I'm so happy to announce our comedy short "That's Opportunity Knocking" WON BEST COMEDY SCENE at Action on Film AND the JURY AWARD at Go Independent DC! To top it all off, writer/director Charles Pelletier is nominated for BEST LOS ANGELES FILMMAKER at Glendale International Film Festival! (screenin...
Expand postI'm so happy to announce our comedy short "That's Opportunity Knocking" WON BEST COMEDY SCENE at Action on Film AND the JURY AWARD at Go Independent DC! To top it all off, writer/director Charles Pelletier is nominated for BEST LOS ANGELES FILMMAKER at Glendale International Film Festival! (screening of film on Friday, Sept 30 at 10pm fix: http://www.glendaleinternationalfilmfestival.com/tickets-2) That makes our awards a total of 6! WINNER BEST COMEDY SCENE at ACTION ON FILM WINNER JURY AWARD at GO INDEPENDENT DC WINNER BEST COMEDY/DRAMEDY at LAIFFA WINNER RUNNER-UP BEST COMEDY at GOWEST FEST WINNER BEST DRAMEDY at HIMPFF GOLD WINNER NARRATIVE SHORT at IIFA To view the trailer and all info please visit our website: http://thatsopportunityknockingthemovie.com Hope to see you on the Red Carpet! Stephen Foster
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Best continued health, happiness, and success.
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thank you all!
Stephen, it was such an honour to see That's Opportunity Knocking at the International Filmmaker's Festival yesterday in London, it really is brilliant, you all did a great job. It's funny, it's clever and wish it had gone on longer. It was great to meet you and Charles :)
I can’t believe a half a year has gone by. I hope your year has gotten off to an amazing start and that you are still on top of your goals for 2016!! I, myself, am excited because these past 6 months were awesome. I landed the role as Calpurnia in Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird” at the Media Th...
Expand postI can’t believe a half a year has gone by. I hope your year has gotten off to an amazing start and that you are still on top of your goals for 2016!! I, myself, am excited because these past 6 months were awesome. I landed the role as Calpurnia in Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird” at the Media Theatre. During opening night of the show I was airing on the Emmy-Award Winning TV series “Philadelphia:The Great Experiment” as Charlotte Forten, Abolitionist/Teacher. Now I’m filming as a Lead in a SAG featured film titled “A Sense Of Purpose:Fighting For Our Lives” written by Jillian Bullock. The story focuses on four military veterans, who uses an unconventional form of therapy – mixed martial arts – to help them heal, recover and assimilate back into society. http://www.asenseofpurposemovie.com Here are the links to my acting footage. Enjoy! Reel: www.TamaraWoods.weebly.com/videos ASOPmovie: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/a-sense-of-purpose-fighting-for-our-l... Philadelphia:The Great Experiment ‘Disorder’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTOUquhPKWc If you want to see my performance, the story starts at 14:00 minutes. Have a bless day!
Best continued health, happiness, and success.
Thank you. The same to you too! :)
Free wine/cheese to meet Jack McConn, Jr who, while guarding the artwork Hitler had stolen during WWII, accidentally found the desk set used to sign the 1938 Munich Pact. He owns it today and many want it! I've written the screenplay, and now am writing the non-fiction book. Meet him and others on J...
Expand postFree wine/cheese to meet Jack McConn, Jr who, while guarding the artwork Hitler had stolen during WWII, accidentally found the desk set used to sign the 1938 Munich Pact. He owns it today and many want it! I've written the screenplay, and now am writing the non-fiction book. Meet him and others on June 7th, Pacific Highway Storage, 4350 Pacific Highway, San Diego, 2-4 pm. Location number is 619-921-1600. RSPV to me.
Completed docudrama script, "Far From Ordinary," about WWII Veteran who unexpectedly found Hitler's desk set that was used to sign the Munich Pact; then he forgot about it for over 60 years until he realized the importance of the item as he watched a documentary on the History Channel; he found out...
Expand postCompleted docudrama script, "Far From Ordinary," about WWII Veteran who unexpectedly found Hitler's desk set that was used to sign the Munich Pact; then he forgot about it for over 60 years until he realized the importance of the item as he watched a documentary on the History Channel; he found out what extreme measures others would take to get it from him.
I consider myself to be a "made" not "born" writer. I am networking with professionals in the film industry to make 1/more of my 6 completed full length drama/suspense screenplays into film. I have written all 6 screenplays; 5 of the 6 are adapted from 5 of my 19 published novels while 1 is an origi...
Expand postI consider myself to be a "made" not "born" writer. I am networking with professionals in the film industry to make 1/more of my 6 completed full length drama/suspense screenplays into film. I have written all 6 screenplays; 5 of the 6 are adapted from 5 of my 19 published novels while 1 is an original. Currently I am working on adapting my 7th screenplay from my 19th published novel. While I am the writer, there are many experts needed in all phases of film making. If you would like to read any of the log lines, please advise me. Let me know if I can help you in any way. Thanks.
Ok, when is it time to place a screenplay that you've wrote on the shelf and leave it there. Some people keep shopping it around, they rewrite it or after no success they scratch it and promote their next project. In your OWN opinion, what would you consider time to hang it up and/or would you consi...
Expand postOk, when is it time to place a screenplay that you've wrote on the shelf and leave it there. Some people keep shopping it around, they rewrite it or after no success they scratch it and promote their next project. In your OWN opinion, what would you consider time to hang it up and/or would you consider resurrecting the project. I am a firm believer that some art doesn't fit in certain time spaces. Everything I write is gold...well in my opinion, because I am the creator of it....BUT! should a writer ever consider hanging up the project? I guess this discussion is more than one question, but I would love feedback from other writers of when they think it is time to retire one piece of work and focus on another.
I'm new to screenwriting, but have had several books published. I go to writing conferences where I pay for commissioning editors from major publishers to read one of my stories (or part of one) and t...
Expand commentI'm new to screenwriting, but have had several books published. I go to writing conferences where I pay for commissioning editors from major publishers to read one of my stories (or part of one) and then give one to one discussion of the work for half an hour. My new book out in May 2014 results from such an appraisal. Is there anything like this available for scriptwriters? I, too, pay for advice from those who truly know what is needed. I know getting an agent is hard - but if they believe in the work, agents never give up ...or at least, they keep sending out the manuscript much longer than most writers do - and you can get on with writing the next one.
Peter, there are reputable people out there offering script coverage. Four I would recommend are: http://www.onthepage.tv/
http://www.scriptpipeline.com/writers-workshop
http://www.scriptcoverage.com/ Good luck.
I don't toss anything I write. There are some pieces that sit back and percolate for years and I've gone and pillaged some stuff for other projects and even though something has has been shelved, I fi...
Expand commentI don't toss anything I write. There are some pieces that sit back and percolate for years and I've gone and pillaged some stuff for other projects and even though something has has been shelved, I find my brain is always gnawing away at it, turning it over and over until the prisms line up. Good luck!
Many thanks, Leon and Mark. I've got to do the writing first...
To Patrick - you're on the money when you say that a good idea is never out of date. As long as you have a single champion for a piece of material - even if it's only yourself - it's like a vampire -...
Expand commentTo Patrick - you're on the money when you say that a good idea is never out of date. As long as you have a single champion for a piece of material - even if it's only yourself - it's like a vampire - never dead. As for taking 10 years to get made - I'm living proof of that. I literally wrote a script that was produced a decade later. That's the upside. The downside is it went through a number of hands on it's way to grossing close to a half a billion dollars - and the studio left my name off the credits. Ahh - showbiz - what a concept. And to Peter Taylor - I would wish you nothing better than finding the sort of agent you described - one who "never gives up". The reality is - most agents - even the good ones - get all hot and bothered initially over a piece of material - but after the first round of phone calls and submissions - if they don't get a fast bite and/or offer - it goes into the dead letter file. Their enthusiams only extend as far as their headset and primary call list - they rarely even follow up after a submission - because the rule of thumb is that if there's no response - that means the reader didn't like the script - and the agent throws in the towel. I've had about a half a dozen agents over the years - some better than others - one terrific one - one awful one - all who shall go nameless. Last go round - an agent read and LOVED an action script I'd written - called me and told me "we'll have this sold by Friday".That was on a Monday. And one of his best friends is one of the busiest and most prolific producers in the business. Not a nibble. Nothing. Last I ever heard from the agent. There were extenuating circumstances here - I may have been shit-listed by a certain MAJOR studio after suing them over that missing credit on that aforementioned hit movie - and after begging the agent to send out this other script under a pseudonym - he didn't feel that was necessary - and went out with my real name on it. The rest - is zip. Lastly - to Leon - I'm jealous that you have your WGAw splinter group in Texas to commisserate with and share scripts and get advice etc. Fantastic. Wish I had the same here in CT. I lived in LA for many years - and being close to a number of other writers to share war stories and find trusted ones to give material to and get solid feedback from (good, bad or indifferent) was a major plus. I was even on a WGA softball team. We played ball every weekend - and then went out to McDonalds afterwards for burgers and shop talk. Miss those days.
I began my writing career in 2003 with a novel "A Tale from a Ghost Dance," and then followed up with 19 more published books (2 non-fiction and 17 novels). In 2001, I began adapting a few of the novels to screenplays (drama/suspense); 5 thus far (The Interview, Unordinary Love, Bound and Determined...
Expand postI began my writing career in 2003 with a novel "A Tale from a Ghost Dance," and then followed up with 19 more published books (2 non-fiction and 17 novels). In 2001, I began adapting a few of the novels to screenplays (drama/suspense); 5 thus far (The Interview, Unordinary Love, Bound and Determined, Second Son, Scarlet Rose) along with 1 original script (Desperate). Many of the stories center around strong female character roles. I'm looking to make these stories come alive into film. Since my expertise is in writing stories, I trust those with film-making expertise to do what needs to be done, realizing there are rewrites of rewrites... in other words I'm quite flexible. Best of success to everyone, and if there is something I can do to help you with your projects, please contact me. Tony
I'm a "recovering" Human Resource professional who now is a screenwriter/novelist. I've adapted five of my 18 novels to scripts along with 1 original script. During the past two weekends I pitched my scripts to several film/television firms with some short term success ... given out about 100 synopses. Now, the wait begins. I love this business!