I didn't see any threads about this, but if there is one already, please move this one to it appropriate place.

Is anyone going to watch this tonight?

I know there are a lot of filmmakers to be at SS so I'm just curious.

I normally don't watch TV, but I thought I'd give this a try. I found my dusty remote, fumbled around with it for a while, finally figured out how it works and turned on the TV. Let me know what you guys think of the show.   

I've been waiting for this show for a long time and signed up for onthelot.com a few weeks back.  It's a good site, but not one where you start threads, saying, "Who wants my scripts?"

The site actually has a lot of bad movie shorts on it.  Some of them don't even belong on youtube, IMHO.  There are a number of really good shorts.  My favorite, so far, is a sci-fi short called 'Man vs. Woman.'  Unfortunately, the site doesn't make it easy to find the shorts.

The show is very quick in its pacing and you feel for all the participants, the winners and the losers.  I see this show being very successful and look forward to next week's episode.

And WTF happened to Carrie Fisher?  She looked terrible!


Phil

Dang, seems like u gotta be more of a writer to make on the show so far

Actually, based on the first challenge, you have to be more of a salesperson.


Phil

You have to know how commercial hollywood works. They're not looking for a genius or a visionary, just someone who will connect with a large audience.

To my delight, there was a lot of emphasis (sp) on writing. Rather than giving the directors scripts to direct/produce they had to come up with a story first. I loved that part!!

As far as the selling bit, I think everyone that aspire to sell something to Hollywood has to learn how to pitch. That means selling yourself and your script just like a salesman selling a car.

I use to sell fire/safety equipment.  After four or five years of that, I can sell anything.  Ideas popped in my head right away, based on the pitch ideas the contestants were given.


Phil

Quoted from dogglebe Actually, based on the first challenge, you have to be more of a salesperson. Phil

I'm talkin about more of it in a whole. not just the pitching. They had to think of a story for the log line and then next phase write own script 1st then direct.

I only caught the end of the show tonight so unfortunately, I missed the writing part as well as the pitching. I did hear a lot of people didn't make it though. Apparently, the judges didn't think some people were enthusiastic enough. That makes sense. I did catch these guys in production though. Producing a film in 24 hours is a huge challenge IMO. I saw a lot of these guys yelling, pointing fingers, and, overall, being very demanding. These are the guys who are going to make it the farthest IMO. The fact is you can't always be a nice guy if you want to make a quality film. You've got to take charge and make sure everyone knows what they're doing in order for the production to run smoothly. I think the people who understand that are the most likely winners. The show seems pretty good so far although it runs very quickly. I'm going to have to catch it next week.

Much like American Idol, having the contestants work together right away makes great television.  It creates a lot of friction as strangers but heads.  It also eliminates a lot of people very quickly.


Phil

you gotta be able to pitch in Hollywood...so it makes sense

Holy shit!

'Anniversary' actually made the finals and I only just found out. Top 50 out of 12000. I'm awestruck.

Shame I can't watch the show cos I'm in Germany. Need to hunt for it online.

Vote Randy Slavin! He's the guy from NY with long hair and a 'tache.

Awesome!!!  

I don't remember right now who that was, but I'll keep an eye out next time for sure. How Cool!!

I'm not a TV person, but this was pretty good. Moved a little quick perhaps, but that probably had to do with there being so many people in the first episode.

Btw, I thought they said 58 000? I could be wrong though.

Of course I'll watch it tonight, because a friend of mine sent a movie to them and I hope his stuff be allright!

Drama! Excitement! Conflict!

Very interesting show, I have to say. Some really annoying, obnoxious and loudmouthed people among the contestants. They are surely the ones who's gonna make it. After all they're looking for the next Brett Ratner, right?

I was quite disenchanted with a lot of the people who were there. Because a lot of them seemed like they weren't there because they loved movies, but just wanted to entertain people, like one guy said, and "movies seemed like the best way to do that".

Although the pitch-challenge was tough. I tried pitching a movie to myself in the mirror afterwards. I passed.