Inside Disney’s Animation Secrets: How Brandon Violette Crafts Stories That Come to Life
Ashley
Yeah, that’s a fascinating example because I completely can see how that works. So, I was a master at the query letter, but I’m not good at pitching on the phone. And I just I just would get so nervous so I could just I never was good. Like I just every now and then I would try it, but it was just so nerve wracking. I mean, I’m sure you’re like glossing over those 5,000 people that just hung up on you because I’m sure there was a lot of rue. You know, just who is this? Who is this? Like, you know, there’s that. So, it just it’s so it’s such a top cold calling. So, if you’re good at it, it’s things and you’re exactly right. I did do an experiment though, where I hired someone to do cold calling for me who was a professional like sales and she was able to call and pitch and she was able to get exactly what you’re describing. Like if she made 25 phone calls, she could get 20 of the production companies to actually read the script because she was a professional on the phone. You know, it just so whereas with me, I just sent thousands. You’re saying, oh, the batches of 30. I was sending batches of thousands of you know, and get and get a few to follow up. But that is a things. Are there any conventional wisdom about screenwriting like that that you can give us that you break conventional wisdom that you think is kind of maybe wrong or that you’ve circumvented over the years.
