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Craig Kellem
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Welcome to the latest edition of the Hollywoodscript.com Newsletter,
which is published by script consultants Craig Kellem and Judy Kellem
at http://www.hollywoodscript.com. If you do not wish to receive this
newsletter, please reply to this E-Mail and put the word "UNSUBSCRIBE"
in the subject line.
The purpose of this newsletter is to share information, ideas etc.
concerning the fascinating (and elusive) world of screenwriting.
Oct. 2013
Dear Craig,
Our production company, Monomyth Enchantment has acquired the
screenplay GET HAPPY written by TOM SHIPLEY which will be our first
feature film under this banner. Thank you for bringing the project to
us. We are currently working with an established casting director and
plan to start principal photography in January of 2014, for a fall
release next year.
As you know, our production team includes producer Sania Jhankar,
Co-founder and Director of I Laugh I Cry Films who has recently
completed a successful festival run with independent film BUTTERFLIES
OF BILL BAKER under an NYC based production house, I Laugh I Cry
Films.
http://vimeo.com/69138530
- Manoj
Dear Craig,
Just wanted to thank you for all you've done for me and this project.
This literally wouldn't have happened without you. And while I'm not
exactly ready to quit my day job, it's an important step
none-the-less. So, thank you.
Can't wait for you to help me make my next script happen.
- Tom Shipley
NOV 2013: NEW BOOK ON RICHARD PRYOR AND SNL AND WE'RE IN IT
INKTIP CONTINUES TO ROCK!
As most of you know INKTIP.COM is a screenplay facilitation company
that helps Industry Professionals find good scripts & writers. We have
been gratified and honored to be associated with them for several
years. In fact more than 200 films have been produced from scripts and
writers found through InkTip. They provide a generous and effective
prize to our contest winners. Please check the latest from them
here!!!
INKTIP: http://inktip.com/
GETTING BLOCKED? FIND THAT WRITING CAP!
BY JUDY KELLEM
It’s easy to move through the world without your writing cap – to pass
the day having conversations wherein you’re not hearing “dialogue”; to
interact with others without that internal narrator noting the
“dramatic details” of the exchange. In fact, it can be a serious
relief to turn off that artist voice inside that wants to make a story
or scene out of practically every second of one’s existence.
It’s a relief until you show up to your writing desk and find it’s
very hard to get started, you’re feeling “blank” and even doing a
revision of material that’s already written proves daunting – you keep
coming up with “nothing” and the ominous threat of writer’s block
starts to overtake you.
In these moments, it’s always a good idea to stop, relax, and go find
your internal writing cap – that way of perceiving the world as
MATERIAL.
You can start by narrating yourself, describing the details of
yourself in that moment, earlier that day, leading up to trying to
write. You can take detours into your interior – random thoughts you
are having or were having hours before that you were not completely
paying attention to; the impressions you had while walking or driving
or talking to someone, which at the time you were not “hearing and
seeing”.
Remind yourself of the day before: What did you do, who were you with
and how did you feel about it?
As you make these descriptions, no matter how mundane they may or may
not seem, you are waking up the artist inside, forcing him or her to
have a cup of coffee, find the hook where your writer’s cap hangs and
put that cap firmly on your head. In so doing, you are replacing the
mind’s eye that only looks without much thinking, and reminding it to
really SEE - to start EXAMINING.
Once the cap is placed, call someone or go do some simple task wherein
you are re-exposed to dialogue. Test your hearing. Are you starting to
really pay attention to the way others speak? Are you again tuned in
to the intonations people make, the subtle layers of deeper
information they unconsciously (or consciously) reveal in what they
say?
Listen with your writer’s ear; watch the speaker with your writer’s eye.
How do they express themselves? What body language do they use? How do
they use their eyes? What do you imagine them to be thinking?
Identify the characteristics conveyed through the most casual
conversation. The writing material will start to gather instantly and
that looming threat of “writer’s block” will prove little more than
self-generated smoke and mirrors.
When you go back to your writing desk, chances are that blankness will
have dissipated and your head will be lively with images and voices,
ready for creative expression.
COPYRIGHT HOLLYWOODSCRIPT.COM LLC 2013, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
SCRIPTBLASTER E-QUERY SERVICE has an incredibly vast database of
producers, agents, managers and the like. They can zap your coverage
or query directly into the hands of many viable Hollywood producers,
agents, managers etc. A unique feature is that the emails will be
generated from your own personal email so industry professionals will
respond directly to you. If you'd like assistance writing your query
letter, their experienced editing team can create a complete query
letter for you that will include a tight logline and a compelling
synopsis. For more information about their services visit:
http://www.scriptblaster.com Or, if you have any questions you can
email them at: http://www....@scriptblaster.com
COPYRIGHT HOLLYWOODSCRIPT.COM 2013, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
which is published by script consultants Craig Kellem and Judy Kellem
at http://www.hollywoodscript.com. If you do not wish to receive this
newsletter, please reply to this E-Mail and put the word "UNSUBSCRIBE"
in the subject line.
The purpose of this newsletter is to share information, ideas etc.
concerning the fascinating (and elusive) world of screenwriting.
Oct. 2013
Dear Craig,
Our production company, Monomyth Enchantment has acquired the
screenplay GET HAPPY written by TOM SHIPLEY which will be our first
feature film under this banner. Thank you for bringing the project to
us. We are currently working with an established casting director and
plan to start principal photography in January of 2014, for a fall
release next year.
As you know, our production team includes producer Sania Jhankar,
Co-founder and Director of I Laugh I Cry Films who has recently
completed a successful festival run with independent film BUTTERFLIES
OF BILL BAKER under an NYC based production house, I Laugh I Cry
Films.
http://vimeo.com/69138530
- Manoj
Dear Craig,
Just wanted to thank you for all you've done for me and this project.
This literally wouldn't have happened without you. And while I'm not
exactly ready to quit my day job, it's an important step
none-the-less. So, thank you.
Can't wait for you to help me make my next script happen.
- Tom Shipley
NOV 2013: NEW BOOK ON RICHARD PRYOR AND SNL AND WE'RE IN IT
INKTIP CONTINUES TO ROCK!
As most of you know INKTIP.COM is a screenplay facilitation company
that helps Industry Professionals find good scripts & writers. We have
been gratified and honored to be associated with them for several
years. In fact more than 200 films have been produced from scripts and
writers found through InkTip. They provide a generous and effective
prize to our contest winners. Please check the latest from them
here!!!
INKTIP: http://inktip.com/
GETTING BLOCKED? FIND THAT WRITING CAP!
BY JUDY KELLEM
It’s easy to move through the world without your writing cap – to pass
the day having conversations wherein you’re not hearing “dialogue”; to
interact with others without that internal narrator noting the
“dramatic details” of the exchange. In fact, it can be a serious
relief to turn off that artist voice inside that wants to make a story
or scene out of practically every second of one’s existence.
It’s a relief until you show up to your writing desk and find it’s
very hard to get started, you’re feeling “blank” and even doing a
revision of material that’s already written proves daunting – you keep
coming up with “nothing” and the ominous threat of writer’s block
starts to overtake you.
In these moments, it’s always a good idea to stop, relax, and go find
your internal writing cap – that way of perceiving the world as
MATERIAL.
You can start by narrating yourself, describing the details of
yourself in that moment, earlier that day, leading up to trying to
write. You can take detours into your interior – random thoughts you
are having or were having hours before that you were not completely
paying attention to; the impressions you had while walking or driving
or talking to someone, which at the time you were not “hearing and
seeing”.
Remind yourself of the day before: What did you do, who were you with
and how did you feel about it?
As you make these descriptions, no matter how mundane they may or may
not seem, you are waking up the artist inside, forcing him or her to
have a cup of coffee, find the hook where your writer’s cap hangs and
put that cap firmly on your head. In so doing, you are replacing the
mind’s eye that only looks without much thinking, and reminding it to
really SEE - to start EXAMINING.
Once the cap is placed, call someone or go do some simple task wherein
you are re-exposed to dialogue. Test your hearing. Are you starting to
really pay attention to the way others speak? Are you again tuned in
to the intonations people make, the subtle layers of deeper
information they unconsciously (or consciously) reveal in what they
say?
Listen with your writer’s ear; watch the speaker with your writer’s eye.
How do they express themselves? What body language do they use? How do
they use their eyes? What do you imagine them to be thinking?
Identify the characteristics conveyed through the most casual
conversation. The writing material will start to gather instantly and
that looming threat of “writer’s block” will prove little more than
self-generated smoke and mirrors.
When you go back to your writing desk, chances are that blankness will
have dissipated and your head will be lively with images and voices,
ready for creative expression.
COPYRIGHT HOLLYWOODSCRIPT.COM LLC 2013, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
SCRIPTBLASTER E-QUERY SERVICE has an incredibly vast database of
producers, agents, managers and the like. They can zap your coverage
or query directly into the hands of many viable Hollywood producers,
agents, managers etc. A unique feature is that the emails will be
generated from your own personal email so industry professionals will
respond directly to you. If you'd like assistance writing your query
letter, their experienced editing team can create a complete query
letter for you that will include a tight logline and a compelling
synopsis. For more information about their services visit:
http://www.scriptblaster.com Or, if you have any questions you can
email them at: http://www....@scriptblaster.com
COPYRIGHT HOLLYWOODSCRIPT.COM 2013, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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