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Monthly Archives: November 2011
#WW CSSC Writer Wednesday | Blog the 22nd: In the Beginning
Tweet Has anyone seen that video of the two football players, Angelo Mosca and Joe Kapp? I have been sent it from a number of people because of its similarity to my film, Those Forgotten. The two elderly men come … Continue reading
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Kick Started; Canadian Filmmakers Finance ‘Elijah The Prophet’ Using Crowd-Funding Website
Producer David Cormican and Director James Cooper have successfully crowd-funded approximately $21,000.00 through online website Kickstarter for their short film, starring Brian Markinson, ‘Elijah the Prophet’. Continue reading
Posted in #scriptchat, Announcement, Canadian Short Screenplay Competition, david cormican, Industry News, Interesting Find, Press Release, Production, Screenplay, Short Film, Website, Winner
Tagged Alan Hardiman, Alwyn Kumst, Best of Canada, Brian Markinson, Canadian Short Screenplay Competition, Cannes, Caprica, Charlie Wilson’s War, crowd-funding, david cormican, Degrassi, drunk driving, elijah the prophet, Emmy, Faces in the Crowd, film funding, Ginger Snaps, James Cooper, Jessica Biel, Katherine Isabelle, kick starter, kickstarter, MADD, Melanie Nicholls-King, Milla Jovovich, Minus Lara, Pass Over, passover, Polka Dot Door, Poor Boy’s Game, Reel Rave International Film Festival, Rookie Blue, rusted pyre, screenplay-competition, She’s The Mayor, Shooter, Short Film, The Border, The Tall Man, The Wire, Tonya Lee Williams, Winner, Y and R, Y&R, YnR, Yorkton Film Festival, Young & the Restless
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#WW CSSC Writer Wednesday | Blog the 21st: Get it all Down
Tweet I would like to clear up a claim I have often made. Not only is the first draft of any script not very good, it’s terrible. I have made this claim may times and I firmly believe it. But … Continue reading
Withoutabox In The Spotlight
Tweet Thanks for the shout out from the good folks at Withoutabox, who profiled the CSSC earlier this week. We’ve cut and pasted for those of you who may have missed the blast out: CANADIAN SHORT SCREENPLAY COMPETITION Winners Announced: … Continue reading
Posted in Announcement, Canadian Short Screenplay Competition, david cormican, Industry News, Offsite Article, Screenplay, Short Film, Winner
Tagged Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Bravo!FACT, CSSC, Daniel audet, Evan Jobb, minu lara, rusted pyre, saskfilm, screenplay comp, Screenplay Contest, screenplay contests, script competition, Surita Parmar, william f whites, withoutabox
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#WW CSSC Writer Wednesday | Blog the 20th: The Space Between
Tweet White space is your friend. And it is a very good friend, so you better start excepting its help. White space breaks up the page, it breaks up the story, it makes the prose easier to read. Instead of … Continue reading
THE Blog nominated to defend it’s Title in the Writing & Literature category; plus a new category nomination!
Tweet THE Blog has been nominated for the Ninjamatics 2011 Canadian Weblog Awards in the Arts & Culture and Writing & Literature categories. The 2011 Canadian Weblog Awards are a juried competition with nominations open in 37 categories between January … Continue reading
Posted in #scriptchat, #ww, Announcement, Canadian Short Screenplay Competition, david cormican, Industry News, Website, Winner, Writing
Tagged 2011 Canadian Weblog Award, blogging, Canadian Weblog Awards, Carolynne Ciceri, CWA, david cormican, dillon andrews, Evan Jobb, nominee, THE Blog, web awards, Writing
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Drunken antics – Diversions – The Diamondback – University of Maryland
Tweet Drunken antics By Sunday, November 6, 2011 4 Elijah the Prophet In every family, there’s that one relative. You know, the one who means well but ends up drinking far too much alcohol and embarrassing himself at holiday functions. … Continue reading
Posted in Canadian Short Screenplay Competition, david cormican, Industry News, Interesting Find, Interview, Offsite Article, Production, Screenplay, Short Film, Winner
Tagged Brian Markinson, Canadian Short Screenplay Competition, charlie wilson's war, david cormican, dui, elijah, elijah the prophet, HBO, James Cooper, jesse herrmann, jewish tradition, kick starter, kickstarter, Melanie Nicholls-King, nicholls-king, Pass Over, The Wire, Tonya Lee Williams, wine, Y&R, YnR, young and the restless, zach herrmann
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#WW CSSC Writer Wednesday | Blog the 18th: A Chat About Women in Film
Tweet I have brought in director, Alyssa Buchanan, for this week’s post. Because today’s topic is something we have often discussed and was inspired by our trip to a Halloween store last weekend. There is a trend in Halloween costumes, … Continue reading

















