Henry J. Konczak: Camera operator, director and editor in Canton, Ohio.

Which film, Mike? I know he's acting in Gone Girl and then planning on directing Lehanne's latest, Live By Night. Don't believe Lohan is attached to either.

@ Richard, in that article it said that Affleck approached her about a future directing project of his, but didn't specify film

Right...And, at one time, she was in the running for Gone Girl. Thank god that didn't happen.

The problem with running your own affairs is that you need to find your own customers. Not like you can just open a shop, put a sign over the door and people come to you asking to buy your scripts.

Thank you for this thread/discussion Babz. I'll look further into it as all I've done for now on my nascent writing efforts is WGA registration. I'm new to scriptwriting, so I'm also looking for suggestions on what I could read or where I could seek advice on writing for film as I'm also a researcher on obscure historical events that had significant changes in our world. One I'm currently working on occurred in the late 1880's that is practically buried with time and forgotten. Over the past year, I've compiled all of the research available on it and have a script 90% completed, but need guidance on what to do with it. Thanks. - Ric

I have a debatable question best answered by someone who has actually SOLD a Movie or represented one in a legal capacity. If you shoot a short, enter it into a festival, establish a website and name via registering the name with a Registrar before shooting. In this grand example, would the small Indy person be disqualifying themselves with a major label, due to NOT having the Copy write / chain of title. Albeit produced all in house? Or is that case by case, decided by the Golden Rule. "He who has the gold makes the rules." I realize the mentality of $55. bucks is a 'drop in the bucket', but I am curious about this. Lets say you shoot two to three shorts a year, to see what sticks, or goes viral if you will? That adds up after a while and if you do not mind small costs they add up to larger costs. Then there is the mentality of; "A copy write as well as a patent is only as good as the money you have to ague it in court." Sure insurance on everything makes sense, but have you ever been insurance poor?

Let me know if you need any talent, Henry. I own a talent agency as well as my own prod co. :)

Hey Marti -- The Kickstarter crashed so we went from low budget to no budget but I would need some older senior citizens types in the audience. The shoots In Murfreesboro at MTSU... Just a thought

@patrick - To write screenplays that entertain and inspire, and only then to make money for writing them, not crap.

My focus is fairly narrow at the moment. I have a story to tell of a character whose name is still well known ...but much of his story is forgotten. I want to tell that story so that people understand his contribution and passion. After that, I will see whether I still want to write other stories.

As a writer, you are not bound to an office or a 9 to 5 schedule, you can combine working and doing-nothing, whereas most other jobs require a strict separation between the two (except in Japan where you are allowed to take power naps)

I've been editing with Edius (formerly Canopus) for years. It's under the Grass Valley name now. To me Premiere makes editing hard work.

Thanks for the very fast response. Can you please clarify what you mean by hard work?

Finding the tools, the multicam editing is kind of clunky. I don't like the way they word the tools, for example, when you have audio only on the left side of a track the tool is 'fill right' It took me awhile to figure out that one.It's also good with any format in and any format out. It's all pretty easy on Edius. That being said so many people use Premiere that it's easier to find someone that works on it. So 'industry standard' is the way to go.

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Your project sounds very interesting and well-pitched. I'd like to be involved, either as actor or possibly DP. I'm in Nashville - LMK if you'd like to meet. Good luck!