Dear SAM (and others!)
Could you share any information or suggested resources for figuring out the step by step process of getting an origional pilot produced? I know...it's a long shot, but why not write stuff I'll get cast in, right?
I know you are an actors agent, but thought you might have some advice. Thank you so much

I applaud your desire to be proactive but your plan is not realistic. Television pilots are not produced this way. No studio or network would take you seriously.

A better move might be to produce your own series for the web. A lot of people are trying this and a friend of mine - with very little experience - just produced her first web series and she ended up getting signed by a huge agency. Now they've hooked her up with a big producer and they're trying to sell her web series as a possible network series.

See? One thing leads to another...

Good luck and let us know what you end up doing!

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Could you share any information or suggested resources for figuring out the step by step process of getting an origional pilot produced? I know...it's a long shot, but why not write stuff I'll get cast in, right?
I know you are an actors agent, but thought you might have some advice. Thank you so much

do you want the networks to produce your pilot or do you want to do it yourself ? Do you want to be the producer or the writer or what ?

anyway, If you mean you want to produce it yourself you better have VERY Deep pockets, these things arent cheap if you are going to make a good quality half hour show.

On a budget, I would suggest you get involved in school's film depts, students get use of all equipment necessary to shoot, and edit. you might find volunetters to act with you.

another route is to see if your local cable access have a production facitlity, most are no-charge.

If you have deep pockets, I would go to a production house, most have everything you need to make a pilot from producers and directors to actors and casting and in house editing and such..

but after you are done, and you have your half hour "pilot" on DVD, what do you do with it ?