This is a rough copy (due to transferring to do a basic editing job for the net) of my 1st short film in Production II. The actors are friends of mine and I take my hat off to them. I use a 16mm Bolex camera and the music you hear is Digustipated by Tool. It’s track 69 on the Undertow CD. Hope you like it and please leave comments.
Archive for the 'Screenplay/Scripts' Category
This is a reminder for all of you screenwriters that the American Zoetrope Virtual Studio Screenwriting Contest early deadline is approaching. The early deadline is April 1st, 2007 with a $35 fee and the deadline is September 4th, 2007 with a $50 fee. There is a $5000 grand prize. The winners will be announce February 1st, 2007.
According to the website this is what the winners will receive:
The winner’s and ten finalists’ scripts will be considered for film option and development by American Zoetrope, Samuel Goldwyn Films, Fox Searchlight, Sony Pictures Classics, IFC Entertainment, Paramount Classics, Icon Pictures, Working Title, Dimension Films, Antidote Films, Bull’s Eye Entertainment, C/W Productions, Exile Entertainment, The Film Department, First Look, Frelaine, Greenestreet Films, Matinee Pictures, Michael London Productions, Number 9 Films, Phoenix Pictures, Pretty Pictures, The Schiff Company, This Is That, Roserock Films, Benderspink, Room 9 Entertainment, Industry Entertainment, Nine Yards Entertainment, and Ziskin Productions.
Those writers will be considered for representation by ICM, UTA, Paradigm, William Morris Independent, The Gersh Agency, CAA, and The Firm.
Click on the website for the rules and how to submit your story. I hope to have something myself completed before the deadline. What do you plan to do?
Yeah I have been away for a while but only for a short time and I’m back. Plus, I have the summer off to finally get some videos up and to start working on some short scripts. I hope to start entering my scripts into screenplay competitions and also work on actually putting one in production with hopes of getting it in some festivals. So look for a new post to come over the weekend and maybe even a video about…I don’t know, about something because it’s time to get to work.
Hey I thought I should mention this now before the deadline and believe me the deadline is near. One in particular is for the television screenwriting competition Scriptapalooza Television. I find I normally make announcements for competitions that are geared toward the big screen or documentaries, but I rarely talk about television. In lieu of my desire to learn more about writing for cable television and the Internet, I thought it would be appropriate to remind others about this competition. The deadline is April 30th, so you need to get it in right away. I’ll be sure to give plenty of heads up for this one when next year’s announcement are made. Unfortunately I learned of this contest just recently.
Now for this next one you can relax a bit. It’s the 5th Annual American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest and I have not read who is judging but last year the judge was Gus Van Sant (admittedly one of my favorite directors). This I’m giving early because the heading for last years competition is still the headline on the website. But when you read further down the page you’ll see the announcement for this years deadlines. The contest opens June 1, 2007 and the early deadline is August 1, 2007.
To give you a little history about the contest, it part of the website started by Frances Ford Coppola to invite writers to submit their short stories to his online magazine Zoetrope: All-Story. Many of the writers quickly formed around the website and it’s quick popularity prompt Coppola to create sites for novellas and screenplays. You can read more about it here, American Zoetrope Films.
