The Film Fund (Screenwriters Please READ THIS)

Watching the Golden Globes, curious who would win for Best Screenplay, I commented aloud that I would love for Christopher Nolan's INCEPTION to win, but to be honest to myself, Aaron Sorkin deserved the title for the masterful dialogue in a film that is filled with people sitting in front of computers, typing.

While the imagery and insightful editing and effects of INCEPTION grabbed me from the very first moment, Sorkin's script did something different, it made me pay attention, not just to the spoken word, but the undertone coming from its inside place, it was a joy to hear and read. And just as he mentioned in his acceptance speech about (and I am paraphrasing here) treating the audience as if they are at least as intelligent as the filmmakers -it makes me think about all of the screenwriters out there that never get their projects made, receiving rejection notices and envelopes returned but never opened.

To read more about Sorkin's win.

READ MORE... 

Which leads us to the reason for this post, currently EAP is preparing a film fund, a multi-project fund for investors to support and ultimately film a minimum of five feature films. 

We have four of those films locked in, a few with incredible A-list talent and production teams in place (sorry, but I can't discuss it here, yet), a couple that are still in rewrite, but at least one spot is completely open and available, so IF you are a struggling screenwriter, maybe this will be a good read for you...

Effective immediately, from today through Feb 15th, 2011, Emerging Artist Productions will be accepting new feature film scripts for review.

Each film must be registered with the WGA, be a min of 80 pages in length and traditionally formatted.   The film in question can have no production or actor attachments (but will consider on a case by case basis, you never know) and should have a strong narrative hook, dynamic dialogue and be a film YOU would want to go to the theaters, sit down with some popcorn and want to see.

That last part is important, because there are a large number of filmmakers out there that would rather craft an incomprehensible mess of a story together in the hope that the audience will be spellbound by it's audacity.

We would much rather watch a film that resonates with us, tell us a good story and we will produce something that you can be proud of...

So, to submit your scripts, you must first submit a LOGLINE, along with a listing of main characters and their ages, once we receive those, we will contact you with complete submission information.  FYI, this is in no way a guarantee that we will read, accept or produce your screenplay, but if you have a story that needs to be seen, that compels us to read in one sitting, that moves us and makes us marvel at the unique nature of the characters, then we will definitely give it a fair shake.

Please send us your loglines and character information via the contact section above and we will get back to you within 7 calendar days.


DO NOT SEND ANY SCRIPTS AT THIS TIME - They will not be read.