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| 1. Get Your Dialogue DVD with a 1-Year Subscription |
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| 2. The May/June Issue of Script is on Newsstands Now! |
 In the May/June issue of Script, John Cusack, Jeremy Pikser, and Mark Leyner anatomize a pivotal scene from their upcoming War, Inc. Hawk Otsby & Mark Fergus and Art Marcum & Matt Holloway explain their tag-team script for the box-office mega-hit Iron Man. Animation writers from adult (Family Guy) and children's (Clifford the Big Red Dog) shows illustrate the challenges of "breaking all the rules" for cartoons. Screenwriting mentors Simon Kinberg (Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Jumper) and Christopher Morgan (Cellular, Wanted) workshop a scene from Shiela Bishop Irwin's American Tiger in Script's popular new feature, "Scene Fix."
Also in this issue, Jacob Forman explains the horror-immersion he experienced prior to tackling his All the Boys Love Mandy Lane script. Marshall Herskovitz discusses Quarterlife's revolutionary leap from the Internet to the small screen -- and back again. Ray Morton examines the legendary screenplays that burned up the box office over the last 30 years. And William Martell revisits Alfred Hitchcock's silent era for the cause of visual storytelling.
Read it all, and more, in the new Script.
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| 3. Script to Screen: Son of Rambow |
 While the characters in Garth Jennings' Son of Rambow play war, a real Sundance bidding war broke out over rights to the film. Jennings drew largely on his own childhood, his affinity for Sly, and his partnership with Nick Goldsmith to bring Son of Rambow to the screen.
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| 4. Inside the Sundance Screenwriters Lab |
 As an award-winning producer, Meg LeFauve learned how to give notes, but she didn't learn how to take them. While LeFauve, with partner John Morgan, workshopped her Cavanaughs script at the Sundance Screenwriters Lab, she discovered her writerly side -- and found it a little reptilian.
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| 5. Sunscreening: Summer Blockbusters |
 Walt Whitman categorized summer nights as those "with large, few stars." Could he have been anticipating this summer's release slate? Bob Verini rates the SPF (Script Performance Factor) of 2008's large, few blockbusters in his annual feature.
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| 6. Script Extra Edition: WGA Honorary Awards Luncheon |
 Writers Feted at WGA Honorary Awards Luncheon
by Joe Lajam
Final Draft attended the 2008 WGAW Honorary Awards Luncheon on April 23rd in Los Angeles. With this year’s strike-dictated cancellation of the WGA's black-tie awards ceremony, winning writers were greeted upon arrival with their awards statues.
In addition to the Guild anniversary celebration of 75 years, lifetime honors were given to Budd Schulberg (On the Waterfront), David Chase (The Sopranos), Robert Eisele & Jeffrey Porro (The Great Debaters), Tom Schulman (Dead Poets Society), Don M. Mankiewicz (Ironside), and Brad Bird (The Incredibles). When accepting his Screen Laurel Award, 94-year-old Schulberg reminded everyone of a time when being a member of the Writers Guild meant secret meetings in basements for fear of oppression from studio heads like Irving Thalberg. With the end of 2007's 100-day strike so fresh in people’s minds, it was a glimpse into the struggles of those who had come before.
Recipient of the Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award For Television, Chase used the stage as an opportunity to not only acknowledge his writing staff, but also the support and contributions of his wife. Bird, in accepting the Animation Writers Caucus lifetime achievement award joked that he hoped receiving a “lifetime achievement” award didn’t signal the end of his career as he still has kids to put through college. Using the well-known Dorothy Parker quote, “I hate writing. I love having written,” Bird nicely summed up both the struggles and the rewards that all writers, professional and aspiring.
Eisele & Porro were honored for their Great Debaters script with the Paul Selvin Award, which celebrates written work that embodies the spirit of constitutional rights and civil liberties. The Great Debaters tells the true story of the 1935 Wiley College African-American debate team, led by professor Melvin B. Tolson.
For more information on the 2008 WGAW Awards,
Visit: www.wga.org |
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| 7. Writers Marketplace |
Last Month for Big Break Entries!
Writers, you have a month to polish those scripts and enter Final Draft’s 9th Annual Big Break International Screenwriting Contest! The 2008 contest offers over $30,000 in cash and prizes, plus mentorship and Hollywood meetings. This year, Big Break has partnered with CineStory, an organization that provides screenwriters opportunities to work with committed industry professionals to raise the level of their craft and career marketability. At the CineStory Idyllwild retreat, the top three Big Break finalists will meet with retreat mentors to discuss their scripts and personal pathways to a professional life in the business. The Big Break contest winner will select two industry mentors with whom they will work for one year. With cash, rewards, mentorship, and industry exposure, Big Break lives up to its name. For success stories or to enter by June 1 for your Big Break (June 15 extended entry date),
Visit: www.finaldraft.com/bigbreak
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Visit: www.aaronmendelsohn.com
The Tenth Annual Nashville Screenwriters Conference
If you can only attend one conference this year, consider the Tenth Annual Nashville Screenwriters Conference (NSC) held on May 30-June 1 at the Union Station Hotel. The NSC is infamous for providing unique opportunities to network with some of Hollywood's top executives, producers and writers. NSC 2008 will feature the Music in the Movies panel, which allows songwriters to view scenes from upcoming film and television projects and submit songs for consideration, an advanced screening of HBO's newest mini-series, Generation Kill and face-to-face dialogue with writers from ABC's hit drama, Grey's Anatomy. The weekend culminates in a Silver Screen Party, which features world-class songwriters in the round. Past performers include Jimmy Lauderdale, John Hiatt, Kim Richey, and Mindy Smith in an intimate setting. Attendees have said it's one of the best conferences in the nation. For more information and ticket prices,
Visit: www.nashscreen.com
Independent Film Week – Deadline Approaching May 23
Submit your project today to Independent Film Week, formerly known as the IFP Market. Now accepting submissions in the following categories: Emerging Narrative Screenplays (for writers and writer/directors seeking producers); U.S.-based No Borders Scripts (for producers with partial financing); and Spotlight on Documentary Works-in-progress (for doc filmmakers in production or post). Annually, more than 1,000 industry professionals attend Independent Film Week; more than 2000 pitch meetings are arranged with buyers; more than $100,000 total value in the form of cash, product donations, and services are awarded. NEW in 2008, if your project is selected, participation is FREE. Contact: FilmmakerReg@ifp.org or 212.465.8200 x222. To submit,
Visit: www.independentfilmweek.com
CineStory -- Take Yourself to Summer Camp
CineStory is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing new screenwriters unprecedented access to industry professionals to help writers advance their craft and careers. Find your own mentor. Develop your own story. Discover your own personal set of skills and tools you can rely on for the rest of your career. Three day, four day, and seven day camps -- June 29-July 5, 2008 in Idyllwild. The following testimonials are from Summer Camp participants: Troy: The camp provided a great escape from the rest of the world, a place to let new ideas really sink in, to understand myself as I fit into this profession ... I feel bonded with my mentor and each of the writers. I will always be able to reach out to them in the future. Mary: I came to Idyllwild expecting to learn more about the craft of screenwriting. What I got was far greater … I learned about my own craft and how I write. For details, or to register for Summer Camp,
Visit: www.CineStory.org
Vancouver Film School Writing for Film & Television
In Vancouver Film School’s one-year Writing for Film & Television program, you will learn the screenwriter’s role in the film industry by writing, workshopping, and collaborating on a variety of storytelling forms, including feature screenplays, short film scripts, episodic TV scripts and pilots, sketch comedy, documentaries, and your own produced short film. Through our many productions during the year, you’ll also learn to write to deadlines, to work alone and as part of a writing team, and to rewrite effectively. To ensure you’re truly prepared to begin your screenwriting career, we teach you how to pitch and market your work. You’ll graduate armed with a portfolio of writing and the knowledge of how to get it made. To learn more,
Visit: www.vfs.com/screenwriter
13th Annual Slamdance Screenwriting Competition
The 2008 Slamdance Screenplay Competition, now in its 13th year, is currently accepting entries. Slamdance accepts screenplays in every genre, on any topic, from every country around the world with the intention of bringing attention to the most talented emerging screenwriters and introducing them to the entertainment industry. The final submission deadline is June 2. "Our goal is to breach the chasm between screenwriters and the industry,” says Peter Baxter, the president and co-founder of Slamdance, “and bring together those who are without the advantage of experience or representation and members of the industry looking for the next big thing." For submission forms, rules and regulations,
Visit: www.Slamdance.com |
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