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Watch the TV SPEC Screenplay of NEW GIRL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f28EBTf5gYs CAST LIST: NARRATOR – Val Cole JESS – Erynn Brook SCHMIDT – Rob Salerno NICK/BANKS – John Marcucci CECE – Leah Doz WINSTON – Peter Bent COACH – Mark Sparks STUDENT 1 – Graciela Alexandra Martinez STUDENT 2 – Jillian Cameron…

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Watch the 1st Chapter Novel Reading of THE SZGANY CHRONICLES: THE UNTOLD TALES OF DRACULA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvwc7m-otmM Novel performed by Mark Sparks Get to know winning writer David John Roberts III: 1. What is your novel about? My novel is a sequel to Bram Stoker’s “Dracula.” It is the fictional account…

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Watch the GIRLS “Camping” TV Spec Screenplay Reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvx8u23SqEo CAST LIST: NARRATOR – Val Cole HANNAH – Jillian Cameron MARNIE – Erynn Brook JESSA – Graciela Alexandra Martinez SHOSHANNA/THERESA – Leah Doz ADAM – John Marcucci TOM – Peter Bent RAY – Rob Salerno Matthew Toffolo interview winning writer Yolanda…

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Watch the 1st Scene Reading of MYA’S TRUTH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu6zZ2mR3YU CAST LIST: NARRATOR – Val Cole MYA – Leah Doz MONA – Erynn Brook CANDACE – Graciela Martinez JASMINE – Jillian Cameron ROBERT – John Marcucci WALTER – Rob Salerno Get to know writer Thomas L. Ferguson: 1. What is your…

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Deadline May 10th: STAGE PLAY #Festival. Get play performed by actors. FULL FEEDBACK http://www.wildsound.ca/play_contest.html WINNERS get their stageplay read at the Writing Festival. WATCH the recent WINNING STAGEPLAY Readings – http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/stageplay_readings.html —- DEADLINE May 10th: SAVE $10 COMEDY Screenplay Festival – FULL FEEDBACK. Get script performed at festival. http://www.wildsound.ca/comedy_contest.html Watch…

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I always thought that once a film is finished (or abandoned, as someone said once…), it no longer belongs to the filmmakers – it belongs to the audience. The WILDsound festival is the perfect illustration of that. I very much appreciate the fact that your audience took the time to…

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I loved hearing all the different interpretations from the different audience members. Everyone comes to a screening with different backgrounds and history, and that all informs the way in which they receive and perceive a film; it was fascinating to me, and I thought everyone had very valuable things to…

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Ideas to be a great Film Director! Directing a film is the most intensely solitary and intensely collaborative experience you may ever have. On a psychological level, it’s about keeping your ego in perfect balance with your need for input, and your vision moving forward with your changing circumstances. Whether…

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THE DIRECTOR’S FIVE STAGES OF PRE-PRODUCTION -Scriptwriting -Production Design -Script Analysis -Cinematography -Rehearsal SCRIPTWRITING -Dissect the script and come up with gameplan -Write down ideas for images for each scene -Look for connections to your own past experiences PRODUCTION DESIGN -Scriptwriting answers the WHAT questions of the story; Production Design…

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The AVIFF 2015 programme: http://art-film-festival.com/programme-2015/ Designed in 2008 as a contemporary art fair or all Art-galleries were only obliged to submit the works of Artists in visual art, “Art show Cannes” becomes the “AVIFF-Art Film Festival” in 2010 with an initial selection of movies authors assigned to Camillo Racana, “curator”…