Comments on: Are Pitch Festivals Worth It?

By: If you say so

If you say so — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:41:47 +0000

So. pay an agent a quarter of what it costs to go to a “pitch fest” and somebody like you will read my screenplay? Okay, it’s a deal.
Fade In is charging $275 for its Hollywood Power Pitchfest, so 1/4 of that equals $68.75–who do I write the check to and where do I send my script?

By: Fade In Magazine

Fade In Magazine — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:08:29 +0000

You’re going to need to correct your post. Fade In has never allowed or had “interns” at its events. We have a strict rule about this. Further, Fade In does not allow assistants to attend unless a) they are accompanied by a higher up in development or b) they are approved to attend in the absence of their boss. Lastly, your comment stating “if you attend [Fade In’s] event you will only be speaking to assistants or managers who are on their own or interns” is grossly incorrect and actually libelous. Of the 200 representatives that attend each year, we rarely if ever have assistants attend but rather Sr. VPs, Producers, Directories of Development, seasoned agents from CAA, ICM, UTA, WME & boutique agencies, studio executives & even directors. You are of course entitled to your “opinion” about out of town festivals vs. in town festivals even though you are obviously not speaking for all industry professionals & we disagree with your analogy. You are not, however, entitled to publish LIES about our event. Therefore, it would be in your best interest to correct your “mistakes” within this post.

By: Screenwriting Compass

Screenwriting Compass — Mon, 03 May 2010 17:38:44 +0000

Dear Fade In, I will correct my post sentence where I stated ““if you attend [Fade In’s] event you will only be speaking to assistants or managers who are on their own or interns” since I have not attended EVERY single pitch festival you have put on and i’m sure you have had some great people attend. I am talking from my own experience as an ASSISTANT at a major agency when I did this pitch festival with all the other ASSISTANTS at my agency. The people I spoke with were at the tables next to me, so I posted this from my own experience. But you are right, I did not speak to all the other executives at the other tables who could have been heads of departments and senior people, but I was talking to mostly the people in my own section. I am not quite sure what the rules of your organization are, but you can NOT fault me for expressing my OWN experience. As a matter of fact, I still get invited to attend your festival and I usually refer this to one of the assistants here. So what I am stating are not LIES as you say, but my own EXPERIENCE and what other agents in our circle also experience from these festivals.