on the lot

[Tonaci Tran]

http://www.thelot.com/

pretty interesting. I noticed alot of indie filmmakers are submitting their old projects to qualify. \

what do you all think of this?

 

[Justin Anderson]

http://www.thelot.com/

pretty interesting. I noticed alot of indie filmmakers are submitting their old projects to qualify. \

what do you all think of this?

I would submit a project or two but you lose rights to anything submitted to the show, so forget it.
I think that's why they don't have really good projects on the site; no one wants to lose the rights to something they put a lot of work into.

 

[Jason Francois]

Justin is right. They can take your concept, make a feature out of it and pay you nothing. That's even if you just enter the contest....not even winning.

 

[Jeff Kilgroe]

Sadly, most such contests work this way.

 

[Rick Darge]

I think it will be FUN to watch but as a contestant, I don't know...

It is a show that is on the FOX network so i wonder how much censorship on their part will take place

Plus, I honestly don't think they're going to pick the 16 best filmmakers in the world..

They are going to pick that kid from Arkansas with his Super8 camera, the young opressed girl living in Bejing, the NYC film student, the struggling LA filmmaker with two kids, etc.

If you could measure who was the best of the best right now, undiscovered, and they were all living in Los Angeles, onthelot would only pick maybe 2 of them -

This is all speculative but remember, this is the guy who made Survivor

 

[Michael Schrengohst]

I tried looking at all of the films but gave up after struggling through about 10 of them....
Did anyone see anything worth a shit?

 

[Justin Anderson]

I tried looking at all of the films but gave up after struggling through about 10 of them....
Did anyone see anything worth a shit?

no. And I honestly think people aren't submittin because of the rights loss issues. If I have something that I think might be good enough to submit to the show chances are that I've invested too much blood, sweat, tears to want to give it away like that.

 

[Blaine Golden]

It's a reality show. They need drama to keep the ratings up. All the strings will be pulled to create that drama. With that in mind, I'll probably watch the first episode just to see if I'm right...

 

[Jason Francois]

I'll watch it with a sad heart, because if the same fate awaits these contestants that befell the contestants on Project Greenlight, this will do more damage than good for their careers.

 

[Blaine Golden]

I'll watch it with a sad heart, because if the same fate awaits these contestants that befell the contestants on Project Greenlight, this will do more damage than good for their careers.

Yeah, that's too bad because I think John Gulager has talent. Perhaps Feast wasn't the best vehicle for him. I think some of his problems also arose from the fact that he was something of a shrinking violet. But he knew what he wanted.

 

[Jim Exton]

I love Gulager too. I just wonder if his work ethic is strong enough that he can make his days or did he need pushed by the producers every day?

I felt bad for him while watching that season, but I believed he would turn out a good film and he didn't disappoint, Feast was pretty damn good.

 

[ericyoung]

I'll watch it with a sad heart, because if the same fate awaits these contestants that befell the contestants on Project Greenlight, this will do more damage than good for their careers.

Didn't really follow Project Greenlight because it was only open to US residents - what was the damage to contestants you're referring to?