Paul Houston's Lounge Discussions

Hi Oriel, any project that requires 3d work or even editing work would be great.

I'm working on a one-sheet and need an image of a rocket and rocket type graphics of the appropriate size to complete my project. Do you have any resources I could look to? Please advise.

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Valerie, I have a documentary series mini-bible I would like to get to interested people. And I have a lot to learn. It's called: Journey into Space with Paul Houston Documentary Series Overview: Journey into Space is a documentary television series, teaming technical workers with extra-ordinary dreams, with the expert vision of aerospace engineers: Focusing their skills and relationships for the mission objective to journey into space, they venture into the universe of space exploration with a new generation of television followers. Of course I would like to move with this, but a docu-series is legally difficult to protect. I am thanking about how to move forward with legal protection to get it in front of someone. Do you have experience with this kind of thing? Hope all is well. Thank you, Paul Houston

Hello Paul and thank you for connecting. I do have experience in docu's and IP protection issues. Can you tell me what you have so far in terms of a "mini-bible", what format it is in presently, have you copyrighted your materials etc? Valerie

Valerie,- Right now I have a 5 page document that describes the basic features and concepts for the program. I also have various log-lines to describe the concept concisely. I have submitted this "mini-bible" to WGA-West for documentation. I am thinking through the attributes necessary to edit a "One-sheet" for the series as well. But other than that I have not done anything officially. I have not submitted it to an attorney or an agent for representation or protection or anything. I look forward to seeing how legal representation may help to officiate the submission of my series and protect it in the process of consideration for myself and anyone who would like to consider it for production or representation. Thank you for your interest and attention. Paul Houston

Hi Paul: Well while my office performs services which do include oversight of projects re; legal protection etc, it does not "shop" projects as an agency would. That being said, I have helped in the submission process on behalf of clients who have made an initial connection where the production co. requires the submission to come through agent or counsel. You're welcome to contact me directly at VAN@Entlawyer.com to discuss further. Cheers, Valerie

Hello Ana: As a general rule my practice does not include shopping or submission of new/prospective material. The exception is if a current client has made the initial contact to the person or entity who has agreed to accept it coming through the proper source, such as agent or attorney. They do this for their own protection and to assure at least the cover of legitimacy. For this service I of course do require a fee for my time; it sounds like the quote you receives may also include follow up correspondence and/or negotiation. If you do have the authority from the talent and agent to submit I could oversee this for you for a limited time/fee understanding, it would be up to you if you wish me to take it further. VAN@Entlawyer.com if you wish to contact me directly. All the best, Valerie

Love the energy, Anthony, and I appreciate the kind words. Get after it, my friend!

I have a documentary series mini-bible called Journey into Space. It chronicles the efforts of an aspiring team of technicians to test and prove new technology for space exploration for a new generation of viewers. It is a NASA meets MythBusters approach to space port and manufacturing facility on the campus of a production studio. Hope all is well. Happy Collaborations!

What kind of collaboration did you have in mind? Please msg me. Cheers!

Anthony I'd like to know if I could be of service to someone. I'm sure I could use help on my projects. How about if you send me three loglines and I'll send you three. The object being: for each to pick one from the other's list to work on simultaneously. Bill

Dear Heather... You can use the split image of two actions in two different places by pointing out, where happens the story or showing/ place or city! Paris, Effield Tower. She jump out! / New York, Bronx alley, He shoot himself. Regards Ivan

I agree with what Ivan is saying. As I thought about your idea, I said to myself, that might work if there is some kind of action that leads up to both characters committing the same kind of action at the same time, or something like that. You might back up and look at the scene that you want and ask yourself some "what if" questions to help get ideas that you could imagine lead up to the scene(s) and then see if the way you present them can be different, or justified on a new basis or something. Best wishes. Interesting idea.

Personally I like the hook of the two opening suicides. My kind of movie. You need to watch out for this Heather; ask a technical question and next you're defending your story. My advice is to take that creativity you have with the cinema and apply it to your wordsmithing. Think about how you use the words on the page to engage the readers mind. Think about how a simple line break creates a natural pause. Something you might want to consider is setting up both your suicide scenes under two different slugs. You could paint them very vividly and make them distinct. Then add INTERCUT and you can simply write out the two scenes fluidly in the order you think the action best play out.

"...while pressing her mobile phone anxiously against her ear..." I would delete 'anxiously' as the anxiety is set up with the 'pounding'. Brevity is important, only the words absolutely needed should be on the page. Bit like writing poetry, really...

Opening scene looks boring with split-screen for many reasons. If the locations are different for two scenes to take place simultaneously, go for Juxtapose. Also to keep your audience less confused with two suicide scenes taking place at the same time, create one INT. scene and the other EXT. scene. Don't rush. Just take a bit longer with the characters attempting the suicides. (more details of INSTRUMENTS that would eventually become fatal). Or if someone is killing himself jumping off a bridge.... use the method of macguffin to make it more interesting. Cheers!!!