I’m curious,how do you protect your intellectual Property? If you post an incredible- captivating logline on this app, and someone reads it and loves it. What’s stopping them from taking a writing team and creating a story faster then you based off of your idea? Just honor system? Assume no one is s...
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Hi everyone, my name is Brian Stiver and I am a practical SFX artist and now Director and Screenwriter. Some of my film credits for SFX work are Lake Placid, Jurassic Park III, Small Soldiers, Galaxy Quest, Dr. Seuss How the Grinch Stole Christmas, A. I. I am currently co-writing two projects BLACK...
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You worked on some great pictures, Brian. Love SMALL SOLDIERS, Stan was a spectacular leader and human being. Miss'em. Hey, if you get a opportunity, and looking for work? Here is one of our films in...
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Sorry for late response Tommy yes I was very fortunate to have worked for Stan and Rick Baker in my short time spent in LA I miss the scene. I'm always looking for new exciting opportunities. We should talk.
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"The Hidden Fortress" is the movie you're thinking of, Dan.
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Paranoia rears its head again - seems to be a weekly event. My advice (speciously to new writers) is to forget about it.
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Director Vincente Minnelli once said it's impossible to make a totally original movie. Everything has already been done. The trick is to do it differently. He said that in the late 1940s!
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It seems to me that there is little point in posting loglines for which you have no script.
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Conversations like these are why I always encourage writers to read up on the history of film. Industry members love talking about this stuff at networking events and are constantly making references....
Expand commentConversations like these are why I always encourage writers to read up on the history of film. Industry members love talking about this stuff at networking events and are constantly making references. It can be so awkward watching someone in those kind of conversations who's totally lost because their knowledge is based on assumptions, speculation, and common misconceptions. It's like when someone says "Hollywood doesn't know how to make a good movie anymore". It can show a lot of ignorance combined with a degree of arrogance that makes people want to run a mile.
I don't think aspiring screenwriters realise just how bad it looks. Imagine wanting to be taken seriously as a composer but you don't anything about music history past 2005 while constantly referencing Katy Perry and Justin Bieber as examples of artistic genius.
We're lucky enough to be an industry that has a history full of fascinating drama and developments. There's really no excuse not to lap it all up. I keep a list of some of my favourite industry history books here.