Julie Randolph's Lounge Discussions

How about Muarts TV? Music and arts combined.

How about SPOTLIGHT TV. thought of it on the spot :)

I still like.... HIVE... HIVE5 You can play around with words.... Get the latest BUZZZZZZZZZZ on Entertainment.....For the latest Buzz,,,, If its humming....You can guarantee we'll tell you about it.... There will always BEE Entertainment....

HI Robert, what name did you come up with in the end? Mary Filmer Children's Author http://maryfilmer.com/

How about Origins, or a play on that word? For a couple different reasons - one, it's a fresh start for you guys. Two, it's a nod to the original music networks back when they played videos, in particular if you guys are featuring new talent (they can say they got their start on your network). Three, for the same reason as above, it serves as a starting block for a lot of film makers if you're willing to take fresh talent in that industry. It sounds like a potential home base for a lot of people, hence the name.

Casting to get big-budget funding and make bug-budget box-office: Kiera Knightley or Dakota Fanning (even though she's only 18, she can do it and act rings around any competition!), Also, Gabourey Sidibe, who's actually 29 for about 6 more months, so better act fast, but is in the same league with Dakota. And, that's about it. The rest are no-talent hacks that get by in this business based on their looks or the fact that they used to work for Disney.

Hey Mike, Pretty sketchy request. 1920s or 2020s or 1620s? What genre? Straight, gay, transgender, allegorical, passion play, opera, splatter flick,animation, voice acting, etc. etc. Also are you asking for a specific name or a type? Hekkuba-ish, Livia-ish, Ophelia-ish, Drucilla-ish, Cleopatroa-ish, Elizabethan Queenly, Amazon-ish, Bodecia-ish, Rebecca-ish, Lady MacBeth-ish, Mata hari-ish, Daisy Miller-ish, Lady Gaga-ish--- Flapper-ish, whore-ish, out-spoken... etc. A-grade, B-grade, C-grade. Black, brown, white, yellow, red or combinations? Amputee, one-eyed, scared, tattooed, dancer, prancer, man-lancer? Jesus, maybe I should have become a casting agent...LOL

I thought of Dakota Fanning immediatley. She's so versatile. Or Emilie de Ravin or Allyson Hannigan.

mike you ask a question and you get the energizer bunny :+}

Emma Watson for sure. Lot of talent, lots of star power.

J/R yeah hiking helps for me too. Coffee would make it worse!!! Reps, yeah, well. That's what this producer was going to help me get. Or shall help, but just not yet. Richard, I hear ya. I was about to produce a film with a friend but things stopped us that were out of our hands. Then mostly because her passion wasn't there as much as mine. Vic and Julie, I agree on youtube. I even have a hubby who's a producer/videographer editor! I just can't decide what i want to film. So just keep writing new scripts. Which is fine too.

I don't know Marc Zicree personally, but he does organize workshops. He may be a bit on the busy side right now as he will be filming in a week or two. He's not a stan-offish person. And he is "the guy" who has the answers, as he is an accomplished writer. Search him out on YouTube. He may be able to answer your questions there. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_guxhvaQ4y0 or http://marczicree.com/ Denise, go straight to the source. Learn from the best. Cheers!

Denise... The best advice you have gotten is to keep writing and to be patient. You have a small advantage in that the producer asked you to write this. So sending a, "Hi. Just wanted to see what's going on." email every couple of weeks or so isn't a horrible thing. My question is.... do you have a written agreement already? If he rejects your script, can he claim a piece of it if you sell it to another producer or is it yours? Even if you write something on spec for someone, you need a writer's agreement that YOU own whatever you have written if it is rejected. And as a reminder to anyone writing on spec for anyone (other than yourself) you need to know that when you choose to not be an investment to someone, you make it easier for them to ignore you. When someone has invested money (even a little) in what you are creating, they are much more motivated to see you succeed.

don't wait. ACT. Get together with some like-minded and passionate creatives and DIY - find some inspiration at http://www.wheresthedrama.com/thefandependentfilm.htm

keep writing. In case someone asks what other ideas you have. Always want to have something extra.

I have written and directed a short silent film called 'Annaliese: A Love Story", it will be online for viewing this week...in the meantime, please have a look at the trailer for it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-_k4LTxv3s&feature=channel&list=UL

Nice work Lori, we need more online channel - visit - www.presagenetworks.com

Is this a "if it sounds too good..." postings? I can't find anything on the web about Ariel Media Group LLC: or eWave except what you posted here on Stage 32 and the Facebook pages that have a lot of logos but no information about the company. Is there another place to read about the company?

Yes I too would like to more about Ariel media Group or ewave. Thanks

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Guinness... Something of an elegant self awareness to your comment/contributions there. Thank you. Brief but beautiful. You seem to have a really nice sensitivity and sensibility.

Josh... I have heard of McQueen, but I don't think I have seen his work. I definitely have heard of Michael Fassbender, but have not seen him beyond just a clip here or there. Sounds like I may enjoy looking into them both (since both were involved in same projects) at some point.

Thank you David. Only being honest and trying to see what was it about each of those works that insired me. Many more, too many to number. Btw McQueen's 'Hunger' is a remarkable piece, though flawed. He is a visual artist and certainly has a feel for space, pace, image. You get the sense that he made it without fear. Very much worth seeing.

Guinness - You are honest, but obviously have the awareness of an artist, although you may be honing your skill set in terms of putting that awareness into forms of your own. If you were a novelist, I would likely really enjoy your writing. Something special there. I think I need to check out your short films.

Thanks for the comments David. The nice thing about honesty and perception is that it is in each of us; and we all have so much to learn. "Everyone is a genius when they dream" - Kurosawa, when talking of his late film, 'Dreams'. I set out to be a novelist once! Once. But really should get back to making films again.

I agree with Dee -- Stephanie Palmer has a great blog and her book "Good in a Room" is smart and very insightful.

I didn't think holes was that funny. It had amusing elements.But what a great film. Groundhog day, mask, ghost busters, the blue brothers, they weren't that funny either. The films that actually make you laugh- and i'm finding it hard to come up with an example (blazing saddles?laurel and hardy? dumb and dumber?) are quite rare.

Counterpoint makes things interesting! That's the way I look at it, anyway. Look at my opera (well, okay, you'll need a time machine for that, because it isn't finished yet, but still...); it is serious drama - that's its purpose - but it has moments of levity in it because it takes the audience's emotions on a roller-coaster ride. Thing is, if a drama's a constant stream of bad news, crises and what-have-you, all you have left is an audience with slit wrists - and that's the ones who are awake. Introduce levity, and it's like picking an egg up off the floor and then dropping it - which is a damned sight more effective than staring at it and saying "break, ya bastard, break". The obverse is also true. If you have moments of melancholy in an otherwise rip-roarious laughter-fest, then you can get your audience higher than if you just punched one gag after another at them. Like in "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas where "the Wave speech" breaks one hilarity from the next, making it more interesting and getting you up there. Of course, whether it wears a comedy mask or a tragedy mask - that is the question. And if Shakespeare had the answer as readily as this, Hamlet's soliloquy would have run to about three words. Basically, it depends on your intent; your intent frames the theme, the theme frames the outcome. Unless your craft needs a bit more practice...

If it's 50/50 comedy and drama, I believe you can call it a dramedy. Little Mrs. Sunshine comes to mind, but it had a lot of dark humor, so maybe a black dramedy in that case? I'm coming up with a whole new category...lol.

Frankly, if it's that serious at the beginning and has an underlying message that is also serious, I'd go with Drama. The lighthearted, laugh out loud moments provide a break from the seriousness of the film and it would need those as a straight Drama anyway.