RE: Some thoughts on Amazon Studios
steff...@aol.com
Also... can we add telescript intended for sitcoms that have long-since
ended? I've got a few for the Will & Grace show that I'd love to toss up
there.
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From: clay...@aol.com
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 18:33:04 -0500
To: mongos-h...@googlegroups.com
Subject: Some thoughts on "Amazon Studios"
Here's the link: Studios.Amazon.com
Amazon -- in conjunction with Warner Bros. -- has started this online
studio to "unearth" some scripts and/or movies.
WARNING: Any script you upload to this site is immediately viewable and
downloadable by ANYBODY who signs up.
WARNING # 2: If Amazon decides to award your script a prize, they OWN
it forever and ever. They award $20,000 to two scripts a month,
starting January.
WARNING # 3: Anybody can give "notes" on your script, qualified or not.
That being said, this could be a good opportunity to get noticed --
especially if you have a script known around town as a "Frisbee" --
it's been tossed around by everybody.
Which leads us to WARNING # 4: Don't upload any script you have "hopes"
for. Bad coverage/notes -- especially by unqualified people -- will be
the kiss of death.
However, the way the site is set up makes it easy to be "gamed" -- and
here's how: A group of screenwriters gets together and decides to give
each others' scripts five stars and good coverage.
That will start the ball rolling so that each script dominates the
highly rated section of the website.
FULL DISCLOSURE: Yes, I put a script up there -- one that I've been
having some second act problems with. It'll be interesting to see
what notes I get.
C.
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Ace DeSone
http://studios.amazon.com/projects/535
As for "Will and Grace" why not just flip it and enter it as an
original series? Make the two gay guys lesbians, and the straight
character (Grace) a straight guy. All the humor stays the same and
you've got something that just might go somewhere.
On Nov 18, 5:08 pm, "steffst...@aol.com" <steffst...@aol.com> wrote:
> Send us a link to your script so we can vote for you.
>
> Also... can we add telescript intended for sitcoms that have long-since
> ended? I've got a few for the Will & Grace show that I'd love to toss up
> there.
>
> Original Message:
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Paulo Joe Jingy
Paulo Joe Jingy
well-defined aliases?
Don't worry about he comments being amateur -- you can write 'em for
me.
So if ten "well written" reviews and ten "5 Star" ratings from ten
distinct and not-completely-dumbassed people would help, I'm open to
negotiations.
How about something from Taco Bell's under-a-dollar menu? Too rich?
(I can negotiate.)
steff...@aol.com
Could work, but a lot of what is there is so specific to the
series that I'm better off just writing something fresh.
But I can always vote for your project!
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Ace DeSone
off with just a VHS cassette!
>
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Ace DeSone
files once they realize how much it hurts their submissions.
Paulo Joe Jingy
On Nov 23, 11:53 am, Ace DeSone <AceDeS...@aol.com> wrote:
> And to think I knew you -- back in the day -- when you could be bought
> off with just a VHS cassette!
My appetite for graft just keeps growing by leaps and bounds.
In five more years, it might take a whole Happy Meal to buy me.