Scriptapalooza

I finally got the word on what scripts the various producers and reps of the contest requested. My script, the investment, was not among them. To be fair, most of the requests were ONLY for the top 13 winners and runners up, but I find myself wondering, Scriptapalooza makes a very bold claim that they actively promote semi-finalists and up for a year. That’s great. I wonder, how?

To my knowledge, the primary technique the contest uses is the 1 I’ve just witnessed. They send out notification of status and loglines of the scripts. The producers and reps decide which ones they want to read. Then, Darwinism runs its course. Since there were no requests for mine, no one was interested. As I was pontificating this, I got the following:

“Anton,

“We still do get calls for scripts, this is not the end for you.

“Sincerely,
“Mark Andrushko”

Now that’s all happy and sunny, but the fact is I heard the same thing from Shriekfest and PAGE. And since hearing those things, I’ve not gotten a single request for those scripts. Not only that, but in both cases, people who were at either my status or lower have already been signed or sold. At Shriekfest, a guy sold his in less than a month after the festival. And he wan’t either of the winners. So it seems to me that yes, it is possible that requests are yet to come, but with the inital heat wave over, not likely. Ah well. I still have my status, right? Right?? Am I right, people??

~ by antonahill on November 9, 2009.