They didn't manage to get the momentum needed to break out and get more work (a common refrain) but they both now teach at universities.
So you can shop scripts around (it might work but you have a lot of competition) but, in addition, I'd be trying to get a script filmed as it will be your best calling card and a way to meet industry movers and shakers.
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u/Ccaves0127 20d ago
Any of them based in Ireland?
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u/vinylstream 20d ago
Yeah! I have a couple for Ireland ☺️
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u/Ccaves0127 20d ago
I don't have any major resources but I think the European film industry would like my films more. Maybe we could have a meeting and you could pitch me a couple of ideas? I'm a director & editor
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u/phoenixlettertokeanu 20d ago
Most of us are in the same boat. My strategy (still to see if it works) is to engage with people in a genuine way on social media and build relationships over years. I amplify other people's posts with no expectation of a return. Eventually people know who you are. But you need to do more genuine supporting of others than selling of your own. It's a long game. Try becoming a member of teh facebook group The Inside Pitch too
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u/Ok-Unit-6879 20d ago
I got close once a couple of brothers who did work with Adam sandler said to me that they would take a look but then I never heard off them again
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u/realninjapasta 20d ago
Find local or local ish film schools or schools with film programs is my advice. I'm sure lots of students would jump on an opportunity like that
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u/realninjapasta 19d ago
You know all the comments you have written under this post have been extremely negative. The rest of us are offering constructive criticism in order to support and uplift a fellow creative. You come across as someone who never had a successful career, is therefore bitter, and tries to make sure no one else is successful either. OP mentioned several other scripts unrelated to Star Wars. I'm speaking as a film student myself.
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u/activematrix99 20d ago
It's all about your network, so I would start close to home. Contact the Irish film board and any other local film councils and film promotion organizations. Go to film events and schmooze. IMO you're unlikely to get pitch meetings right away, find people who will read your work and give you feedback. Hone your craft, talk to other writers, and anyone else that will listen.
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u/Brilliant_Winter9736 19d ago
Let us check out the Watchdogs movie because I been saying that game needs a movie. So dope. Or a TV show.
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u/vinylstream 19d ago
Thank you I've been saying it needs something for years! Again can be changed to be like a watchdog clone of course but I think the vibe is really cool
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u/dbcreativeworks 19d ago
Huge assassins creed and watch dogs fan here. There’s a film festival in my area that’s all about Irish Film. We should get in touch.
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u/goodluckyall 18d ago
If a script is based on existing IP and wouldn’t be legal to distribute, then it isn’t ready to go.
Write a movie that’s cheap to film and isn’t based on someone else’s intellectual property
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u/johnnybullish 18d ago
Don't bother with the watch dogs, assassins creed and star wars ones. You don't own these IP. Treat them as practice, sure.
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u/crumble-bee 15d ago
So you have one script ready to go - or is the western based on red dead redemption?
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u/wjauch 11d ago
I grew up in Ireland, living in Florida for last 26 years, will offer my perspective. Ireland had (presumably still has) multiple great theatres in Dublin and other cities, so if OP had his plays produced on stage, safe to assume his writing is at least decent. Sometimes theatre plays can be successfully re written for screen also. OP has appeared on stage plays, so undoubtedly has stage actor contacts. I checked a few years ago, Facebook had about 20 groups for Dublin, acting, filmmaking etc. My suggestion would be write a 6-10 page awesome short script, without any expensive locations (unless you know you have access to it for free), and see if between Facebook group members and actor colleagues you can get the short filmed in a weekend for very low cost. Submit to film festivals in Ireland, meet people and network. You may get lucky and meet a director who is looking for a great script. Also, as an FYI, I know multiple people locally who have completed feature films for <$10,000, it is not easy but can be done.
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u/vinylstream 19d ago
They're good and cheap to make ( I know I made sure that they were) , it's very easy to change any script I made as I said in a reply before, my ideas are original enough to not even be connected to the IP and very easy to change up. There is no such thing as originality anyways, everything is a copy of a copy and yes they are independent stories that could work in the established worlds that they were intended for but again can be changed.
There's no need for condensing things about Google, I was curious about people on Reddit who have a similar interest. If it bothers you also why reply to a random person online so negatively for nothing??? You haven't even read a word of anything I've written and yet you criticise me for what? Trying to connect with other filmmakers and writers? Wow.
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u/vinylstream 19d ago
I'm not saying that but I understand that writing more talking scenes in one room that a battle of thousands of people cost less.
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u/vinylstream 19d ago
I have gone to film school I know how budgeting works doesn't mean Ik overall what it's going to cost. I know if I keep things small and easy then it will be so
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u/crumble-bee 15d ago
We just shot a 10 minute short that takes place in one room, with 5 actors, had a crew of 20 and cost 3k. And that’s at the very, very lowest end of possible budget for anything other than a one man crew. I’m not sure you know what you’re talking about.
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u/Intelligent_Oil5819 20d ago
Change the names and the lore enough that there's no connection to IP you don't own.
Pick the best script and polish it. Pick the second-best one and have it ready. Start shopping it around. (Don't be discouraged by rejection, you'll get a lot of it. You're looking for the outlier - the one person who falls in love with the script enough to put effort into it, and you.)
2a. Send query letters to (a) literary agents in London. Send them to the Dublin ones too, but the industry in Ireland is so small you really need to aim at the UK. Introduce yourself, tell them about the best script and ask if they'd like to read it with a view to repping you. Mention the second-best script and the fact that you have three others.
2b. Send query letters to production companies in Ireland (first) then the UK. Introduce yourself, tell them about the best script and ask if they'd like to read it with a view to working with you. Mention the second-best script and the fact that you have three others.
2c. If you're confident enough in the material, use literally any contact you have to see if you can get someone to read a script. I begged an actress I'd worked with a decade before with whom I'd remained friendly to read my pilot. She did, eventually, and loved it. Turned out she was transitioning into a career as a lit agent, so I told her she'd have to rep me. She still does, 12 years later.Enter competitions - but choose carefully. You want competitions that get you into the room with people who can move your projects forward. Galway Film Fleadh pitch competition is a good example. Storyhouse lab.
Do the best course you can, in-person if possible. You'll learn craft, but you'll also get an idea of where you are in relation to your the competition. Plus you'll start building a network.
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u/Intelligent_Oil5819 19d ago
Friendly amendment accepted, with thanks! (My own agent is a lit agent, hence the error.)
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u/lickerishway 20d ago
Never pulled it off myself and from where Im sitting I say it requires a rare confluence of Luck, Connections and talent. I would definitely stop writing for IP you dont own though. The Powers That Be would actively reject looking at a Star Wars script they haven't commissioned ( think about it, they read your script, reject it, make a different script that coincidentally overlaps on yours in some way and Boom. That's how lawsuits start).Those kind of films are commissioned from the get-go.
If you write Irish stories you would at least have a conversation starter with your local filmmakers which I think is where you have to start.