January 24 2016 Writing Festival Details

Originally posted on WILDsound Festival:
The writing festival will be presenting the best of Family Screenplays: An original TV spec of the show “Doctor Who”. A best scene reading of a Action TV Pilot called “Two Emperors”. Plus, a full feature screenplay reading of a Family/Comedy screenplay called “Four For The Border”. Here are the…

Today’s Loglines of the Day

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Free logline submissions. The Writing Festival network averages over 95,000 unique visitors a day. Great way to get your story out: http://www.wildsound.ca/logline.html Today’s Loglines: TV Logline of the Day: THE FIRST ONES, by Ageless http://tvfestival.org/2016/01/22/tv-logline-of-the-day-the-first-ones-by-ageless/ Novel Logline of the Day: THE RABBIT CULTURES, by Antonio Capaldo http://novelwritingfestival.com/2016/01/22/novel-logline-of-the-day-the-rabbit-cultures-by-antonio-capaldo/ Action Logline of…

Movie Review: THE 5TH WAVE (2016)

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Deadlines to Submit your Screenplay, Novel, Story, or Poem to the festival: http://www.wildsound.ca THE 5TH WAVE (USA 2016) ** Directed by J. Blakeson Starring: Chloë Grace Moretz, Matthew Zuk, Gabriela Lopez Review by Gilbert Seah THE 5TH WAVE is based on the young adult novel of the same name by Rick…

Movie Review: DIRTY GRANDPA (2016)

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Deadlines to Submit your Screenplay, Novel, Story, or Poem to the festival: http://www.wildsound.ca DIRTY GRANDPA (USA 2015) ***1/2 Directed by Dan Mazer Starring: Zac Efron, Robert DeNiro, Zoey Deutch, Aubrey Plaza Review by Gilbert Seah Read Interview with the Art Director Jeremy Woolsey A party scene has one character saying: “Party…

Interview with Foley Artist Marko Costanzo (Silence of the Lambs, The Departed, Life of Pi)

You need to be a good listener. We work for editors. Editors have different criterion for each show we work on. Some like it big and over the top. some like it subtle and more realistic. Each time a different foley editor would come into the room to supervise the recording, I would walk away with a better understanding about how things should sound. It’s important to gain the trust of your editors and listen to what they have to say. When they want something heavier you need to understand what they mean. Does heavier mean louder? Bigger? It’s a subjective art with lots of possible variations. It’s important to do things the way the client intends for it to be heard.

Movie Review: FLORENCE AND THE UFFIZI GALLERY 3D/4K (Italy 2016)

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Deadlines to Submit your Screenplay, Novel, Story, or Poem to the festival:http://www.wildsound.ca FLORENCE AND THE UFFIZI GALLERY 3D/4K (Italy 2015) ***1/2 Directed by Luca Viotto One of the world’s greatest attractions in Florence, Italy is the Uffizi Gallery and the central dome.  It is Renaissance art at its finest.  Cineplex’s…

Interview with Art Director Jeremy Woolsey (Pitch Perfect, Million Dollar Arm, Dirty Grandpa)

You’ve worked in the Art Department in over 40 productions in the last 10 years. Is there one or two films that you’re most proud of?

I am proud to be a part of the runaway hit
“Pitch Perfect” .. That film has touched a great deal of people. And I think our work on “Million Dollar Arm” was rewarding.

Interview with Kami Asgar, Oscar Nominated Sound Editor

Everything used to be a lot more time consuming and cumbersome.
As an example you had to go down to the sound library and search through reels of sound fx (later CDs) armed with a notebook looking for one sound effect. You usually picked the first one you found, took it back to your room, and sampled it in to the computer and synchronized it to the picture and went to the next effect and the repeated the cycle. since you could only do very short sequences because of lack of computer memory, you laid back to tape and hand wrote (legibly) each event on a cue sheet for the mixer.

Now you audition sounds from your database of hundreds of thousands of sound effects available to you remotely and pick just the right sound, and if you want to alter the sound, you have at your disposal a dizzying amount of plug-ins to change every aspect of your sound to fit the picture. You then upload it for the mixer to open in his session. (no more carrying reels and reels to the stage)

WILDsound Announces its January 2016 Feature & Short Screenplay Winners

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Watch the winning screenplays performed by professional actors. Feature Screenplay – CRIME EXTRAORDINAIRE Written by Howard Fridkin http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/crime_extraordinaire.html SYNOPSIS: Genres: Action, Adventure, Thriller, Crime For the ultimate revenge, an internationally renowned mystery writer uses his latest novel as a blueprint to steal the Eiffel Tower. CAST LIST: NARRATOR – Holly…