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I can honestly tell you that you will get what you put into it. Here, school, anywhere you go on the planet.
Slamming people here because you took offense, or God only knows the reason, is not smart.
I've written some pieces of crap on this site, but I've learned a helluva lot by doing so. I use my own methods and I also incorporate other people's methods and enjoy learning here. I learn from the old timers, I learn from the young people and that to me is priceless.
And lastly, for aspiring screenwriters, you don't need to go to film school, you can teach yourself, move to this area, get contacts, it's easy once you try.
Really? That's all I needs ta do? Move to L.A. and get contacts? What if I don't wear glasses?
If it's so easy, then damn! I'm gonna take the next Greyhound out of Dodge! Tinseltown is sure to be waiting for me with open arms! I hardly wait to waltz into the big lobby at William & Morris to let them know they can represent me! How cool is that? Very!
"HEY YEW GUYZ LISTEN U DONT KNOW SH*T CAUSE IM OBVIOUSLY BETTER THAN YEW LOLOLOLOL INTERWEBS SRS BISNESS!"
Listen. I demand more from this guy.
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I mean, we all start with a beginning. We start off with no experience what-so-ever, and coming on here improves that. In fact, it just doesn't improveyourself but it also gives you an idea of what it, screenwriting, is actually like.
Most of us members here at Simply either does this as a hobby or they actually WANT to be come a screenwriter - either way, it's about Professionals helping the beginners. It's about those who have an idea and dont know how to word it or put it in a screenplay, and others chipping in and helping (major infulence here is OWC).
End of the day, we try. And isn't trying better than nothing?
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What Am I Working On? Currently going back and forth with projects. (--) :
Reason why Rainforests are disappearing is because of all of the useless scripts Hollywood wants everyday.
Most good movies, not all mind you, seem to be written and directed by one person. The others are adapted from novelists. Which makes a screenplay writer a construction worker, basically the initial director. Which some do well. Very rarely does a good film fall outside this formula IMO.
After watching "End of the Tour". by Rick and Pia, I've got to admit, lest I'm ready to pick up the camera myself, maybe even move to L.A., It doesn't seem to promising as a screenwriter anymore.
I know there's other sites like this out there, but I'd love to know how many of their members made it big.
I like to write, read in this format. Think we're all fooling ourselves a bit unless we're completely dedicated to making film. I'm just too fucking lazy.
Why did watching EOTT discourage you? That's not good.
There are more opportunities than ever before in history to get your stories on screen. You can reach an audience of millions from where you're sat now...you don't even need to leave the house.
Making it "big", I presume means making it in Hollywood. It's a finite group of people and films, difficult to break in just in terms of sheer percentages alone. If that's absolutely what you want, it makes sense to move out there, network like hell, constantly work on your scripts, constantly pitch until you get your foot in the door.
But you don't to be Spielberg to make a film and make a success of yourself in relative terms.
Probably not. I've mentioned it on here before though. Two Brits made it, cost £20,000...not a lot of money. It's grossed over 1 million. They self-distributed it at first and it got popluar enough that Dimension bought it and gave it a wider release.
It's crap. Terrible. The acting is appalling, it's badly shot. The make up is pretty good. It's just 28 days later but shot as a documentary.
With a bit of graft though they found a sizeable audience.
There's lots of ways to define successful and I'm sure it means different things to all of us who responded to this thread. There's money "he made a million selling his screenplay". There's critical acclaim "His screenplay won the XXX award.". There's quantity "He written 200 episodes of various television shows". And everyone of the people who have gotten there have gotten there different ways.
Anyone who thinks there's one way, a right way, is naive.
In my world, "opportunities" mean the negative forces that create havoc in your life and "force" you to grow as a person. That's why they call them "forces".
Could that be the reason why "opposition" and "opportunities" are similar?
It's a love/hate relationship that keeps us working. That's why we're all here in this great big stew. Cooking away.
Ah, "making it". We seem to revisit this conversation quite often.
Just do what makes you happy. And if that doesn't pay the bills, find a job that lets you do what makes you happy on the side.
Rick's right though. There are opportunities a'plenty. Especially today. My friend made a zombie movie for $5,000 that managed to secure nationwide distribution in Blockbusters, Netflix, Redbox, etc. There's so many platforms to get your work out there, and there's a lot of hungry filmmakers looking for good, low budget scripts.
Why did watching EOTT discourage you? That's not good.
Definitely did not discourage. Rather inspired. If I'm serious, I need to find people like me around here. Serious about making film. Instead, I just feel like that common douche bag who sits in a coffee shop with his laptop all day, telling everyone he's writing the best screenplay ever. We all know those douche bags...
There are more opportunities than ever before in history to get your stories on screen. You can reach an audience of millions from where you're sat now...you don't even need to leave the house.
Making it "big", I presume means making it in Hollywood.
I'll admit, bit of a sucker for entourage and the lives they lead. Of course they're not screen writers, But to immortalize my name on a great piece of work? Would be my life's goal.
Never saw that film you posted. Have to check it out now. Always appreciate your advice Rick. Think you're a great director. If I ever come up with a bunch of dough I'd be happy to pay you proper to direct one of mine. Til then, keep working. And good luck. I'll be watching.
Although it's true -- as far as I know -- that no-one from Simply has had major success in the mainstream, I am fairly certain that in my time I've seen a number of people have features optioned and even made. A lot of the time these people quietly slip away rather than making big announcements.
As to why no-one has made it "big" -- been to the theatre lately? Hollywood studios are not currently interested in good filmmaking, only in re-employing people (and ideas) that they have good, long-standing relationships with.
That said, if there are scripts on this site that deserve to be major Hollywood productions, I've yet to come across them. Produced, certainly. Wide opening? I don't think so. Hopefully in my renewed reading efforts I will be proven wrong!
Didn't AmericanPsycho leave the boards because he'd had some kind of mainstream success or was at least in an immediate position to do so? I remember him writing some kind of farewell thread on the subject.
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