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Comment on How Do I Pitch a TV Show? by Suzanne Herlihy

Suzanne Herlihy — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:03:31 +0000

Logline:

What would you do if you were an ordinary cop , and living an ordinary life ?

Your girlfriend has been forced to go to an island!
Once there you are tricked into being part of a crazy experiment!
It leaves you as a flesh-eating cannibal!
They try and cure you.., but it leaves you as a vampire!
They thought that you are going to die. So they decide to clone you!
Now you must raise a clone son and deal with being a cop during the day
and drain people of their blood at night! A serious conflict!
The government is very interested in your anti-aging and healing properties!
Your survival and that of your family’s survival depends on one thing?!
You have built your Vampire Empire …,one baby at a time …,in ” Blood Relatives–Vampire Detective Series”.
“Family must endure!”

There is a surprise Vampire virus cure! (Garlic) They use it to have children and
then turn back into vampires…, as they see fit.
There are no vampire myths left to be broken in this series!
(Think True Blood–only wilder!)

” Blood Relatives ” is a fiction, horror, romance, crime, mystery drama that I’ve written for television. This is also in book form…
I have 60 Epic TV Episodes available. Over 1,000 scenes.

Blood Relatives is a TV series…

Suzanne Herlihy
6 farm lane #442
Roosevelt, NJ 08555
WGA east

Comment on Consulting by Tecpan

Tecpan — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 18:57:30 +0000

Hey Pablo, amigo, cómo has estado.. lo de tu proyecto suena muy bien, al parecer aún insistens en ello y te lo celebro… es una buena onda andar navegando por el ciberespacio y encontrarme con algo tuyo regado por acá… saludos. Gerardo.

Comment on Consulting by Tecpan

Tecpan — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 18:56:20 +0000

Comment on Should I Register or Copyright My Project? by Matt LoGuercio

Matt LoGuercio — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:41:18 +0000

Forgot this, Murray never copyrighted his work with us copyright office, so his attorneys could not pursue copyright infringement, which according to this article may have worked I his favor. The courts will weigh copyright over wga registration as a rule of law and as may be evidenced in this case.

Case hd to be filed under miss appropriation of property which was a higher standard to meet.

So register your work with us office, but that will be expensive.

http://www.rjg.com/novelty.html

Comment on Should I Register or Copyright My Project? by Matt LoGuercio

Matt LoGuercio — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:30:50 +0000

Read the info in the links I have posted. I studied this case in law school in the late 80′s.

Murray was an NBC employee, he was black and patterned the show fathers day after his own life, he was a lawyer and his wife was a hospital professional. When he wrote his 5 pages treatment he talked about how blacks had not been portrayed on tv in a positive way. Up until that point it was all eye rolling sassiness and step and fetch it humor. He wanted hisnshowmto be a black version of father knows best.

That statement was his Achilles heel, as even though he had met the standards of copyright infringement, access and similarity, the court ruled that his idea was not unique enough to be protected under the law.

So your copyright is only as good as the lawyer who represents you, Murray had a world renowned one at his side.

I agree that many people have the same idea at the same time. Today no major network or studio or production company will take unsolicited materials.

My advice is tO get an agent, entertainment lawyer or producer with some power to pitch your idea. The other key thing is to be ready to move on when you are told your ideas are not good.

http://www.freewebs.com/spirob7/Entertainment/Murray%20v%20NBC.doc

http://www.unc.edu/~unclng/ideas.htm

Comment on Tweets of the Day by Laryssa

Laryssa — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:07:03 +0000

Thanks enyreove! I'm pretty proud to add this to my "resume", and glad to be taking a bit of a break from beating myself up so much

Comment on More TV Pitching Tips by Young American Wisdom

Young American Wisdom — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:03:26 +0000

I’ve been told, that as a newbie, I’ve got a snowball’s chance in hell of ever getting an opportunity to pitch my script, unless I have a published book in my back pocket. I’d love to hear your thoughts. Thanks.

Comment on How Do I Pitch a TV Show? by Should I Register or Copyright My Project? – The Gibbons Update

Should I Register or Copyright My Project? – The Gibbons Update — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 21:32:02 +0000

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Comment on How Do I Pitch a TV Show? by ellissa

ellissa — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 19:41:39 +0000

Would a producer with a pitch idea, ever pitch a show to a network/studio without copyrighting it or registering it first? If the producer had a deal with the network/studio, like a first look /development deal, would they pitch it without registering it? Would a network ever go to pilot without having the producer/creator/writer of the show register or copyright a script or treatment? Would network/studio want validation of ownership before it shot a pilot or went into series production? Thanks for any info on these questions.

Comment on How Do I Pitch a TV Show? by Pablo Arredondo Iglesias

Pablo Arredondo Iglesias — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 23:40:56 +0000

help to interview Tim gibbons