Right now, there's a huge opportunity for screenwriters who are willing to start their own production company. You don't need a lot of money. You just need:
To create a behind-the-scenes narrative.
Right now, there are tons of trash production companies claiming to be able to deliver high quality content for dirt cheap using gen-AI (this is a lie, but they'll get a lot of money from corporate clients and backers because it's a compelling pitch to lazy, non-creative businesspeople).
There's already a lot of pushback from audiences who don't want AI-generated art, and this backlash has created skepticism towards content.
How can someone know if indie art is handmade or AI?
This is where behind-the-scenes comes in.
Write about your development process. Make videos about your production process. Put together how-to guides where you are the face of your company.
Build a following for your company itself that has its own audience.
This will remove your need to get gatekeepers to trust you because you can go directly to the source.
Bonus: It will also make gatekeepers trust you because you'll be able to point to a fanbase that will show up for your art and even pay for it.
This is what I'm building myself.
I'm putting my knowledge and experience out there, so people know who I am. I am working on my creative projects behind the scenes. When I'm ready to bring them out into the world, I'll also be bringing out insights into how I did what I did, what worked and what didn't.
So you'll have your art, yes, but people want to get invested in who is *behind* that art.
Make yourself the big focus of your brand too.
The people at your company are characters.
You can world-build as you build out a filmmaking empire.
To create a behind-the-scenes narrative.
Right now, there are tons of trash production companies claiming to be able to deliver high quality content for dirt cheap using gen-AI (this is a lie, but they'll get a lot of money from corporate clients and backers because it's a compelling pitch to lazy, non-creative businesspeople).
There's already a lot of pushback from audiences who don't want AI-generated art, and this backlash has created skepticism towards content.
How can someone know if indie art is handmade or AI?
This is where behind-the-scenes comes in.
Write about your development process. Make videos about your production process. Put together how-to guides where you are the face of your company.
Build a following for your company itself that has its own audience.
This will remove your need to get gatekeepers to trust you because you can go directly to the source.
Bonus: It will also make gatekeepers trust you because you'll be able to point to a fanbase that will show up for your art and even pay for it.
This is what I'm building myself.
I'm putting my knowledge and experience out there, so people know who I am. I am working on my creative projects behind the scenes. When I'm ready to bring them out into the world, I'll also be bringing out insights into how I did what I did, what worked and what didn't.
So you'll have your art, yes, but people want to get invested in who is *behind* that art.
Make yourself the big focus of your brand too.
The people at your company are characters.
You can world-build as you build out a filmmaking empire.