E-MAIL QUERY SERVICE
Your e-mail goes out under your own name and e-mail address,
using a strong subject line to attract interest, and it is
personalized for each recipient.
For example, a screenplay
query might be set up something like this:
To: June Williams, Director of Development (jwilliams@abproductions.com)
From: Dan Jones (danjones@yahoo.com)
Subject: A High-Concept Drama About a Man's Search for His
Lost Clone
All you need do is provide us with subject line and content
of the e-mail. Write it yourself, use our guidelines,
or we can write a strong pitch for you.
The key is to keep it short and to the point. Start
with a short log-line (about 60 words), then add a brief
synopsis and a brief bio, highlighting what is most relevant
and promotable about yourself. Then, we'll do a final
review and polish, including suggesting a subject line if
you don't have one, which is included in the service -- though
if you need a more extensive rewrite, we'll tell you that.
Once
you sign up for our service, you get a link to a sample template
you can use as a guide to create your own query letter. It's
a tested guide that has gotten a good response for us and
our clients in the past from numerous producers, agents,
and others in the film industry.
Once your query is ready, we send it out, you get a report
listing the companies and contacts to whom we have sent your
query.
Typically, you will get responses in one to two days, sometimes
in hours.
It might take you 20-40 hours and hundreds of dollars in
subscription services and membership to put together a database,
plus the time to send out your query individually. But
we have special software and a dedicated mail server that
enables us to do this for you very quickly and effectively.
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