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Originally Posted by Conz
Aight, I tried to read most of this thread, ignore any question I ask if you have already and I'll go back:
Is your goal to write for the movies, or was TV writing your thing all along?
My goal is to one day write movies and only do TV if it's something my partner and I created. I'd like to be able to only staff on other people's shows if it's something I really wanted to because of the material or the creator.
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I always hear stuff like, "if a producer doesn't like page 1, it's going in the trash." In your experience, is that the case?
Bit of an exaggeration but yes it's pretty easy to tell if it a script is not worth reading within the first 10 pages or so.
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Can a regular Joe like me, with no experience in writing get a job as a PA? There is literally nothing else I want to do. I like a million other bums have been writing specs for a while, and I'd walk through walls to get them in the hands of someone. I have no problem working up.
I'm a NJ guy, so I'd have to start in NYC if anything. Does that put me behind the 8 ball right out of the gate? Everytime I talk to someone in the know, I get, "Move to California." Obviously that's not something I can just up and do right now.
It's hard for me to speak to NYC bc I've never lived there. I would strongly recommend you move to LA though if you are serious about getting into the business. It will be infinitely easier to do so out here. Once you are here you won't need any experience at all to get a PA job. You just need to know someone on a show and they can get your resume to the right person. Once you move out here you will start meeting people and it won't be too hard to meet people on shows/movies.
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I (like im sure everyone) am also writing a workplace comedy spec. How many pages was yours, and how many pages are your scripts usually. In movies I know it's usually a minute a page, but I've seen South Park scripts that were 39 pages, and other comedies that are 26.
You should shoot for between 35 and 40 pages. Definitely under 40.
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Also, are you far enough along that you can be picky about your work? I see you are on Beavis and Butthead now. When Running Wilde ended, did you have the pick of the litter? Or did you just jump at the first offer. (and who wouldn't, working for Mike Judge, that's amazing)
thanks man.
Definitely don't have our pick of the litter, but we are trying to be more selective this year for the first time. Beavis and Butthead is not a full time job like the other shows I was on. We go in about once a week. But, yes, between working with Mike Judge and Mitch Hurwitz are kind of trying to build a good resume that will land us on other good shows. But we are hoping this year to either sell a pilot or only staff on shows that we think are good for our resume, will be of high quality and have some "cache." Of course, if nothing happens in the near future we may be forced to take a job on a show that doesn't fit that bill simply bc we need the money but fingers crossed it doesn't come to that.