How to Work the Film & TV Markets

25 Prudent Market Scheduling and Logistics

Set realistic expectations. Schedule enough time to get from session to meeting to screening to meal. Allow some breathing room for running into professional acquaintances. That’s one of the biggest reasons so many attend these events: precisely for these chance encounters — so don’t book yourself so tightly that you don’t allow time for organic networking to occur onsite because your event-making deal is just as likely to come from an introduction during one of these random coffees or cocktails. Allow for these opportunities to unfold. Thus, another reason to have with you at all times your rankings and priorities of the commitments you’re juggling — and everyone’s contact info.

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