According to a variety of sources right now - film is hot. Not only is it hot, but it's doing gangbusters in spec sales.
Nice news for writers after a fairly epic slam on purchasing.
The interesting sale that has been kicked around is, of course, for Grim Night.
Grim Night isn't an especially crazy concept (though it seems fun) - but it does have a brilliant little teaser trailer that went into the loop.
Which you can also, coincidentally, watch:
The script was written by Brandon Bestenheider and Allen Bey - who both just made their first sale on this project at a (theoretically) higher range than most first time sales.
While it may have sold even without the added bonus of eye candy in an admittedly strong trailer - the hype around the film definitely has something to do with the film.
So the question now - would you make a teaser for a film pitch?
Truly... It's not so different than making a web series or short film. And there's more than one story about the show that wouldn't go until a full pitch was made with a sizzle reel attached.
2 comments:
High concept, low budget horror flick from the producer's of Paranormal Activity?
I don't think the trailer had much to do with it getting sold...
It helped the writers get it to a certain level. There is a certain amount of hype around it - and the fact that it is still online says something.
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