Kristofer Atkinson's Lounge Discussions

@KristoferAtkinson I will definitely need help with my upcoming short film. Whatever you can help me with would be great.

Hi Raffiel I agree with what everyone else has said. When it came to me directing my first short I put my baby of a script on the back burner and wrote something a lot more simplistic. I shot that last year and this year have shot my ambitious project. It worked out far better that way! So my advice don't shoot something that you're 100% precious about first time. Make sure you shoot all the coverage to cover your a** in the edit! Good luck, enjoy the process and learn as much as you can :D

@HelenCurran Thank you for commenting. And I will do just that Helen. :)

Surround yourself with some people who have experience and can point you in the right direction (if you can afford it)

find actors that are passionate, available emotionally and not egomaniacs. shows like The Vampire Diaries hired people who for the most part had never been heard of before, but they had this intense desire to become what the directors needed and so became so believeable and beloved that they have had 100+ series now! Good luck!

I've taken a look at amazon studios and would be interested in using their cork board to collaborate... not so sure about uploading a script. I'm thrilled with the response to my collaboration request :-) I'll contact each one of you individually and see if what I'm working on sparks your creative energies.

plotbot actually looks like a half-decent collaboration tool...

Hi We are always looking please send an email post anything that you have will be more than happy to look at it

Feel free to interact, check out some of my projects and i'm always up for back and forth, or just writing banter. thanks

Hey Alle, I've just now gotten the chance to get back to you about collaborating on a screenplay. As I said in my first message, I have several premises that I'm currently working on. How do you like to work? Should we Skype and see if we are "sympatico"? Would you like me to send you a short synopsis of my screenplays? What genre do you prefer working on? The three I'm currently working on are very different. One is a quirky comedy, the other is a very black comedy and the third is a drama. I look forward to your response. Best, Anne

My day job is as a Graphic Artist. Let me know if I can help.

I often find good help on odesk,com. You can search using a variety of filters like price, location, etc. You can look at the artists' portfolios, view other hiring managers' comments about their work and talk to them on skype before you hire them. I've had some great experiences and some not so great, but I keep learning and having better and better experiences with each new project. I've been able to grow my busines with help from odeskers.