Sean Hastings's Lounge Discussions

Sean Hastings
Hey All!

Living through the process of navigating the craft side, but now more than ever, a huge emphasis on every artist having to be as equally, or aware enough to hire others, to be business savvy in marketability, insights, professionalism and self-preservation/promotion. Trusting that forming a communit...

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Darren Udaiyan

Greetings

Kelly Krause

Welcome, Sean! And great points! ; ) I'm a fledgling screenwriter myself... Hope we can learn and grow together!

Barry Clifton

Screenwriters, actors, directors, etc. in direct contact with one another. Collaborating and networking without artificial intermediaries. Imagine the possibilities.

Arial Burnz

Welcome!!

William Tut Brown

Hey check out my new film at please support and share on your network. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B06Y5YLN64/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1491961954&sr=1-1&pi=SL75_QL70&keywords=matilda's+bridge

Stevan Šerban
Video killed the radio star!

Or studios killed the Directors and screenwriters? Blockbuster, blockbuster, blockbuster? Money makes the world go around, the world go world around, the world go around...

No lies. Everyone would like to sell a script for a million dollars. But! Have you recently recognized in the theater of a new J...

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Sean Hastings

Jordan** Peele, but yes. Indie/Art house is becoming the new mainstream platforms. With streaming and web sourcing based distribution channels, indie fim has greater impact of attentions, from these d...

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Anthony Cawood

In 2010, Gareth Edwards, wrote, directed and did the effects for a film called Monsters.

Monsters was made on a low budget, with Edwards doing the effects on his computer at home, at home in the UK, no...

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Chad Stroman

Hollywood has at least two streams. Big Budget and Arthouse (and it's subsets, etc.) Big studios are run as a business. They expect both their blockbusters and arthouse films to make $$$ and win awards. Many times one finances the other.

Erik A. Jacobson

There are exceptions, Dan. That's why Universal signed Jason Blum to a ten year deal.

James Drago

This is why so much talent has migrated to TV.

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