Comic Con or BUST!
So here I go, off to Comic Con… and I am a Comic Con Virgin… but I will be going with two Geekalicious Ladies who live for Geekdom.. and hopefully we won’t be trampled by a slew of Iron Men in the process… I am both excited and freaked out. (more…)
Working as a Photo Stylist is Fun!
Working as a Photo Stylist is Fun!
I love fashion, I love accessories, I love photography, make-up and hair, so when I had the chance to do some styling for a photoshoot at The Hair Studio 108, I jumped at it. After a day of fun and fashion, I am thinking I will get a true kit together and do more of this..
The team responsible for these amazing photos are:
Photographer: Kevan Wilkinson
Hair Designs: The Hair Studio 108
MakeUp: ZeBek of I Eat Makeup (also find her at http://www.IScreamGarbage.com)
Some Accessories I used are by: FaithGrows
Models:
Alex Pendygraft
Liana Piper (also a muscial wench)
Lil Steph (New to Modeling, but already a pro!)
Ana Wilkinson (The Sophisticate)
ENJOY – WHAT DO YOU THINK?
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Raymond Did It has Wrapped & Here is a Sneak Peek!
Check out the Trailer for this Indy Film… very cool.
A list of Screenwriting Books you MUST READ
Here is a comprehensive LINKED list of the best screenwriting books out there. If you are an aspiring screenwriter, you MUST READ these books. Of course along with LOTS AND LOTS of screenplays.!
The Complete Guide to Standard Script Formats – Cole/Haag
The Screenwriter’s Bible – David Trottier
The Elements of Style – William Strunk & E.B. White (more…)
How to Market a Screenplay
Are you ready to sell your screenplay?
If you have gotten tons of feedback via local groups, acting collaborations to have your script read aloud (good local groups can be found or made at Meetups.com
Perfect the scripts to your absolute BEST. I love Save the Cat, by Blake Snyder – its is great.. there are tons of books you can read on the topic and of course you should read tons of screenplays, lots are available for free at: Script-O-Rama! and SimplyScripts (sometimes these are post shooting scripts, but it still helps to see how others handle communicating actions etc.)
I have a list of screenwriting software here: List of Screenwriting Software and i use movie magic screenwriter but have used Final Draft as well. Format is a big deal for readers, so make sure you are up on all that stuff.
Ummm… so, when you are ready to roll.. I would work out a killer log line – here is an article on that, but SAVE THE CAT has the best formula i have heard for it yet.. LogLines for Screenplay and you can buy Save the Cat here!
Then, I would create a great query letter, here is some info on what that: http://www.isomedia.com/homes/screen/query.htm & http://filmdiva.blogspot.com/2006/07/sample-query-letter-really.html
This will be your first impression (never send an entire script, unless it has been asked for.. it is a waste of your money and time – start with a query letter).
OKAY! Now you are ready to spend some cash! Get a subscription to Hollywood Creative Directory Online as well as Internet Movie Database Pro and use those to create a data base of people you will mail to.. I like to seek out Development Execs and people involved in producing films similar to the script i am trying to sell on IMDBpro and then look their information up in HCDonline.com and send to them specifically. but there are lots of ways to use the information those two sources give you.
Make sure to follow any requirements listed. Whether you are sending to a producer, dev exec, agent or other. Some people send queries even when “no unsolicited material” is accepted.. its your money.. sometimes you get lucky, so you can make that call.
Most of all, if you get ANY feedback in a rejection notice outside of the usual form letter, CHERISH it.. i always stress that, because they took the time to give you something valuable.. their opinion on what you can do to improve your chances and an opening to send a follow up thanking them and perhaps even re-sending the script back after the changes have been made.
I am so sorry
I am been totally neglecting my blog and I apologize. Not that the universe cracks or anything when I don’t blog, but it seems rude to start something and then just become absent with out an explanation. I started a new job back in April running a corporate marketing department and I am also in the middle of relocating from Los Angeles City to the LBC near the Pike.. watch our Foursquare Mayors in the area, here i come! Anyway, this means I haven’t had much time for blogging, but i still love you and here is a Robert McKee interview to prove it!
Google Adwords Customer Service
Need to talk to a real human at google? It is really hard to find the location of the good adwords customer service telephone number. So here it is people! Just for you!
866.246.6453
Recently, I had to speak with someone at google adwords and locating the number was nothing short of an all out net hunt with lots of wrong turns, so when i finally found the number, i thought it might be nice to post it where people can find it. Hope they don’t change the number that often.
Happy Advertising!
4 Things I learned from Old Spice Man About Marketing!
Learn Marketing from the Old Spice Man!
Old Spice is like Oldsmobile… someone drives/uses them, but it certainly isn’t you or anyone you would consider having drinks with… right… Their new campaign featuring a hot man speaking only to WOMEN in a pseudo “romance novelish” series of scenes offering women tickets to “that thing you love” which quickly turn into diamonds is hysterical! This product truly suffered from being “out of style” and pigeon holded as something your Dad used that someone always gave him along with Soap on a Rope for Christmas. It was definitely not HOT or Modern! (more…)
Raymond Did It!
Whoop Whoop! Support Indie Film Makers! So you are always complaining that there are no real Indie Films anyway.. that Sundance is littered with professionals who bogart all the funds and awards and that no one can get their foot in the door. So help out! I follow this guy on twitter (@TravisLegge) and he has just started work on his first feature length film called Raymond Did It. It is a slasher film in the tradition of Halloween and Prom Night. YAY HORROR! (more…)
A List of Screenwriting Software
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Comic Con or BUST!
So here I go, off to Comic Con… and I am a Comic Con Virgin… but I will be going with two Geekalicious Ladies who live for Geekdom.. and hopefully we won’t be trampled by a slew of Iron Men in the process… I am both excited and freaked out. (more…)
Working as a Photo Stylist is Fun!
Working as a Photo Stylist is Fun!
I love fashion, I love accessories, I love photography, make-up and hair, so when I had the chance to do some styling for a photoshoot at The Hair Studio 108, I jumped at it. After a day of fun and fashion, I am thinking I will get a true kit together and do more of this..
The team responsible for these amazing photos are:
Photographer: Kevan Wilkinson
Hair Designs: The Hair Studio 108
MakeUp: ZeBek of I Eat Makeup (also find her at http://www.IScreamGarbage.com)
Some Accessories I used are by: FaithGrows
Models:
Alex Pendygraft
Liana Piper (also a muscial wench)
Lil Steph (New to Modeling, but already a pro!)
Ana Wilkinson (The Sophisticate)
ENJOY – WHAT DO YOU THINK?
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Raymond Did It has Wrapped & Here is a Sneak Peek!
Check out the Trailer for this Indy Film… very cool.
A list of Screenwriting Books you MUST READ
Here is a comprehensive LINKED list of the best screenwriting books out there. If you are an aspiring screenwriter, you MUST READ these books. Of course along with LOTS AND LOTS of screenplays.!
The Complete Guide to Standard Script Formats – Cole/Haag
The Screenwriter’s Bible – David Trottier
The Elements of Style – William Strunk & E.B. White (more…)
How to Market a Screenplay
Are you ready to sell your screenplay?
If you have gotten tons of feedback via local groups, acting collaborations to have your script read aloud (good local groups can be found or made at Meetups.com
Perfect the scripts to your absolute BEST. I love Save the Cat, by Blake Snyder – its is great.. there are tons of books you can read on the topic and of course you should read tons of screenplays, lots are available for free at: Script-O-Rama! and SimplyScripts (sometimes these are post shooting scripts, but it still helps to see how others handle communicating actions etc.)
I have a list of screenwriting software here: List of Screenwriting Software and i use movie magic screenwriter but have used Final Draft as well. Format is a big deal for readers, so make sure you are up on all that stuff.
Ummm… so, when you are ready to roll.. I would work out a killer log line – here is an article on that, but SAVE THE CAT has the best formula i have heard for it yet.. LogLines for Screenplay and you can buy Save the Cat here!
Then, I would create a great query letter, here is some info on what that: http://www.isomedia.com/homes/screen/query.htm & http://filmdiva.blogspot.com/2006/07/sample-query-letter-really.html
This will be your first impression (never send an entire script, unless it has been asked for.. it is a waste of your money and time – start with a query letter).
OKAY! Now you are ready to spend some cash! Get a subscription to Hollywood Creative Directory Online as well as Internet Movie Database Pro and use those to create a data base of people you will mail to.. I like to seek out Development Execs and people involved in producing films similar to the script i am trying to sell on IMDBpro and then look their information up in HCDonline.com and send to them specifically. but there are lots of ways to use the information those two sources give you.
Make sure to follow any requirements listed. Whether you are sending to a producer, dev exec, agent or other. Some people send queries even when “no unsolicited material” is accepted.. its your money.. sometimes you get lucky, so you can make that call.
Most of all, if you get ANY feedback in a rejection notice outside of the usual form letter, CHERISH it.. i always stress that, because they took the time to give you something valuable.. their opinion on what you can do to improve your chances and an opening to send a follow up thanking them and perhaps even re-sending the script back after the changes have been made.
I am so sorry
I am been totally neglecting my blog and I apologize. Not that the universe cracks or anything when I don’t blog, but it seems rude to start something and then just become absent with out an explanation. I started a new job back in April running a corporate marketing department and I am also in the middle of relocating from Los Angeles City to the LBC near the Pike.. watch our Foursquare Mayors in the area, here i come! Anyway, this means I haven’t had much time for blogging, but i still love you and here is a Robert McKee interview to prove it!
Google Adwords Customer Service
Need to talk to a real human at google? It is really hard to find the location of the good adwords customer service telephone number. So here it is people! Just for you!
866.246.6453
Recently, I had to speak with someone at google adwords and locating the number was nothing short of an all out net hunt with lots of wrong turns, so when i finally found the number, i thought it might be nice to post it where people can find it. Hope they don’t change the number that often.
Happy Advertising!
4 Things I learned from Old Spice Man About Marketing!
Learn Marketing from the Old Spice Man!
Old Spice is like Oldsmobile… someone drives/uses them, but it certainly isn’t you or anyone you would consider having drinks with… right… Their new campaign featuring a hot man speaking only to WOMEN in a pseudo “romance novelish” series of scenes offering women tickets to “that thing you love” which quickly turn into diamonds is hysterical! This product truly suffered from being “out of style” and pigeon holded as something your Dad used that someone always gave him along with Soap on a Rope for Christmas. It was definitely not HOT or Modern! (more…)
Raymond Did It!
Whoop Whoop! Support Indie Film Makers! So you are always complaining that there are no real Indie Films anyway.. that Sundance is littered with professionals who bogart all the funds and awards and that no one can get their foot in the door. So help out! I follow this guy on twitter (@TravisLegge) and he has just started work on his first feature length film called Raymond Did It. It is a slasher film in the tradition of Halloween and Prom Night. YAY HORROR! (more…)
