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Friday, March 09, 2007 |
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A Screenwriting Blog-A-Thon! |
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A nice "event" by Mystery Man is coming up:
 I would like to announce (what may be) the world's first: SCREENWRITING BLOG-A-THON! THE TOPIC: Your Favorite Screenplay & Why WHEN: March 30 - April 2 Simply post on your blog (the weekend of March 30 - April 2) an article about your favorite screenplay & why you admire it so. (This must be a script that has been turned into a film.) I will publish on March 29 a blog-a-thon post (like this one), which I will continually update that weekend with links to ALL of the articles. After you post your article, email me or include in your article a link to my blog-a-thon post. I'll keep a watchful eye on the trackbacks and be sure to include everyone who participates.
To all of my TriggerStreet friends who don't have blogs - if you'd like to contribute, you are very welcome to do so by emailing me your article, and I will post it right here. By the way, if you're having trouble deciding, SimplyScripts has a wealth of free, available, online screenplays. Hope that helps. And finally, if you guys could announce this on your blogs so word gets out, I would greatly appreciate it. WOO HOO! I'm excited. -MM
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Tuesday, December 05, 2006 |
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John August - Workshops and Idea Theft |
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Workshops: An invitiation to idea theft?POSTED BY JOHN AUGUST OVER AT JohnAugust.
I was wondering how you feel about workshops. I am an aspiring screenwriter, and am about to enter a workshop of about 20 other writers. My concern was protecting my work. I don't have a complete treatment yet, and god only knows how much my story outline will change before I really write it. I can register something, but it might be pretty different from the final work. Do I run the risk of as yet unmet peers stealing parts of my idea? -- Frank
Los Angeles
To read the answer to this question, follow this link.
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Sunday, December 03, 2006 |
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Thursday, November 30, 2006 |
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Gumball 3000 Competition |
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Gumball 3000 Script Competition
Danny Stack over at Scriptwriting & Script Reading in the UK noticed about the Gumball 3000 competition. Here's what it's all about:
“The Gumball rally inspires rebelliousness, reckless abandon, exhibitionism, ferocious competitiveness, and a shameless desire to win: all things I cannot condone, but sure as hell are fun!”
Adrien Brody
“With glamorous playboys and supermodels, rock and film stars, and the most eccentric mix of Dr Evil style billionaires and eccentrics all racing 3000 miles in 8 days, ‘what a perfect cover up for what is really taking
place behind the scenes!’”
Maximillion Cooper
Dear Writers
Have you dreamt of writing the next Usual Suspects or Ocean’s Eleven?
Gumball 3000 Films is looking to make that dream a reality. After having successfully produced and released four documentary feature films of our past Gumball 3000 Rallies – the latest 3000 Miles featuring Bam Margera and Tony Hawk on an epic 3000 mile adventure across the globe from London to Los Angeles, we’re now looking to produce a fiction film based on the Gumball 3000 Rally. Think Pulp Fiction crossed with the Thomas Crown Affair rather than Cannonball Run, but fast cars should definitely play an integral role.
Two executive producers already attached include Oscar winning actor Adrien Brody and Gumball 3000 founder Maximillion Cooper. Through our previous films we have also established lasting relationships with independent financiers, all we need now is a script…and that’s where you come in!
We will select 100 writers based on your CV and one page of your work. This can be anything from a short story or synopsis to an excerpt from a treatment or script. You’ve simply got show us you’ve got the skills and passion to be the perfect writer for this project.
These 100 writers will then be asked to write a treatment of their idea for a Gumball feature, the best 3 treatments will be optioned and the writers commissioned to write a first draft of their screenplay. The writer of the best screenplay will then go into development with our production team.
Please email your application, with the attached CV and 1 page example of your work (word or pdf files only please) to scriptwriter@gumball3000.com.
The deadline for submission is the 10th December 2006.
Good luck!
Julie Brangstrup and Patrick Fischer
Gumball 3000 Films Sounds interesting indeed. This should be fun, so pick your best script-page ever (probably a fun one), and send it in. Now.
Thanks to Danny for the heads up.
//Scribosphere
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Gumball 3000 Competition |
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Gumball 3000 Script Competition
Danny Stack over at Scriptwriting & Script Reading in the UK noticed about the Gumball 3000 competition. Here's what it's all about:
“The Gumball rally inspires rebelliousness, reckless abandon, exhibitionism, ferocious competitiveness, and a shameless desire to win: all things I cannot condone, but sure as hell are fun!”
Adrien Brody
“With glamorous playboys and supermodels, rock and film stars, and the most eccentric mix of Dr Evil style billionaires and eccentrics all racing 3000 miles in 8 days, ‘what a perfect cover up for what is really taking
place behind the scenes!’”
Maximillion Cooper
Dear Writers
Have you dreamt of writing the next Usual Suspects or Ocean’s Eleven?
Gumball 3000 Films is looking to make that dream a reality. After having successfully produced and released four documentary feature films of our past Gumball 3000 Rallies – the latest 3000 Miles featuring Bam Margera and Tony Hawk on an epic 3000 mile adventure across the globe from London to Los Angeles, we’re now looking to produce a fiction film based on the Gumball 3000 Rally. Think Pulp Fiction crossed with the Thomas Crown Affair rather than Cannonball Run, but fast cars should definitely play an integral role.
Two executive producers already attached include Oscar winning actor Adrien Brody and Gumball 3000 founder Maximillion Cooper. Through our previous films we have also established lasting relationships with independent financiers, all we need now is a script…and that’s where you come in!
We will select 100 writers based on your CV and one page of your work. This can be anything from a short story or synopsis to an excerpt from a treatment or script. You’ve simply got show us you’ve got the skills and passion to be the perfect writer for this project.
These 100 writers will then be asked to write a treatment of their idea for a Gumball feature, the best 3 treatments will be optioned and the writers commissioned to write a first draft of their screenplay. The writer of the best screenplay will then go into development with our production team.
Please email your application, with the attached CV and 1 page example of your work (word or pdf files only please) to scriptwriter@gumball3000.com.
The deadline for submission is the 10th December 2006.
Good luck!
Julie Brangstrup and Patrick Fischer
Gumball 3000 Films Sounds interesting indeed. This should be fun, so pick your best script-page ever (probably a fun one), and send it in. Now.
Thanks to Danny for the heads up.
//Scribosphere
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Monday, November 27, 2006 |
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Mystery Man - Screenplay Club |
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James Cameron’s “A Crowded Room”POSTED BY MYSTERY MAN OVER AT Mystery Man on Film.
All right, guys, this week, we’re going to do something radically different. This might even be an “internet first.”
Friends and I thought it might be fun to have, for a change, a discussion about a professional, unproduced screenplay. I chose James Cameron’s A Crowded Room. (The link takes you to the script.)
So I invite everyone to read the script and email me your review and/or general thoughts for our discussion on the blog. Just think of it as, instead of a Book Club, it’s a Screenplay Club.
To read about the script's story, follow this link.
//Mystery Man
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Sunday, November 26, 2006 |
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Q & A on Pitches over at The Inside Pitch |
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Q & A on Pitches over at The Inside Pitch
Today, probably the only good way to get into Hollywood is through a great pitch. What's a great pitch? I'm not the right guy to ask, but Christopher Lockhart is. Christopher works as the Executive Story Editor at ICM, and also attend pitch-festivals.
In his recent blog entry over at The Inside Pitch, he answers on questions about pitches.
He also leaves this announcement:
For those in the L.A. area, I'll be hearing pitches at the Alameda Writers' Group at the Glendale Library on Saturday, December 2. Their monthly meeting begins at 9:45.
The event runs until noon. The auditorium is on the second floor, and the Glendale Library is located at 222 East Harvard Street (at Maryland).
So head over to his blog in order to get pitch-insight, or head over to Glendale Library if you'd like to pitch him directly.
Good Luck!
//Scribosphere
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Tuesday, November 21, 2006 |
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Time To Chat! Info About the Chat-Session |
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Time To Chat! Info About the Chat-Session
So! The time has come, and we will now officially announce more details about the scheduled chat-session.
We've decided to make it on Friday. This Friday, November 24. Hopefully most of you will be available then. Two chats will take place that day, in order to give the chance to all time zones.
The first one will be at 08:00 PST. Make sure you convert the time to your time zone correctly if PST doesn't apply to you.
The second chat will be at 19:00 PST. Same here, make sure you convert correctly to other time zones.
Of course you're invited to join both chats, and actually it would be appreciated if you did. There will hopefully be different people in them, so you'll learn different stuff each time.
There's also going to be a topic for this chat, in order for you to get your thoughts together and share all the knowledge you sit on. The topic this time will be High Concept. - What's high concept?
- How do you create high concept?
- What movies are good examples of high concept?
- Why should you write high concept?
- How does high concept help you in the market?
- Any general thoughts on high concept?
Since high concept as many would say, is one of the most important things when it comes to screenwriting, you will hopefully gather new thoughts through this and improve yourself as an writer.
So, to sum it up:
Topic: High Concept
When: Friday 24 November - 08:00 PST & 19:00 PST
Who: YOU.
The chat can be found here.
It's a great opportunity for all to get together and learn about each other, so see you there! Btw, write it down so you won't forget.
//Scribosphere
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Monday, November 20, 2006 |
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When Can You Chat? |
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When Can You Chat?
So, as announced few days ago, we will have a scheduled chat-session very soon. The only problem is the worldwide time zones and weekdays. Yea, I know, it's not very "only".
Anyhow, there's always a solution. The time zone problem will be solved by having two chats during the same day, one in the morning and one in the evening. But what day?
Some work, some write, some travel... So what day would fit you the most? What day will you avoid writing?
Help us know better by voting through the poll in the left sidebar. We appreciate all votes.
Thank you, and look after update on this get-together scribosphere chat!
//Scribosphere
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Saturday, November 18, 2006 |
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Scribosphere Feedback! |
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Scribosphere Feedback!
We always have our good and special times here in life, and so does the Scribosphere. During this period the chat opened we have had several people joining it and trying to spread the word.
Today Adam over at One Slack Martian devoted a whole post to this site, and we appreciate everyone who showed their support.
It takes plenty to build this network, and you're a part of it. Thank you.
Coming soon here at the Scribosphere, are scheduled chat-sessions. That means that you will all be able to join the chat and actually find some people in it. Thanks to an idea by Adam, we also consider to give you some special topics in order to collect thoughts you can talk about. If you have anything you would like to propose, please mail us and tell us.
But more when the time is right.
Until then, good luck with your script.
//Scribosphere
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Monday, November 13, 2006 |
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SCRIBOSPHERE CHAT |
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Scribosphere's Official Chat!
We always say that writers don't interact enough, that we should get together more often. Share thoughts, talk about movies and screenplays, because the reality is that we are a minority and therefore often alone.
How many friends do you have around you with whom you can talk about what interests you? Few, if any. And I'm not talking about the ones who work in Paramount or are listed in IMDB. I talk about the most and average writers that try hard to do what they like, no matter what the nay-sayers think.
So a free chat where all can come together and talk about things and stuff that we like will do just that. Interact people with interests in writing.
The chat has three rooms open for the public. The Lounge, where the traffic usually is, and Private Room I/II, where you can just chat with a friend of yours or a specific person/s.
I hope some of you will use it, even if not many will be in it at first. So spread the word!
CLICK HERE TO ENTER THE CHAT
Update: If you enter and nobody is in it, a good tip is to not exit directly. People drop-in and out, but if you stay, mabe someone joins you 5 minutes later. Thanks!
//Scribosphere
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Friday, November 10, 2006 |
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The One Hour Screenwriter Seminar |
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Laurie's Screenwriter Seminar
Great Laurie Hutzler, worldwide consulter and screenwriter, will be keeping a seminar on Saturday, November 18. Who Laurie is?
Laurie just finished working on Paul Haggis' new NBC show. Then spent some time in the UK consulting for the BBC and Talkback Thames. Among other things, she also teach in the MFA in Screenwriting Program at the UCLA Film school.
Here's a bit more info on the seminar:
THE ONE HOUR SCREENWRITER SEMINAR - Saturday, November 18, 2006
Break the blocks that inhibit your writing progress. This inspirational workshop will show you how to make the most effective use of your creativity, how to use a proven method of incremental progress to finish your script in an easy writing flow, how to snap your story structure into focus and how to create deeper emotional connections with your characters. Learn how to turn your life, experience and emotions into powerful fictional stories. Make your screenplay resonate with real authenticity and truth with these unique writing tools and techniques.
Cost: $125 ($110 for members of the Writers Guild, Directors Guild, Producers Guild, Screen Actors Guild, Editors Guild, and Women in Film; also for Professional Programs students, alumni of the Professional Program in Screenwriting or the Professional Program in Producing, and UCLA alumni). Guild members must provide a photocopy of their membership card in order to receive the tuition discount.
THE ENROLLMENT FORM CAN BE DOWNLOADED AT: http://www.filmprograms.ucla.edu/short_courses.htm or for a PDF version http://www.tft.ucla.edu/downloads/HutzlerSeminars.pdf
Location: UCLA campus. Call for more information: (310) 825-6827
Laurie also has a website, www.Emotionaltoolbox.com, with lots of free character and story information.
She's got plenty of experience, so if you can, my opinion is it would definitely be worth to learn from her.
//Scribosphere
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