Brian K. Millard: Assistant director, screenwriter and actor in Los Angeles, California.

Craig D Griffiths
Hinting at a shot.

When describing a room you can hint at the shots.

A large library. A man sits at a table. He is staring at a picture in a book.

A man stares at a picture in a book. He is sitting at a table in a large library.

These are poorly written examples. Do you have examples of this we should read? Any good scripts?

John Iannucci

Movies are a visual medium - the library should be mentioned first

Craig D Griffiths

Dan MaxXx thank you. You can pick every single shot from that page. Close in on the alarm clock and the fact that we never see the person but learn so much about them.

This is also proof. That if you are good, nothing else matters.

Brian K. Millard

John, I think the point of the post's examples is to illustrate that if you mention the library first you're suggesting an establishing shot, but if you mention the page in the book first you're hinti...

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Jonathan B Perez

Hi, Brian. Thanks for connecting! If any of your productions are ever in need of a movie poster illustrator or storyboard artist, please don't hesitate to get in touch!

Matthew Roze

Hi, Brian! Thank you for the connection, much appreciated. I hope life is treating you well?

Mandy Goldstein

Hi Brian, Just an FYI for the Los Angeles SUNDAY meet-up: ****Movie tickets for this event will be at a discounted rate of only $10 for all Stage 32 members. To guarantee a spot, you should get your ticket online (use promo code: STAGE32), however, you may be able to purchase at the door provided th...

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Mandy Goldstein
LOS ANGELES/HOLLYWOOD Meet Up/Event SUNDAY February 15

Los Angeles Meet-Up on Sunday February 15 / 5:00 PM Screening followed by Meet-Up/Networking Mixer COME SEE WHAT OUR STAGE 32 MEMBERS CAN DO WITH A LITTLE HEART AND DETERMINATION - WHILE NETWORKING WITH EACH OTHER. ____________________ ARENA CINEMA HOLLYWOOD - SCREENING START TIME 5:00 PM 1625 N. La...

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David Rountree

That is terrific Dallas!

Antonio Carrasco

So bummed I missed this one!!!

Dallas James

Loved it! Excellent direction and awesomely acted. Thanks for shooting this in the style that you did. I truly appreciate the thriller aspects and the restraint from turning the piece into gore. P.S....

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Mark LaFever

Hi Brian - thanks for connecting & congratulations on all your successes!

Mandy Goldstein
Los Angeles (Burbank)

(UPDATE 9-15-14) - We will be meeting on the outdoor patio at PF Changs in Burbank (address listed below) from 5-6:45. Happy hour is 5-6. The movie will begin at 7:05 but we will be able to take red carpet pictures outside the theater (you can use for IMDb or Stage32). This event will be a GREAT NET...

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Serita Stevens

Write to joey@stage32.com and get your name on rap list

Amanda Nevarez

I had a great time last night! Wish i would have met more of you! Thanks for letting me know about this.

Robert Sherry

Hi Amanda! I'm glad you had such a great time! Yeah, there were probably a few hundred people there, and I definitely didn't get to meet everyone which includes you. :-( Maybe next time, or maybe we c...

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Weston Mueller

Hey Bryan, Thanks for the invitation to connect. We should discuss some of the projects you and I have going and see how we can colab. Im in pre-prod on a few full features with 50-70% of the financing complete and budgets ranging from $100k to $15MM. DISCRETION, the short film I am producing starti...

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Melissa Damas

For any central Jersey actors and writers; I'm interested in forming a group or joining an existing group, where we can all work on projects that we would like to have critiqued in a professional environment. It could be monologues, sides for an audition, scenes for an upcoming play, screenplays rea...

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Melissa Damas

Hey Brian, I had some friends who are interest ed! I sent an email which I'll post on my page; if you know of any friends to, please help spread the word. I also contacted some venues in case the Vill...

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Brian K. Millard

That sounds great! I'll put the word out as well. The weekend of June 13-15 I'm going to be at Bizarre AC (a horror convention/film festival down in AC) promoting a film that I Assistant Directed… Wha...

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Melissa Damas

That's great Brian! Best of luck for the film. Let me send out another email asking which of those weekends works for everyone. Please message me your email address and I will keep you in the loop =)

Koffi St.Cyr

Hey Brian, thanks for the addition to your network.

Jennifer Pollock

Hi Brian, Thanks for the add!

Max Restaino

Hi brian, I am a singer songwriter and multi instrumentalist from Sheffield UK. Thanks for the connection here on 32! Look forward to reading more about your projects. Here's a few more links if you'd to join me on twitter or listen to my music: http://www.twitter.com/maxmusiccouk http://www.reverbn...

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Brian K. Millard

Writer's Block 2D

A desperate writer, with a failing imagination, has two days to create an original story, but every time he sits down at his computer, he produces a never ending string of tired cliches.

Brian K. Millard

A Cup of Sugar

A suburban couple encounters odd, new neighbors with a seemingly unusual diet...

Brian K. Millard

Hello all! I'm currently in pre-production for my third short film as director and could use your help spreading the word about our Kickstarter campaign! http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shootingduck/happy-people Youtube links to my first two directing efforts (and their corresponding Facebook fa...

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Daniel Buhr

Hi there! My name is Daniel Buhr and iam a ambition and serious composer living in Sweden,and who want establish a network with people in the film/media business all around the world. For the last year I have try to establish connection and tried to write as much music as possible to learn and devel...

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Richard "RB" Botto

Hey Brian, we recently added the ability for users to subscribe to Lounge topics. To get you started, we've automatically subscribed you to the production topic. You can see the latest posts in your subscribed topics by clicking the My Lounge subscriptions tab on your wall. You can easily add and update Lounge subscriptions by clicking Manage my subscriptions from the same page. Enjoy!

Richard "RB" Botto

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System Admin

Hey Brian, a few days ago we implemented a new privacy setting to give you the option of accepting private messages only from users within your network. Today, I discovered a bug with the way this option is set for new users. I just wanted to let you know that the bug is now fixed, so all members are now able to receive private messages from any other member (the default setting). If you'd like to receive private messages only from users within your network, you can change this setting here. Also, you can access your privacy settings at any time from the drop-down menu that appears when you ho...

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