Producers Don’t Want To Read Your Screenplay, Here’s What They Really Want - Shane Stanley

Here is our full interview with Shane - https://youtu.be/VBcQVQ2ZaMI

I can’t decide whether this guy is giving a great efficient approach to writing or is showing us how people like him have made Hollywood so very lacking in creativity

The exact guy I don't want to run into in the industry.

Most producers wouldn't know a good story if it hit them in the face. Hence everything being rebooted, remade or weak sequels.

The value of true art is nowhere to be found in his words.

I hate the film industry but love film.

It’s also important to look at a Producer’s credits and take into consideration their body of work as whole before you choose to send them your work. If their taste doesn’t align with yours, it’s not worth it

I came away not liking this guy. The arrogance is palpable. Let's cut the BS. It's who you know and if you're not in the right club , you could be Shakespeare, and this guy would ignore you.

he just explained the moments in a trailer that tell the whole story. Personally I think that's the problem with movie trailers lately.

I’ve worked in the industry 25 years and this glib, lazy approach to producing is endemic and sad and not the industry I entered. There is so much attitude lying there under the surface. It’s so familiar to me. Totally disagree a synopsis gives you what you need to know. I work for a major company and I can’t tell you how many times I’ve read a script that was passed on based on a synopsis that actually was great. His thinking is pretty closed and he confirms what I’ve always known. If you don’t somehow get into the main club if you will, you can’t get a script read or made. His responses are tired canned responses I’ve heard my whole career.

A friend of mine showed me a treatment for a project that had no script yet. It got me quite pumped: had he showed me just the script, I probably would not have been as interested, so by experience I understand what is the point here. I think that subconsciously as humans we want to be teased and we long for the allure. We want to be hooked by a lovely smell before tasting the meal.

So this is why 90 % of Hollywood movies suck?

I feel so sorry for writers who haven't discovered film courage. you are doing god's work

Most scripts are bad to most people. All it takes is one person to like it

The movie business is in a death spiral and this guy hasn't read the memo yet. The hubris with which Hollywood goes about its artistic process is soul crushing. Good times.

This interview is a depressing synopsis of everything wrong with the movie industry.

Sounds like nobody cares from the writer up. No joy. No interest. Just jaded execs sitting back expecting someone to excite them in 30 seconds. Maybe they should do something else.

"The script is fast, efficient and there's no surprises" - That sums up the piles of s*** you can watch nowadays

Now you know why every Hollywood protagonist has a scene where they walk out the door while another character from behind says, "Oh and one more thing." And the protagonist turns around to hear something of significance....The scenes are being laid out by producers and distributors. The writer is hired to write that something of significance...

I'm going to write my script, film it, put it on youtube. If it gets picked up, then fine if it doesnt, I completed my idea. All this back and forth and they dont have time to read your script is ridiculous to me.