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 Final Draft hosted its annual party at the Montmartre Lounge in Hollywood on October 18. Oliver Stone was the honored guest and was awarded Final Draft's Third Annual Hall of Fame Award. Stone gave an inspiring acceptance speech and his presence elevated the entire evening. In attendance were industry professionals and VIP guests, plus the newly revealed top three winners of the Big Break contest.Big Break is an annual, global screenwriting contest designed to support emerging creative talent. Big Break rewards screenwriters with cash, prizes and A-list executive meetings. Winners and finalists alike have had their screenplays optioned and produced and have secured high-profile representation as well as lucrative writing deals. To view the photo gallery highlights of our annual party, Visit: www.finaldraft.com/company/on-the-scene/20071018-fdparty.php  The Grand Prize Winners of the 2007 Big Break International screenwriting contest are: 1st Place Winner: Robert Frisbee, CA for Cityfall In a bleak and distant feudal future, the world’s last city is dying, choked off within a mysterious energy barrier that cuts it off from the outside world. Humanity’s only hope to regain what lies “beyond the breach” is carried in the heart of a rebellion rising up against the fist and steel of a brutal ruler. 2nd Place Winner: Geraint Horwood, Buckinghamshire, UK for Knight Knight Two saddle-sore knights go on a quest for love, adventure and comfortable underwear. Their quest to save a damsel in distress finds them working for the very king who kidnapped her. The damsel bullies them into rescuing her and soon it is they who are in distress. 3rd Place Winner: Tony Urgo, CA for The Wizard Joe King of a resplendent fairytale country, Leonard Ludwig wakes up to discover he's been in a coma, all his life memories the result of an experimental therapy that kept his mind alive while his body healed. As rival factions threaten to take control of his beloved world, Leonard fights to save the only reality he now knows. Congratulations to our winners. For more information, or for your chance to win your Big Break, Visit: www.finaldraft.com/bigbreak |
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 Final Draft, Inc. has launched a new program, spotlighting the works of up and coming filmmakers from around the globe. Every two weeks, a clip or trailer will be featured on this new page as well as the YouTube and MySpace sites. To view our inaugural spotlight, Visit: www.finaldraft.com/ontheverge |
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About Brooks Institute: The Brooks Institute has provided a hands-on, student-focused education since its founding in 1945. In the mid-1950s The Film and Video Production Program began as a natural outgrowth of the photography program. Using the same hands-on approach to teaching and learning, Brooks' students have the opportunity to master the art and craft of moviemaking. Notable alumni include: Isidore Mankofsky, cinematographer for The Muppet Movie and Somewhere in Time; Dominick Palmer, cinematographer for the TV series M*A*S*H; Robert Legato, Academy Award®-winner for Titanic, Best Effects (Digital Domain), Visual Effects Supervisor for The Aviator; and most recently, Boris Undorf, winner of the Best Cinematography award at New York’s VisionFest ’04 Festival for Sonata. For more information about the Brooks Institute and its programs, Visit: www.brooks.edu |
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| The following are messages from our sponsors: Vancouver Film School Writing for Film & Television Program 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. Check out our profile in the current issue of Script magazine, or for more information, Visit: www.vfs.com/climax iScript iScript.com is a script reading service with a twist: Screenwriters can not only fine tune their script by listening to a professionally recorded read of the script, they can also entice busy Hollywood execs by offering the story in a desirable ‘anytime, anywhere’ audio format. Screenwriters submit their script and iScript creates an audio format of the work. iScript.com uses professionals to make a script or screenplay come to life by recording a customized read of the entire document. The process takes two days and is delivered in a downloadable MP3 format. The recording is also available on CD and flash drive. Once the recording is delivered clients may listen to the audio file ("iScript™") on iPods®, MP3 players and CD players. For more information, or to submit your script, Visit: www.iscript.com Aaron Mendelsohn Script Consulting Don't "fade in" to your screenwriting career ... smash cut to it! Go beyond script analysis, get expert career consultation from a working Hollywood screenwriter. Services include script development from concept to final draft, expert script, character and scene analysis, and career guidance and strategic planning. Consulting services take place via phone or, for Los Angeles residents, in person. Rates are competitive and availability is limited. Mention Final Draft and receive a 20% discount! For more information, Visit: www.aaronmendelsohn.com The Dialogue Series "Learning From the Masters" is a groundbreaking interview series that goes behind the scenes of the fascinating craft of screenwriting. In these 70-90 minute in-depth discussions, more than two dozen of today's most successful screenwriters share their work habits, methods and inspirations, secrets of the trade, business advice and eye-opening stories from life in the trenches of the film industry. Each screenwriter discusses his or her filmography in great detail and breaks down the mechanics of one favorite scene from their produced work. The series is hosted by industry veteran and film fanatic Mike Deluca at theOffice in Santa Monica. Visit: www.thedialogueseries.com |
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