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In case some of you don’t know, PIA i s currently in the process of have two of her scripts produced.
FINDERS KEEPERS & BLACKOUT are both spoken for and are in the process of becoming made.
With so much going on for her, it's nice to see a fellow SS'er make some traction in the film industry.
GREAT JOB PIA!
You give the rest of us hope that maybe, just maybe we can get our words to film as well.
Were both of these scripts posted here?
I know that Don’s website has been gaining a lot of attention of people out there looking for work by quality writers. As the months go on, it seems as though more and more writers are becoming recognized.
Shawn, I wasn't really going to make a big deal out of this, but as it turns out, it's so bizarre I'm scratching my head about all this and I have had a hard time believing it all.
I'll start from the beginning…in case anyone cares….
A year or so ago, we did a 7WC. Write a feature in 7 weeks or less. There had been some production companies at InkTip asking for features thrillers/amnesia so that's what we decided to do. I wrote mine, got great feedback, made some minor changes to the script then I forgot all about it.
Last November I was contacted by two different companies asking if Blackout was available. I told both of them, yes. I didn't hear anything more and I forgot about it. Then in December, one of them sent me a contract and asked me to sign it because they were starting to shoot it in a couple of weeks!! Surprised, I signed the contract. It is now in post. Some people here have seen the early rough cuts of it. It looks amazing….
Then one day when I was talking to them they told me their goal was to make 4-5 features this year. I imedeatily told them that I had another thriller that was low budget. I sent the script to them. They liked it, we made a deal, and it was scheduled right after Blackout. Shooting starts February 8th. Then another day I was talking to them, they mentioned a meeting with someone at the SyFy channel and that they were looking for a particular script. I asked who was going to write it. They said no one yet. I asked if they wanted me to give it a shot and they said yes. Then things get even weirder…..Last week, I was contacted by a production company, can't name them here, but some people here know who they are, and they wanted me to write for them. They found me here from reading one of my shorts!!!!!!! So, now I'm writing for companies that have real budgets with a capital M behind the numbers!! This so so weird, I'm not sure what to think. To be honest, I thought someone was just fucking with me.
I can tell you all this though. Big people are definitely looking at SS for writers and scripts!!
I'm in over my head, Pia….
PS. there are of course no guarantees the anything big will happen...and Shawn, you don't know me. If I go see something of mine in a theater, I will go alone and covert.
Holy Cr@p! When it rains it pours! That is all so amazing and exciting and scary and well deserved.
You aren't in over your head. No way. No how. Shawn is right...you give us hope that maybe someday it'll rain on our heads too!! Until then we'll join you on your ride.
I'm slowly loading everything I have that is remotely filmable onto SS. In only about a month I went from NEVER having anyone show interest in my scripts to getting not only several requests from people interested but supposedly two in line to be filmed.
P.S. So when is your biopic coming out chronicling everything said your above post? A true movie industry rags to riches/zero to hero story (of course, I’m not saying you were dressed in rags or amounted to zero before all this ). Anyway, it would probably be more interesting than what they done with J.Edgar's recently.
Well Done, its exciting just to hear about it. I can only imagine what it must be like to see your work produced like that.
If i'm not mistaken i think you are beginning to answer your own question. What is the difference between pro writers and yourself? Not that much it would appear.
One last point, does anybody else find Pia's avatar even worse that Bert's spiders?
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
I’ve told you this privately. May as well say it publicly too. I think you’ve found your niche with these low budget thrillers. There’s a market for the content you provide, it’s as simple as that.
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