Working with an Agent
April 11th 2008 05:43
I am writing some notes in my blog about breaking into film as a screenwriter. I spoke to Blake Herron who is very knowledgable about being in the business. He offered his take on working with agents; particularly with Peter Miller and what he learned.
It is something to consider when building a career in film, work with those who are in the business reading scripts or being a runner.
Pete was a wheeler-dealer who had "agent speak" down to a science. The benefits of working with him were twofold. One, I got to see the mentality of representation, what the agent needs from the client, and what the agent truly does for the client. And two, I got to read a lot of scripts. Over three hundred, in fact, before I ever sat down to write one myself. And over two hundred and ninety of them were bad, which was great, because you learn more from the bad ones.
It is something to consider when building a career in film, work with those who are in the business reading scripts or being a runner.
Pete was a wheeler-dealer who had "agent speak" down to a science. The benefits of working with him were twofold. One, I got to see the mentality of representation, what the agent needs from the client, and what the agent truly does for the client. And two, I got to read a lot of scripts. Over three hundred, in fact, before I ever sat down to write one myself. And over two hundred and ninety of them were bad, which was great, because you learn more from the bad ones.
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