Quote: David Bussell @ March 27, 2008, 3:23 PM

Don't get me wrong, I see your point. Personally, I'm not so self assured as to be able to give my work to producers sight unseen. Clearly you're doing this business though.

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That said, ALL my writing confidence stems from a script writer who really liked my work - I owe him a lot for getting involved and from that I got the confidence to push on with new work.

That and I've got a big ego, obviously

Quote: Lee Brown @ March 27, 2008, 8:10 PM

Wow well done Seefacts.
May I ask how you did it, did you go through an agent first or did you send around productions companies?
Did you send that important first spec letter asking if they wanted to see your script or did you just send the script?

Well done again I hope it becomes the success you want.

Lee

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I sent it straight to a producer who happened to have a very good relationship with a big prod co.

It went to a few places at the same time, but he was the one who took a chance.

I wrote a letter with it saying who I was and what I was doing but nothing else. I basically said 'Could you find time to read it', luckily he said yes.
 

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Quote: Seefacts @ March 27, 2008, 9:46 PM

That said, ALL my writing confidence stems from a script writer who really liked my work - I owe him a lot for getting involved and from that I got the confidence to push on with new work.

That and I've got a big ego, obviously

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I know what you mean. I have a mentor of sorts, a guy I know from back in the day when I used to run a video store. He wrote a couple of cult horror movies in the 70's and 80's and he digs the shit out of my stuff. Seeing him is always a treat for the ego.

 

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Quote: David Bussell @ March 27, 2008, 9:50 PM

I know what you mean. I have a mentor of sorts, a guy I know from back in the day when I used to run a video store. He wrote a couple of cult horror movies in the 70's and 80's and he digs the shit out of my stuff. Seeing him is always a treat for the ego.

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Yeah, it's amazing what a confidence boost can do.

And here's one for you - I noticed you were the purveyor of the brilliant 'Paris' sketch a while ago - which is easily my favourite sketch I've seen on here. Ever.
 

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Thanks for sharing your experience, thats really great
 

Only just seen this thread. A belated 'good on you' from me too, seefacts. It really is terrific to see someone from the site have their work attract interest. Obviously still a long way to go, but it shows it was worth all the hard work.
 

Quote: David H @ March 27, 2008, 11:05 PM

Only just seen this thread. A belated 'good on you' from me too, seefacts. It really is terrific to see someone from the site have their work attract interest. Obviously still a long way to go, but it shows it was worth all the hard work.

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Yeah, hard work is certainly an apt phrase.

4 years of persevering, writing, sending off, waiting, chancing my arm, getting told I wasn't funny or that I was unprofessional - it looks like it's slowly paying off.

I found out my potential fee today too - 140 quid per transmitted minute, plus 10% for the C4 website broadcast and C4+1 so lets hope they make my sketches really lonnnnnnnnnnnnnng to squeeze out the cash!
 

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Quote: Seefacts @ March 27, 2008, 11:27 PM

Yeah, hard work is certainly an apt phrase.

4 years of persevering, writing, sending off, waiting, chancing my arm, getting told I wasn't funny or that I was unprofessional - it looks like it's slowly paying off.

I found out my potential fee today too - 140 quid per transmitted minute, plus 10% for the C4 website broadcast and C4+1 so lets hope they make my sketches really lonnnnnnnnnnnnnng to squeeze out the cash!

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I saw on the Frost Report BBC4 thing this week that Frost claimed an early Cleese sketch was much longer than it really was just so he could get a bigger cheque on their hourly rates! Hopefully the producer will wangle the same for you (but not at 1960s levels).
 

Quote: swerytd @ March 25, 2008, 2:56 PM

Dunno for TV. 'BBC rate minuteage' was about £55 per broadcast minute for the radio from an independent production company, but then I got £33 per minute for BBC7 (not sure if that's cos it's less for digital).

I got told by a head of comedy that for sitcom it's about £7500 per hour of comedy, which I guess works out at about £125 per minute-ish. Sounds about right to me but I can't confirm, and I'm assuming sketch/sitcom rates are similar.

Dan

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What a fucking rip-off!!!! Anyone know what else you can make, if you have a really big Office-style smash, i.e. if it got shown in loads of other countries, or was remade in other countries, and, of course, if it sold a shitload of DVDs? I dont care how vulgar this sounds, I'm out to make some fucking MONEEEEEEEEEY from this shit!!!!
 

Thank you for sharing Seefacts, good look with it all and keep us posted
 

Quote: Seefacts @ March 27, 2008, 9:55 PM

Yeah, it's amazing what a confidence boost can do.

And here's one for you - I noticed you were the purveyor of the brilliant 'Paris' sketch a while ago - which is easily my favourite sketch I've seen on here. Ever.

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Thank you very much indeed. That's the only sketch I ever shot that my mum and dad dad like. I'm reshooting it on hi-def for my showreel soon.

 

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Quote: catskillz @ March 28, 2008, 1:58 AM

What a fucking rip-off!!!! Anyone know what else you can make, if you have a really big Office-style smash, i.e. if it got shown in loads of other countries, or was remade in other countries, and, of course, if it sold a shitload of DVDs? I dont care how vulgar this sounds, I'm out to make some fucking MONEEEEEEEEEY from this shit!!!!

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According to the contract, what I got was for something like two broadcasts and the rights to have it on iPlayer for a week afterwards. Repeat fees are paid if and when it's repeated beyond that. I think there was something in the (very) long and (very) boring contract about getting more if it's broadcast (promoted?!) to Radio 4.

I'm not sure how being 'commissioned' differs though. I assume if you are you get a salary of sorts (or at least contract) so that you can buy beans to live off of...

Dan
 

Well done Seefacts and good luck with everything.

It's great to hear how it's going.

 

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I've been invited to the set in a few weeks, which is incredible.

I'm going to hopefully get down there and see how it all works.
 

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