What is the script you aspire to? The one with the perfect plot, characters, dialogue that you wish you could have written - or that you work hard to reach in terms of quality? Mine is "All about Eve": sophisticated, engaging, showing humanity in all its complexity...Simply majestic.
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Do You Use the "X Meets Y" Phrase?
This question is directed esp. to those getting paid work in the Industry. Do you or the professionals you work with really use the "X Meets Y" phrase when pitching, as demonstrated in The Player? "It's Out of Africa meets Pretty Woman," or, "It's like Ghost meets The Manchurian Candidate, with a he...
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Pidge Jobst
- 8 years ago
It's still used a lot in my circles, but can be overused or poorly used and work against you. I've heard "comparisons" that made no sense or an X-Feature combined with a Y-TV Show which is a definite...
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Christopher Henry
- 8 years ago
I just pitched a pilot as "it's The Professional meets Sabrina The Teen Age Witch" and the laughter alone got me conversations that may pan out. As for the power of such a statement, I think it depends on who you are talking to (as Dan pointed out).
Listen to the Writers Panel podcast. Heaps of professional writers say they do it. But I think it is more that it suit their personal way of communicating.
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I've used borrowlenses.com before and they are great. They ship it, you use it, you ship it back. They have that camera and kit: https://www.borrowlenses.com/AdvancedSearch.do?searchString=a7sii...
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Don't see a single movie mentioned that doesn't belong on a list of the best of the best. Something to be gleaned from every one. So many genres, so many flicks....
Does anyone else feel kinda fanciful when you say the word "genre"? I like to pretend I'm holding a glass of wine at a Gatsby party and then over exaggerate the word with a Kelsey Grammer like tone.
The above comment is an example of why I shy away from live pitching.