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Grandma Bear
Posted: March 31st, 2013, 8:54pm Report to Moderator
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There's been a thread like this at MoviePoet for a long time. I don't know why we never had one here.

It's a chance for everyone to "brag" about their successes in screenwriting. Sometimes it's small news, sometimes big news. It's all welcome here. It can be anything from having completed writing a short script to getting something you wrote having a theatrical release and anything in between. I know for a fact that a lot of peeps here have things happening and this would be a good place to share with everyone...I'll go first.  

In the fall of 2010, I posted a script here titled Finders Keepers. I intended to shoot it myself, but a big family accident wiped that off my schedule. However,  next year, in December, a producer contacted me about my 7WC thriller script Blackout. Things got weird from then on. Blackout and Finders Keepers ended up getting produced by this guy and they are now both being released all over the place. Not theatrically, even though it says so on the imdb page, but still. To my knowledge, this is the first time a script that originated at SS is getting released by a distributor everywhere. The reach is over 100M people in the US and Canada. The release date is April 4th!

I also have three shorts. The End a zombie short is being shot right now in the UK

A Mime Is A Terrible Thing To Waste is being shot in the UK this month.

First Time is the first script I ever sold. It's a short homo erotic vampire horror. It is currently in production. I saved the check I got from it.

Anyway, what do you have happening?  Tell us!  


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That's awesome news Pia.

My short 11:07 started shooting last friday and I just got an email tonight, that a production company in Canada wants to direct my "Unlikely Last Supper" ... animation, I think.

So 2 in 2 months

Mark


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Grandma Bear
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Excellent news, Mark!!

I've always said that people might knock SS, but fact is, real people are checking our stuff out here!

Btw, my short First Time garnered the interest of a semi big production company. Not for the short, but they liked my writing. They wanted me to write a treatment for them for one of their features...I failed that one, but it proves that production companies are looking here. So, post your SCRIPTS here, people!!!  


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Great thread, Pia.

As for me, finally got an IMDB page with writing credits for a feature and a short on it, which makes me somewhat "official," I suppose.

The short (Baptism by Fire) is based off a script I wrote for school back in 2009 (No Guts, No Glory), which was directed by a film student for his thesis project. It was a small victory at first, which would've been enough for me, but since then, the guy has been hitting the festival circuit pretty hard and shockingly, at least to me, the film's been doing exceedingly well. It's made a number of official selections and even received a few awards and nominations (for acting and directing). The director's name is Craig Surko and my hat goes off to him. He's done more with what was a little thing to me at a time than I could've ever anticipated.

The feature is called "The Sick," which I wrote on assignment for some locals. It's the first project in which I've worked in person with the producers and crew, including a close friend of mine who will be handling DP duties, and was a major learning experience for me. Everyone's full steam ahead in pre-production at present with production hopefully right around the corner so I've got high hopes for it.

There's been some brewing surrounding several other features I've written but it's all up in the air at this point. I'm hopeful, nevertheless.

As far as present writing goes, the past year has not been good for me at all, having been plagued with writer's block, among other things. Finally starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel at this point. I've learned a lot and think my next feature is going to be the first in a whole new phase of writing for me, which I feel is worth a plug. This shit is not easy.


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Congrats James! Especially on the feature! And I hope you get over that writers block.

Any word on Frozen In Time? I thought I saw a post from them on FB awhile back.

And all you other people, you know who you are, c'mon. Tell us what you're up to!!  


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Had a couple of shorts picked up from this site! Got to write on assignment a short for a German prodco...The Box, which is in post right now.

This is a GREAT place to show your work. There are always people watching! And looking!

A special thanks to Pia, who convinced me, that even if it's not my best work, throw it up on this site. She was right! People do look for scripts on this site!

Thanks to Pia and to Don
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Congrats to all.

A UK production company was interested in my feature Dark Entrance. But they rejected it based on my synopsis. Their reader was a nice guy and explained to me why they rejected it.  

My first comprehensible short, The Art of Persuasion, might get made this summer. I'm always surprised with people finding this short and wanting to make it. lol.

I am now close to finishing a rewrite of my abysmal feature Max's Traveling Carnival that's currently posted up here. Planning to submit the rewrite to a few contests and post it up here.  

Thanks to Don and the other SS members (Pia, Phil, James, Greg, Mark Moore, Mark Lyons, and any others who review scripts...including Jeff) since without you guys, I would've been a normal turd. Now, I'm a polished turd.

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It looks like I'll have my first ever produced short very soon. Like James, a student from New York wanted to produce "The Forgotten Christmas Tape" for his thesis project.  According to the casting call, it was shot over three days. The director emailed me several screenshots and it looks like they did a fantastic job. I can't wait to see the finished product!

I haven't done much at all lately. I've been going through phases of doubting myself and not writing anything. After much thought, I've decided I really want to try and have some sort of success.

I've submitted "Neighborhood Watch" to three different screenwriting competitions this year. I'm really happy with my final draft, so thanks to all the great people here who helped me and spent their time giving me some great feedback. I've never entered a competition before so I'm a little excited. Fingers crossed.
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Hey Brian, I've been making a bit of noise in the producing department lately and getting some traction with a couple of things. Shoot me a PM about NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH and I'll take a look at the rewrite. I enjoyed it a lot the first time.

You'll have to change the title though. As you saw, the Will Ferrell movie had the same title and changed it due to the Trayvon Martin incident...


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A British production company invited me to pitch Eric Boyle to them. They loved the idea, but chose to pass based on budgetary limitations on their behalf.

I'm still in contact with them, and have been invited to send them my next feature once I've finished that.

And we're also nearing the end of (a problem ridden) post-production phase of a little experimental short me and a crew of London-based filmmakers shot a little while ago (I co-wrote and directed that).

We're also currently attempting to secure some funding to shoot another short that I wrote sometime in the summer. I wish I was rich enough to fund these kind of things!


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Quoted from Toby_E
A British production company invited me to pitch Eric Boyle to them. They loved the idea, but chose to pass based on budgetary limitations on their behalf.


Awesome, Toby! You know I'm a huge fan of that script.

Congrats to everyone on their achievements. It's a great thread. I've always wondered what it was all about when I looked at it on MP.

As for me, I think I may have succeeded in getting another of my short screenplays stolen. I was looking through youtube and I found a trailer for a short film that looked pretty much identical to one of my screenplays 'Walk Away.' It's the same screenplay that was stolen a couple months back. Anyway, I've subscribed to the uploader and I'm waiting for him to post the final film before I pounce. For all I know, it could be a false alarm. I have no issue with people stealing my shorts (well, I do actually)... I just wish they wouldn't choose the one screenplay I regret writing more than anything in the world.

Additionally, I finished my first feature length alongside another SS member. I think we're still far away from getting anything out there, but so far things are looking good.

And the other day, I came up with my own idea for a feature, which doesn't seem too bad, except usually when I think of an idea, I drop it before I actually start writing it. I haven't dropped this one yet.

Dan


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Great thread, Pia.

Congrats to all those out there getting scripts picked up from this site. I've always found more interest here than anywhere else.

I've got four shorts on option, three of which I don't ever expect to see the light of day. The only one I know I will see soon is So Dark, the follow up to So Pretty.

They went into fundraiser mode for FX financing, but I just reluctantly became an Associate Producer on that one because I kicked them some dough. Other than that, I don't have much hope for the others, but I've been wrong before.

Good luck everyone! Keep on writing and posting to this site.

James


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About a month and a half ago, I got commissioned by a Canadian director to write a Fantasy short (those who know anything about my writing know Fantasy's not in my wheelhouse, but I'm giving it a whirl) and so far things seem to be progressing well.

Also, my short "12 Seconds" is apparently going into production around August. I use the term apparently because (as you'll see in my signature, although I haven't updated it in a few months) I've been getting offers for it since September 2009. In this current cycle, it's been in pre-production since June 2012. But, I still have faith.

Last on the agenda is "Andretta", which was the project I was looking for action scripts for. I'd like to send a big shoutout to Kevin Lenihan, Dena McKinnon, Brett Martin, James McClung, Jeff Bush, Mohammad Nawaz and Breanne Mattson for providing help, scripts, advice and reviews for me during that still-arduous task. I've completed nearly 30 pages so far and am moving along at a rather friendly clip. I'm hoping to have a rough draft done by the end of August and a solid first draft done by Halloween. I certainly wouldn't have gotten as far as I am without your help, so thank you.



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Quoted from Grandma Bear
Any word on Frozen In Time? I thought I saw a post from them on FB awhile back.


A teaser trailer is supposedly on the horizon, which would be a big help as far as shopping it around to investors. We've got a lead and I believe a cinematographer but other than that, it hasn't quite left the launch pad just yet. Honestly, The Sick is the only one out of the features I've signed contracts for that isn't in some form of limbo. I think it'll see some action sooner or later though.

Thanks for the support. Got my eye out for Finders Keepers and Blackout.


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I'm either putting out a legitimate Synch You Now E.S.P. notation or, on the weak hand,  it's poppycock and can be trashed; nevertheless, here goes:

I had a dream last night that I watched a movie of Pia's. It was not the notorious dark film as of history. I qualify that to say it was dark, but not dark in the same light-- if that makes sensel.

I don't remember a lot, but I remember BALLOON PEOPLE. (Please stop saying quit smoking it because I don't) Yes, mark that down-- Balloon People. I don't know what the Hell (WTH) it was all about, but it was striking and to me, these characters within the story were real and showing something more than their flimsy balloon bodies could ever tell. How to describe a Balloon Person? Carnival type. Transparent. Poppible.

If I were to qualify it in any way, I'd say, "Pia, if you are considering doing something outrageous and outside of you normal sphere. Maybe, this is it. I don't know. All I know is that the "imagined movie" apparently moved me. I had this awesome feeling.

It's either just a joke of a dream or I'm supposed to pass it along: If you're thinking of writing something outrageous: Maybe consider it more than passable and WRITE ON.

If this turns out to be helpful, please let me know via PM.

If something else crops up, ditto.

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