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How to Submit Your Screenplay
UPDATED FEBRUARY 2011
In the year 2000, Embryo Films began seeking unsolicited screenplays. Within 6 months, we had a stack so high it would be impossible to read everything. We also quickly discovered that we could determine if something wasn't viable within the first 5 pages.
We later realized that we could tell if it wasn't suitable for us by looking at nothing more than the logline. We tested this theory by making assessments based solely on the logline, and then going ahead and reading the screenplay anyway, to see if it matched our initial instinct. It did without fail. Every time. Always.
So we changed our submissions process to accept loglines only. Over the past decade, we have received over 15,000 submissions. When we found loglines we liked, we would request the synopsis, and then if we liked that, the screenplay. This resulted in reading over 3,000 synopses and 1,000 screenplays. And somewhere along that process, the projects would always go out of alignment with what we were looking for. We never found a project that met our needs.
Searching for a better way, Jeff began building FAST Screenplay in November 2009, completing the core of it a year later. As of February 2011, we are not actively seeking screenplays through the Embryo Films website, because we anticipate that our future projects will be generated through the new development system.
However, we are constantly searching for projects that are aligned to our goals and objectives, and just because 15,000 others weren't aligned with us, doesn't mean yours won't be. So we welcome you to submit your project to us through the following pages if you think it's suitable for us. And we commend you on your screenwriting efforts. It's not always an easy road. But we assure you, real producers will always be looking for great material. The movie doesn't get made until the screenplay gets written. We wish you success, and even if your project is not aligned with our needs, we hope you will continue your search to find the producer with whom your project is aligned.
PLEASE NOTE: If you send a script we haven't requested (by email or post), it will be discarded unread, and will NOT be returned. Please submit EXACTLY as instructed. Thanks!
