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Book-To-Film
Submission Form
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Well
over half of movies made today (some say 75%) are screenplay adaptations
of novels, non-fiction books, short stories, news, magazine
articles, or comic books.
Screenplay adaptations based on published source material
outnumber original scripts by a wide margin.
Screenplay adaptations are the most common, lucrative and
sought-after medium in the entire film and TV industries.
The Book-to-Film Division offers an
exciting new opportunity for authors of fiction, non-fiction or
short stories who dream of seeing their manuscripts or prose on
television or at the movies.
For the first time, the Book-to-Film
division provides the
services of credited agents of film and television to assist you
toward bringing your manuscript to the Hollywood community.
As a kind of collaborative partner, we can help
you
with the process of telling your story with images and dialogue.
In your book,
you
the author described what your characters taste, smell or feel. As
a potential
movie,
we will show how you the screenwriter must communicate your story to
the
audience in the only two senses they can experience, which are sight and sound.
We
will help you address this new challenge, by approaching your
project as a movie
with
all its strengths and limitations, focusing on your primary
characters, their goals
and
obstacles.
We will help you decide which aspects that worked
in
your source material will not work in your screenplay, and which
ones will work.
That's what makes our Book-to-Film Division so
important to your decision over the adaptability of your work of
art
in another medium and whether or how you take that next critical
step
Book-To-Film Submission Instructions
Due to the large number of inquiries we receive we ask that you please use this form for our initial contact. By providing us with
a
brief explanation about your work, we can very quickly
decide about moving to the next step or not.
Please only fill this form
out one time for
one book-to-film adaptation request. Choose the
one that you feel is your best work. If
accepted, we will discuss your
other works with you later in the process.
If for some
reason this form will not work on your computer, please email questionbtf
@ WLscreenplayagency.com and simply send an email
with the answers to the questions above.
What You Can Expect From Us:
We know that forms like this take time to fill out and we thank you in advance
for your commitment and time. We pledge to reply to you within 5-7
business days.
Sometimes, due to spam, email can slip through the cracks, so if you haven't
heard from us in that timeframe, please be sure to email us a follow-up inquiry.
If we believe
that your
work has potential
we will ask you to either email us, or mail us, a copy of your work.
Because we know what we are looking for we usually can make a final decision
within 2
weeks of receiving all your materials. |
