I am taking the plunge into Inktip

Yes please. Do keep us posted on your progress. And good luck.

Inktip is a good start. One of my scripts was downloaded by the Hallmark Channel last week... so you never know who will take a look see.

It's not the "Holy Grail" of getting your work out there, but then neither is an agent. It's about the long race.

All the very best with your endeavours and keep us informed of developments.

Raghu.

Why should yu snail mail can't yu e-mail?
And best of luck
padma

Good luck.

I get the e-mail from them, they seem to mention three 'success stories' (options, sales etc) in each of them.

I don't do the Inktip, but here's my two cents:

Can you ask each of them for a bio of their recent work? If you can, it's perfectly professional to ask for the bio and if they are serious, they will respond with a real answer. If they refuse, they got something to hide (or perhaps they just have nothing!)

And of course, when you ask, be warm and polite! Something like: "Thank you for your interest. Since I'm new to Inktip, I'm unfamiliar with your company, I would love to know a bit more about the projects your company has oversaw and what material you're interested in."

If not... then maybe get a Hollywood Creative Directory and look them up?

Cheers,
Kay

A quick search for Foremost Films brought me here:


http://virtualpitchfest.com/1_pros.aspx

Couldn't find anything about Thin Films, but Leo films has a website

http://www.leofilms.com/

The bigger companies don't have an online presence, I've noticed via my query run on HCD. They don't want the eMail deluge of queries.
I tried Inktip, and I might do it again along with Script PIMP. Did you advertise in their magazine?
Best of luck!

I've been on inktip for a LONG time, and my log line has been viewed something like a million times (a bit exagerated) and my script has been requested a couple of times. I do admit that it is a tough sell being a period piece, and thats why I'm redoing it and bringing it up to modern day. I get their weekly letter of prodco's looking for scripts but really unless you have 5+ scripts just sitting around ready to go.... There's a lot of prodco's looking for scripts but it's such a wide range that unless you have a lot of scripts just waiting around it is mostly a waste...

I gave InkTip a good run, about 2 years worth. Three feature-length scripts, each a different genre (and all 3 have gotten somewhere in multiple screenwriting competitions and film festivals, as finalist, honorable mention, quarterfinalist and so forth).

But nothing ever came of it. Loglines read, synopses read, several downloads of the actual scripts. Responded to the newsletter requests for scripts - but only if I had a very very tight match. Zip. Nada.

So much for that. I'll just plow ahead with my next two new screenplays and hope that somehow, some way, I can maybe possibly attract an agent. That seems to be the key. They really don't want to even talk to you unless an agent is involved.

Or - I'll perhaps have to figure out how to make a script into a flick from the people that I know.

Writing a decent feature-length screenplay is damned HARD WORK (albeit enjoyable). But it's a piece of cake compared to selling it.

I wish you luck! Maybe the writing gods will smile on you. So far, they've been spitting at me.