MY EXPERIENCE WITH AMERICAN FILM MARKET

BY ROHIT GUPTA, NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Experience with American Film Market at Santa Monica , LA , USA  2015

American Film Market Lowes Hotel

I was excited to be the part  of this event to see the international approach of the people , film makers and people who are associated with the same .

During the meet there was lot of people who were looking for the various projects and looking to get the fund for the same . Pitch conference was good as that opened to the audience and it allows 2 minutes to them to pitch their project and the expert can form their opinion on the same .

Mentor Classes with Pitching Mentors

Quiet a few people pitched their projects and the audience was able to find what they should not do and what they should , but one thing is clear , who wants to get the project financed have to get it right on script in 2 minutes , I believe it has to use less words and finish it before 59 seconds . Entince them balance time for them to ask questions, because they would be engaged. And yes by that I certainly don’t mean that your script should go out of their head . It has to be crisp . While It should start with Genre which should clearly be mentioned to start with. Second point is getting to the Plot fast and establish character in next 30 seconds . Practise that pitch alone  , or with your closed , your story should not be on notes, it should be living in front of your eyes . You need somebody to be convinced to the thing which is not yet on the screen , in such a non –tangible selling , only few can succeed , its such a way

Her Highness presented her bright prospects in shooting in Thaniland

I enjoyed Thai Night and Thai food along with the Royal Princess attended, it was certainly an even which was good to hear what Thailand is doing to promote their film making to other parts of the world . Part of my experience was networking with the Budding Film Makers who might say oh they have made a script last night, well I don’t take them . Never do I think , about your script , should be confident on making the script happen.

American Indie Film Producer with Mr Rohit Gupta

Also there were budding actors, models, musician who were looking for some work in this arena . When you invest such amount of money it means you should be clear with whatever you want to do . If you just want to do networking make sure you do lot of them . Keep the ssperate database of such talent and keep showing your work to all of them , who knows who out of them are successful and looking for some value addition which you can do for them ,. See I would not say its all about Luck but its about action and hard work, more you do such a kind of hard work, more luckier you get

Rohit Gupta , during a Break in meetings

In my opinion the people should understand why don’t you make the pitch with Music , I have found this interesting way of script reading within me . I don’t keep just my verbal thing . but music should be complimentary and it should not affect your script