There is currently a post discussing how you consider your own script titles, but I'm curious to learn what titles you feel really nailed it. Which ones make you stop and think, "Wow, great title."
There is currently a post discussing how you consider your own script titles, but I'm curious to learn what titles you feel really nailed it. Which ones make you stop and think, "Wow, great title."
I live in a neighborhood where there is a film shoot every single day. We make them pay for the privilege since the crews alter our "quality of life" and often damage property. Nec possum tecum vivere, nec sine te!
This post totally correlates with the upcoming webinar, Place Based Filmmaking. Pretty cool!
We had a Hollywood production come out to my part of Illinois and it was really cool. All my neighbors came out and checked out the set and everyone from Hollywood was really cool. They were filming a...
Expand commentWe had a Hollywood production come out to my part of Illinois and it was really cool. All my neighbors came out and checked out the set and everyone from Hollywood was really cool. They were filming an independent film and they needed farm backgrounds. One of the actors went to the high school I went to and suggested they shoot there. Really cool.
Congratulations Taylor in being in remission. I pray this continues and your success is an inspiration to others.
Thank you. I hope so!
Bless you Taylor. I also pray that you have the best health of your life from here on!
Thanks so much. I really appreciate it!
Hello stage 32 community! Let me first say I appreciate having this outlet to share my thoughts as an artist. I haven't spent as much time on the site talking to fellow artist as I should but I'm working to change that. I'm a screenwriter from Chicago on a mission to make a move to L.A. in the near...
Expand postHello stage 32 community! Let me first say I appreciate having this outlet to share my thoughts as an artist. I haven't spent as much time on the site talking to fellow artist as I should but I'm working to change that. I'm a screenwriter from Chicago on a mission to make a move to L.A. in the near future. I understand that there are many of you currently residing in L.A. so I'm assuming that many of you know the area pretty well. If you could spare a minute, is there any advice you could share that would help in my quest to relocate there? The best area to live, best place to find a job, agencies that work with local screenwriters, etc.. any info would be much appreciated.
I appreciate the info Robin and Jeffrey. I'm soaking in all of the advice everyone is giving me. I'm set on the move to L.A. because it puts me in a situation where I can get to opportunities quicker instead of having to fly to L.A. any time a agent or producer wants to meet.
It sounds like your mind is made up and I’d say you’re making the right choice. LA is where the deals get made and the deals begin with a great script. Some agents don’t even read query letters that d...
Expand commentIt sounds like your mind is made up and I’d say you’re making the right choice. LA is where the deals get made and the deals begin with a great script. Some agents don’t even read query letters that don’t have a SoCal zip code. I know a few ppl who’ve scored high on the BlackList, had talks with producers and managers, but their scripts were passed on because the writers weren’t in LA or weren’t willing to move. You’re right about the meetings. I’ve been told by several folks that you may have consecutive meeting requests from agents and they’re not gonna skype with you or chat with you on the phone. It’s a face-to-face biz. You can’t fly out every time someone calls you and wants to meet with you. Whenever I read about unknown writers finally breaking in, the common denominator between them is that THEY’RE ALREADY IN LA. It totally makes a difference. Are there exceptions? Yes, but I’ve been in DC the past 6 years hoping to be an exception. LA is where all your connections are if you want to become a paid, working screenwriter. Time to pull the trigger!
Thanks Brandi and Kamamla for the encouragement! The more I read your golden bits of advice I realize making this move to L.A. is the right choice. I'm just looking to collect as much insight on the t...
Expand commentThanks Brandi and Kamamla for the encouragement! The more I read your golden bits of advice I realize making this move to L.A. is the right choice. I'm just looking to collect as much insight on the town as possible. As for Alle, you are serving to be a dream killer (for those who are not extremely confident in their abilities) but you've only convinced me even more that relocating to L.A. is the right thing to do. From what I understand all your future plans evolve around you moving to L.A. and all your professional connections (80%) reside in L.A. Unlike yourself most people don't have the financial freedom to operate as smooth as you appear to in this business. Putting it frank, I encourage you to discover a more fruitful environment for your disparaging commentary, thanks.
Finished the first Act in my script but am wondering whether or not it should just be 3 acts? I feel like it should have an extra act. Thoughts?
Bingo! Lol
The Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is a current movie where virtually everything we have been taught unfolds onto the screen - while the devises could have been disguised better, a very good film.
Look upon it as foreplay, Andre, timing and pacing are important, too quick/soon may not get you the desired results - consider the commencement of the second act when your hand is finally resting on...
Expand commentLook upon it as foreplay, Andre, timing and pacing are important, too quick/soon may not get you the desired results - consider the commencement of the second act when your hand is finally resting on her knee - what comes next and the eventual outcome is dependant on your ability - I think this simple rule of thumb may serve you well re parameters, good luck.
Thanks for posting this, RB. I'm a New Jersey Girl, and have no trouble saying: "No, not at this time." ;-)
Hi Valerie, I too am a Jersey girl (now live in Brooklyn). I'd rather diplomatically say "it's not my cup of tea" or "I know someone who is a better fit for this" than give someone false hope.
As a native NY'er, I feel ya, Val!
Sy Richardson last TV series was recurring in the twelve Emmy nominated series ‘PUSHING DAISIES”. Richardson career reach another level after meeting and working with Alex Cox on Repoman and Straight to Hell, which was his first lead role. He is on the Repoman Soundtrack performing Bad Man and Perfo...
Expand postSy Richardson last TV series was recurring in the twelve Emmy nominated series ‘PUSHING DAISIES”. Richardson career reach another level after meeting and working with Alex Cox on Repoman and Straight to Hell, which was his first lead role. He is on the Repoman Soundtrack performing Bad Man and Performing A Town Called Big Nothing with Elvis Costello on the Out Of Our Idiot CD. He has appeared in over ninety movies, sixty television shows and sixty plays. His career has taken him to film locations from the US, to Europe, South America and Australia. Searcher 2.0. is the seventh film with friend and director/writer Alex Cox. Sy’s (someone stole your fries) McDonald's spot, received the 3 star positions for Advertising Age Magazine in 1998. His 2008 FedEx, Super Bowl Commercial “PIDGEON was the second best 2008 Emmy nominated commercial. PIDGEON was the fourth best Super Bowl Commercial of all times. We are talking fifty-nine years of Super Bowl Commercials. Sy Richardson won the 2007 Best Actors Award at the 168 Hour Christian Film Festival. At the present time, he is feature in a National Old Navy commercial. Sy wrote, directed and produced four shorts films Last Chance, Us Against Them and Familiar Strangers. He co-produced and directed the Symposium 98, a documentary, for the SAG/AFTRA EEOC department. He directed "TREE" for the Los Angeles Opera Foundation. His direction of "South Of Where We Live" won one out of three nominations for the NAACP Image Awards in 1988. Summers In Suffolk was nominated for three NAACP Image Awards in 1996. Passing won two out ten NAACP nominations in 1997. At this time Sy has directed 25 plays and seven musical Variety shows. Sy Richardson wrote the original screenplay " Posse" He self-published five books African American Actors (how to live and work in Hollywood), 60 + Questions (a busy actors guide for building characters), Cold Reading Made Simple, The Popcorn Cook Book and PEP (prayer education & persistence) for Christian Entertainers. Richardson was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and raised in Chicago Illinois. He attended fourteen elementary schools, five high schools, three colleges He spent two years on active duty with the United States Navy. Later worked seven years driving for the Chicago Transits Authority. Sy started singing at twelve and wrote and recorded his first record with Lil June and the Januarys at sixteen. In his early-twenties, Sy & Lil June and the Januarys formed their own recording company called Trans World Sound. Life slapped him in the face and he knew it was time to further his education. Sy Richardson graduated from University of Colorado, Boulder with a BS in Journalism specializing in advertising. After a short stint with several Colorado newspapers, he opted to act and joined the Heritage Square Opera House in Golden Colorado. He performed in vaudeville shows and Olios from Salt Lake City Utah to St. Louis Mo for two years. Boredom set in and Sy trek to Hollywood. Mr. Richardson has traveled around the United States doing lectures on How to Live in Work in Hollywood and PEP for Christian Entertainers.. Richardson is on the Board of Directors for the Towne Street Theater, He chaired the SAG Casting Committee for three years and taught a cold reading class for the SAG Conservatory and a former member on the Board of Directors for the Screen Actors Guild. Sy taught a Bible Study class for adult entertainers at West Angeles Church of God and Christ for 6 years. He is now a member of Bel Air Enterainment Minstry and BAAD) Bel-Air Drama Department. Deacon Richardson leads a small group for entertainers at Bel-Air Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles.
Love Pushing Daisies!! Welcome!
Yes Arlene I played the coroner. And it was cancelled too soon. Thanks.
It was such a pity. Pushing Daisies was such a great series. Your career is also most impressive Sy.
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Leslie: the title Money Heist in English is better the original "La casa de papel/the house of paper." But the Spanish title suggests that the lives of everyone in the was fragile/or a lie.
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Actually I think paper translates to money. —as in the house of money. But paper does have a weak feeling, but I interpret it to the weak money system in Spain that can falling down
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No Country For Old Men, There Will Be Blood, Mindhunter, there are so many!
And regarding La Casa de Papel, that title has a double meaning. It translates figuratively as The House of Money and metapho...
Expand commentNo Country For Old Men, There Will Be Blood, Mindhunter, there are so many!
And regarding La Casa de Papel, that title has a double meaning. It translates figuratively as The House of Money and metaphorically as an unstable/fragile house, in reference to the team and their plans. It's a great title that got butchered in the english translation!