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Hi,

Your posts pique my interest. Can we meet?

Hi,

It's a worldwide fact that of all screenplays circulating in Hollywood only about 5% are production ready. I started off with this so Nollywood writers could be encouraged and know that we are better than most writers out "there".

It is also a fact that most Hollywood big budget movies have failed terribly at the box office where Independent American movies made on budgets as low as $15,000 to $15,000,000 have earned as much as $100,000,000 to over $500,000,000.

I know $15,000,000 is a lot of money over here, but it's also good to consider the movie production cost in the US vis-a-vis the low budget movies. Nollywood's cost of production is far cheaper than what is attainable in Hollywood. And I'm not talking about sfx which, of course, most of the American Independent movies are made without.

It's great when a writer after bleeding on his laptop for months, even years, is able to get his/her screenplay to an appreciable level. It's something every writer desires and something one who attains that "Recommended" level should pop champagne for.

Now getting to the core of this post. While the lady might have cash to spend, I know she understands, but I thought I should state this for those that might not, the success of a movie doesn't thrive on large budgets. It thrives on the passion of the screenwriter, the "relatability" of the 3 Cs of screenwriting, the creativity of visionary directors, the proficiency of the production and marketing team and the quality of the acting, not actors. Though an A list actor could make a movie, it's also a fact that over 50% of A list actors have had box office failures.

I encourage the lady with the great script to keep going for what she wants with the passion I could feel from the words in the post. And also to re-imagine scenes as we all know that one scene can shoot up a budget to over 50%.

I wish her the best of luck.

I can be reached on LinkedIn (https://ng.linkedin.com/in/chidi-ezeibieli-a0070327) or twitter (@kscreens) for those that might want to continue this discussion in detail.

I wish everyone the best.