Variety :: Film News The Hollywood Reporter :: Risky Biz Blog The Hollywood Reporter :: Top Stories“… Welcome to the Internet Movie Script Database (IMSDb)
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(via Roger Ebert)
Jeff Burns just found out that his short film “Breaking Up” won first place this weekend at the People’s Pixel Project, a festival for films under five minutes.
Natasha E. Williams got an IMDb credit recently for her work as script supervisor on The Crosses, a 2009 short.
“… I’m outlining a project right now, and thought it would be a good time to review best practices for index cards….”
Shira Gotshalk interviewed writer-producer David Eick (Bionic Woman, Battlestar Galactica, Caprica) at the Writers Guild of America, West site.
“… There were two key phrases that reverberated in my head. One was Ron saying, ‘Write with confidence,’ and the other was something John Schulian said to me when I asked him at one point, ‘How did you do that? How did you write that script so quickly?’ And he said, ‘You know what, David? Sometimes, I just say to myself, “This is the best idea I can come up with today.”‘ Between those two talisman-like phrases, I was able to make it through….”
Screenwriters know that ultimately their craft may touch people in unexpected ways.
“… My wife cries after almost every movie we see together with a happy or sad ending. One day, we finished watching all 6 episodes of Star Wars (one per day) and she just lost it! I couldn’t help but laugh because she was crying about R2D2 and Vader! So, I jumped up, grabbed our camera, and got an amazing interview from her. I then did what any loving husband would do… I uploaded it to YouTube 
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(via Alyssa Milano via Joseph Cannizzaro)
“… 6) Your ticking clock is 3 months for a first draft, six months TOTAL. If you can’t finish the first draft of a screenplay in three months, you don’t know where your movie is going. Dump it. You’re not going to ‘figure it out’ by wasting more time. And if you need to spend another 90 days rewriting, go ahead. Then put it aside. The changes new writers make can take months (if not years) to change less than 10% of the script. That’s not rewriting—that’s TINKERING….”
Nick J. Scott has signed with Zero Gravity Management in Los Angeles.
“… TMN sends me promo discs for its upcoming show sometimes, and so it was that I’ve managed to see the first few eps of a new HBO half hour comedy series called ‘How To Make It In America.’ …
“… (W)hat gets me about it is that there isn’t a false note anywhere in the show. It cooks along as the perfect of the moment show about the difficulties and disappointments of the American dream — even hinting at the darkness underneath, that behind that facade of you can make it with hard work and grit lies worlds and clubs and secret handshakes that stack the deck against you….”
“It’s that time of the year again. Romantic comedy lovers, lovers comedic or serious — all humans with beating hearts know that as soon as February rolls around, there’s a major holiday to be reckoned with, one that’s come to symbolize the meaning of love and romance for America, if not the world….”
Derek Lively has had a script optioned, Jennifer Quintenz has had a drama pilot voted onto the Runway TV Pilot Black List, and Charlie Barnett has a script in pre-production. More details at the Screenwriting BUZZ blog.
“… I ran away to Los Angeles just as I was entering my 30s, to the fantasy world of storytelling and film. Norman Mailer had described filmmaking as “a combination circus, military campaign, nightmare, orgy and a high” and that sounded right up my alley.
“So I arrived, knowing nothing and nobody, proceeded to rent offices and launch a literary management firm, with zero clients….”
“… When you get to a certain point in your writing, you’ll get requests to work on spec. It is just a natural part of your development as a screenwriter.
“Your writing has become good enough that some small producers want to work with you. Very likely, they’ll want you to work on spec. (no money up front) with some kind of deferred payment if and only if the movie gets made.
“Is that a good deal or a bad deal?…”
“… I’ve seen writers asking questions recently about how long things take in Hollywood.
“How long do I need to prep for a meeting? How long does it take for a prod. co. to read my script? Does it really take them months? What are they doing with all that time?
“Until I moved to LA, I too had no idea of the pace of the development process….”
John Connell’s comedy “Faithful Wife and Hooker” has been named a semi-finalist in The Movie Deal! 2009 contest.
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