How to Hold an Audition

Each year The Film School holds two open auditions. It’s a really good idea. Anyone can come in. They fill out a form with their information and acting experience, get a head shot, and act out a scene that’s recorded. This is inputted into a database and...

Keeping the Outline in Scope

Thursday we had to read off outlines based on our pitches. The outlines are a bulleted list of important plot points you need your script to have. Most were within scope, at least time wise. It seems there will be a lot of guns and violence in the screenings next...

Writing and SpeedEDIT – Mid-Week Coffee Break

Five Tips for Finding Writing Time – Some pretty common writing tips, but I agree with Identify Your Productivity Zone. It’s the morning for me. SpeedEDIT Parody – A parody commercial for SpeedEDIT, an apparently revolutionary editor that is shipping...

Pitching Story Ideas

Today we had to pitch ideas for our F3 to the entire class. It was more of a “this is where I’m at with my script” versus selling your idea, since anything you decide to go with will get a greenlight. There were a few good pitches. Some even had...