One last thing: you’re not a “scriptwriter,” you’re a screenwriter. Reps tend to focus on either film or TV, but not both, so use your best online resources, like IMDbPro to educate yourself before you call or email. So, let’s say you finally get that successful Manager on the phone and they ask, “Can I read your best spec?” you better know if they want your single-camera sitcom or your sci-fi thriller feature! This is why it’s best to do your homework before you market your work, and compile a targeted list of agents, managers, producers and studios that make your type of script.
That’s easy to understand, but keep in mind that a spec can apply to a feature (movie) script or to a television script (which are most often broken into two categories: sitcom or one-hour drama). Now to make matters a bit more complex, you have to know about the term “spec,” which applies to a screenplay or script that is written to be sold to an outside buyer without any upfront money paid to the writer i.e., it’s written on speculation, the hope that the thing will sell so the writer can stop slinging mochaccinos for a living. But a script may also apply to a stage play, a video game, a radio program or computer programming script, so make sure you’re clear in your pitch. To clarify…Ī screenplay is always written to be played on a screen - movie, television or computer screen. Or both.Īll screenplays are scripts, but not all scripts are screenplays. One of my pet peeves is when people say “my movie” when they’re talking about their screenplay.
SCREENWRITER VS DIRECTOR TV
It’s always best to be as specific as possible when discussing your script/screenplay - we want to know if this is for a movie, a TV show, a short, a webisode or a stage play. The short answer is that they usually mean the same thing and are interchangeable, but it can get confusing when you’re talking about different mediums.
SCREENWRITER VS DIRECTOR SERIES
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