Can I contact Cameron?

Started by Elektrolurch, June 15, 2010, 12:49:59 PM

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Elektrolurch

Kaltxì frapo. :)

I just wanted to ask if there's anny possibility of contacting Cameron by Email or something. My story is pretty abstract, I'm sure somebody'd like to listen to it: Dreams.
And if it's not Cameron, anyone highly graded in the filming team, an actor, whatever..

Any ideas?
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Eana Tanhì

really? i wanna read that!  ;D

Dreams die first because people give them up so easily...

Elektrolurch

Quote from: Eana Tanhì on June 15, 2010, 05:21:54 PM
really? i wanna read that!  ;D

You, mister, do know everything. ::)

Does he have a public Email adress?
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Eana Tanhì


Dreams die first because people give them up so easily...

Kä'eng

Famous people can't let just anyone contact them, at least not directly, because the amount of intelligence-free jabber targeted at them would be overwhelming. If someone as well known as James Cameron had a public email address, it would no doubt fill up with "YOUR MOVIES SUCK" emails at a faster rate than the Delete key can be pressed by one man.

Also, if your story is Avatar-related: people who create fiction don't like to read fanfics for their own work, because then they must painstakingly avoid even slightly similar themes, lest they be sued for copying ideas.
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Elektrolurch

Nononono, it's no fanfiction, it's something.. different, I know what I do. I'm sure they'll like this idea. But, yeah I know this reason. That's why I wanted to ask.
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Txur’Itan

I would fully expect anything you send to him, regardless of the quality to get used without your involvement, or completely ignored.

You need to be someone in the movie business, or a prefame friend of his to get more than a basic platitude from his attention.  This is pretty much the same thing as trying to get the time of day from any executive in a multi-billion dollar company, you could speak with him, but it does not mean he will listen to you.

I have met and spoken with many such people, and aside from answering a few off-the-cuff questions, they really don't want to talk to you unless you have something of proven value to them.  Not out of pomposity, but out of the sheer volume of people who are fighting over their attention.

Your best bet is to register your story idea with the WGA, and cross your fingers.
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Elektrolurch

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Hufwe ta'em

    
Lightstorm Entertainment
919 Santa Monica Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 90401, USA
Phone: 310-656-6100    Fax: 310-656-6102
Type: Motion Pictures


Elektrolurch

Quote from: Hufwe ta'em on June 30, 2010, 09:42:11 AM
   
Lightstorm Entertainment
919 Santa Monica Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 90401, USA
Phone: 310-656-6100    Fax: 310-656-6102
Type: Motion Pictures

Irayo! :) And is there an e-mail adress?
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Txur’Itan

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Quote from: Virid'ian on June 30, 2010, 09:45:20 AM
Quote from: Hufwe ta'em on June 30, 2010, 09:42:11 AM
   
Lightstorm Entertainment
919 Santa Monica Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 90401, USA
Phone: 310-656-6100    Fax: 310-656-6102
Type: Motion Pictures

Irayo! :) And is there an e-mail adress?

Yeah that is the publicly available mailing address.

Like nearly all public companies that have one.  All unsolicited content sent to those addresses is falling under a typical policy to get binned/tossed for that companies legal protection.  Only particular careless legal teams or unscrupulous companies would accept an unsolicited creative idea and actually call someone in to process a deal.

The WGA is still going to be your very best bet.

The registration fee is light and affordable, and offers your writing a better chance for exposure.

http://www.wga.org/
http://www.wga.org/uploadedFiles/writers_resources/creative_rights/wewntk09.pdf
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Elektrolurch

Irayo! I'll try it there anyways.. :)
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