OK so I am sitting at a bar waiting for my Girlfriend to get out of her her final audition for the day and I get a call about doing a consult for a potential show.
The person asking is a personal friend that I have worked with for a number of years. He should know better...the consult is fairly simple. Go to a location almost in another state listen to somebody tell me about there great idea. They will make barbeque and use the food involved in the cooking show concept. Sounds great if your bullshitting on a super bowl weekend. The problem is I have to pay rent...and eat more often than when somebody gets an idea they want to pitch.
What really gets me is that these guys are in the business and didn't even bother to do basic shit. A single sheet of bullet points of the basic idea. I had to tell them this. It's unfortunately a part of film. People see stuff like "The Blair Witch Project" and think film is easy. People would pay a plummer grand to just look at their toilet yet complain about $300.00 on their Wedding video.
It's like telling someone that your an extra on Chicago Fire and they ask you to introduce them to Lady Gaga. Then finding out that person that asked you this works for NBC.
Free projects are great to learn on because the learning curve for producers is so intense. You'll get more out of co-producing one indie than a year of school. So much is in the doing. Although I will say anything by Dov S. Simmons is worth every penny.
So in conclusion... I am done selling myself for cheap. If you want this producers sexy brain you have to pay. No money( or equity) no love.
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