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Film Courage: Once a writer finishes a script, what are the clues or tells that the script is actually one worth making into a movie?
Nicki Micheaux, Actress/Filmmaker/Author/Instructor: First 10 pages.
When you finish writing your script and you know when you start sending it out places, they’re going to judge you very harshly on the first 10 pages and something has to happen.
Sometimes the first five, that inciting incident or catalyst or whatever we want to call it.
Something’s got to happen on those first 10 pages.
It’s everything.
And the ending.
The ending has to make sense.
The ending has to work.
That’s the first step is Can you nail those first 10 pages?
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Film Courage: If I am a writer and I think that my screenplay or film project is good enough, I can certainly get it made, right? True or false?
Nicki: Good is not the deciding factor of something getting made.
Something getting made has a lot more to do with your tenacity to push it to where it needs to go.
Whether that’s the tenacity and the perseverance and the patience to work in the studio system or the tenacity to go out there and raise the money, crowdfund equity investors and make it happen yourself.
Getting something made has more to do with you than anything.
That has to do with your willingness to go out and shake people’s hands who you need to meet who can help you get it made.
Whether that’s help being a rep or help being a producer or help being an investor, because it’s a journey that you need a group of folks on with you.
It’s you being able to show up and talk about it online.
At a panel, asking people questions so that they remember who you are, introducing yourself.
Getting something made has everything to do with…(Watch the video interview on YouTube here).
About:
Nicki Micheaux has been writing her entire life, spending the last decade refining her skills. She has several scripts in the works for future films and tv shows. Making her breakthrough in the hit show Lincoln Heights, Micheaux worked for eight years before being featured in popular TV such as S.W.A.T, Good Trouble, In the Dark, Colony, and Animal Kingdom. She’s worked in all aspects of the acting industry, including Movies, TV, voice acting, CGI digital mapping, and commercials. She has since sought to expand her creative outlets into writing and film production. In addition to being a teacher and filmmaker, Nicki currently plays Gerty Kinsey on The Drop: A Snowfall Saga.
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