Don't blindly send out scripts. Jason Bloom, Senior Vice President of Co-Productions and Acquisitions at Miramax, walked in carrying his Au Bon Pain coffee, and everyone settled down. He was the only guy there in an Armani suit. Bloom started off by mentioning that his mandate is to find movies, plain and simple. Miramax distributes 20 to 30 films a year.
Half are acquisition and half are produced or co-produced.
If it's good and we think it will do well, we will usually buy it. Bloom said that Miramax attends a lot of festivals and film conventions. At film festivals, there might be up to eight Miramax representatives there. Miramax was built on acquisitions. Bloom suggested that filmmakers should make distributors aware of their progress.