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The aspiring screenwriter community becomes a pay service in 2012.
I upchucked Zombie Playground to kick the tires of their services. Probably sign up for a few reviews to earn some "cash".
Anyone tried out the service? I've seen Mr. Seeley on there now and again.
Please share your thoughts on the website here. Thanks!
Regards, E.D.
Nothing but good things. I also noted that Babz popped in there a few times in the discussion rooms. Dave Trottier writes a few articles, and Ben Cahan is getting Script Pipeline involved, a handful of industry pros etc.
I been honored to help wiith some of the Beta testing as well.
Nothing but good things. I also noted that Babz popped in there a few times in the discussion rooms. Dave Trottier writes a few articles, and Ben Cahan is getting Script Pipeline involved, a handful of industry pros etc.
I been honored to help wiith some of the Beta testing as well.
Hey DJ!
Mucho thanks for the friend request over there!
What would you say is the best use of my time on the site? I was thinking of signing up for some reviews. How can we, as SS buds, help each other on Talentville to make some noise?
Regards, E.D.
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While Ben admits that the groups section needs to be worked on in the future, recently, the "Logline Hospital" could be a benifiet to some. Script Pipeline will help "patients" with long winded logs and condense them accordingly - but only those "voted on" to be fixed by the Citizens. It's kind like a 'contest'. With the 99 dollar citizenship kicking in January, there will be a discount on the usual SP logline rewrite fee. (the price quoted is $24.99)
I asked in the forums at Talentville for more specifics on what the fee will cover.
Quoted from Ben Cahan, (Talentville founder and Final Draft creator)
The other thing is that as our General Store comes on line in a few weeks, we will be giving really big discounts on things to our Citizens. So, if you want to enter a screenwriting contest (Script Pipeline, Scriptapalooza, many more coming soon), it will be cheaper if you buy it through Talentville as a Citizen, and we will also be giving a few Talentdollars with most purchases, depending on the price of the product or service. We hope to be selling everything from Final Draft to various screenwriting books and even seminars and other events, and the best deals will all be for Citizens, with Tourists getting no TalentDollar bonus and paying what amounts to retail.
Unlike SS, Talentville is like a Trigger model as in reviews are assigned. Currently, all citizens can select genres on what to be assigned if they like. Once the site goes pay, I think this may be restricted to paid citizens and that tourists won't have the options w/ exception of Screenplay - Short Script- Drama and Sitcom.
Cahan wants to have the biggest site with a script library; not just quanity but quality. Reviews are encouraged to be more in-depth than the usual around...here. There's a slider bar rating system as well as written. There's an opt out button. ("remove assignment")
There's some scripts of mine that are over there that are not over here; others are slightly revised, as it's easier to upload revisions. Older reviews for that script will remain for a period of time, however.
And I been making noise over there for nearly two years now, sure, most of it was static and hogging up the billboards, but still...
Unlike SS, Talentville is like a Trigger model as in reviews are assigned. Currently, all citizens can select genres on what to be assigned if they like. Once the site goes pay, I think this may be restricted to paid citizens and that tourists won't have the options w/ exception of Screenplay - Short Script- Drama and Sitcom.
Do you have to "pay" for a review to be on that list generated for readers? Or, do all scripts get a chance to be assigned? Is it a matter of "paying" to increase your odds of getting a review?
E.D.
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Do you have to "pay" for a review to be on that list generated for readers? Or, do all scripts get a chance to be assigned? Is it a matter of "paying" to increase your odds of getting a review?
When you review there, you are given "talent dollars" these are credit points that you assign to your script(s). These aren't actual dollars. You'll get x amount of points depending on the length of the script you review. Short script reviews could be five points (talent dollars) and features anywhere from 12 to 15.
Assign the script (s) which will put them into the rotation que. You can do this however many times you want so long as you have the points (talent dollars) to do so.
In real cash, that's free.
Now, when the membership fee kicks in, those "talent points-dollars" will be worth a little more and you can save up those points to buy up "bulk" reviews. This will increase your chances of being reviewed on that script you assign points to.
In other words, there's a bigger advantage, and that's my understanding of it.
So far this month, I've reviewed two feature scripts. And I've "bought" two reviews for ZP. But they haven't been assigned as of yet. I wonder how long it takes before an active member accepts the review offer?
As to the reviews themselves, not impressed with the script quality thus far. I had to use lines like:
A slug is a location, not an elevation. 11,000 feet high where?
That's gotta be one heck of a glove compartment to house a sex doll.
Did the resurrected cockroach somehow start a biblical plague?
It's a little far fetched to get a working life support system into a car, even a pimp Cadillac.
Seems a tad dumb for a villain to release a plague in a city where his comatose daughter resides.
It's hard to suspend disbelief with hang gliding ninja squadrons zipping around.
I'll try at least one more, so I can get ZP up to three reviews, so it'll get a rating. But the first two reads were supreme slogs.
E.D.
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I hope these two are in the same story. Sounds awesome!
LOL, yes they were, actually. It was a modern urban twist on Sherlock Holmes a black detective in Chicago.
Talentville has sweetened the yearly membership deal. Instead of $99 for 12 months, it's now $75 for 15 months. And you get bonus services, like picking which script you're assigned to review. Which could mean there's less scripts like Sherlock Homie in my future.
Finally got a review of Zombie Playground assigned to a member. So, we'll see how that goes before I make a final decision. Getting good reviews means free Scriptapalooza coverage.
E.D.
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I have just joined up but i am not yet sure why. Seemed worth a try.
I want to be open minded but some sites are probably more useful at different stages of a writers experience/career and i am still starting out.
I keep looking around for versions of SS to widen my experience but - other than Movie Poet, which is different but effective - i don't seem to find them.
As i have mentioned recently, one other site has promoted a culture of feedback and sharing but it doesn't work out that way. I have a script posted there but for the four reviews i have received i have provided around 25! Of those four reviews one gave me the lowest mark possible (wholly against every other review) and then had to admit they have never written script and had a "bad night!!" At least they apologised but alas they can't remove the review. Lucky me.
I keep logging back into SS thinking this is the best i have found so far, for all it's quirks.
The Elevator Most Belonging To Alice - Semi Final Bluecat, Runner Up Nashville Inner Journey - Page Awards Finalist - Bluecat semi final Grieving Spell - winner - London Film Awards. Third - Honolulu Ultimate Weapon - Fresh Voices - second place IMDb link... http://www.imdb.com/name/nm7062725/?ref_=tt_ov_wr
Talentville has sweetened the yearly membership deal. Instead of $99 for 12 months, it's now $75 for 15 months. And you get bonus services, like picking which script you're assigned to review. Which could mean there's less scripts like Sherlock Homie in my future.
Finally got a review of Zombie Playground assigned to a member. So, we'll see how that goes before I make a final decision. Getting good reviews means free Scriptapalooza coverage.
E.D.
The 75 deal expires at the end of the month. Then its 99. I've put in already. But about those "good reviews". I should mention that you have to factor in the reviews you actually get.
As with any site, you will get some of good quality and those not so good.
So far this month, I've reviewed two feature scripts. And I've "bought" two reviews for ZP. But they haven't been assigned as of yet. I wonder how long it takes before an active member accepts the review offer?
As to the reviews themselves, not impressed with the script quality thus far. I had to use lines like:
A slug is a location, not an elevation. 11,000 feet high where?
That's gotta be one heck of a glove compartment to house a sex doll.
Did the resurrected cockroach somehow start a biblical plague?
It's a little far fetched to get a working life support system into a car, even a pimp Cadillac.
Seems a tad dumb for a villain to release a plague in a city where his comatose daughter resides.
It's hard to suspend disbelief with hang gliding ninja squadrons zipping around.
I'll try at least one more, so I can get ZP up to three reviews, so it'll get a rating. But the first two reads were supreme slogs.
E.D.
Use caution! I read a sp there that had a writer who threw me a curve using the latest slug trends. INSIDE and OUTSIDE sort of stuff. Also be aware that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.