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Rusted Pyre Screening at the ROM for WSFF
Gasps, sounds of shock, laughter, (and the low rumbling from the subway below the museum), all added to the experience and ambiance of the film. I had felt purely satisfied as I smugly said in my head, “this is the best film in this package.” Continue reading
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Tagged applause, brooke palsson, burning candles, burning car, creepy doll, Ginny, Northeast Front, Power Play, power plays, Q & A, Q and A, Q&A, ROM, rusted pyre, Sally, Samantha somer Wilson, Taipaei Taxi, The Combo (le Trio), The Tannery, Udflugt, Varisty Cinema, Varisty Theatre, Worldwide Short Film Festival, wsff
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Minus Lara Production Blog Shoot Day 1
Tweet Long period dresses whimsically fluttered as beautiful dancers spun around their tuxedo-clad partners in the Saskatchewan Legislative Building—a majestic structure with shiny marble floors and beautiful architecture all around. It was the first day of shooting for Minus Lara, … Continue reading
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Tagged Canadian Short Screenplay Competition, CSSC, david cormican, dillon andrews, Laurence cohen, Minus Lara, movie, production, Red Cam, romina dugo, rusted pyre, Short Film, Surita Parmar
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Amazon Studios Deal Good For You?
Tweet Screenwriters worldwide have been buzzing as of late in regards to Amazon’s newest venture, Amazon Studios. (http://studios.amazon.com/) With their Amazon Studios Deal, they claim that by participating you can: “Win money. Amazon Studios will award a combined $2.7 million … Continue reading
Rusted Pyre & Minus Lara Production (Prep) Blog 2
Tweet Previously on (Prep) Blog 1: We arrived at a cold Saskatchewan farm in the middle of nowhere—our key location for one of our productions (Rusted Pyre). The environmental conditions were too harsh to deal with; the snow, treacherous; the … Continue reading
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Tagged antique shop, Canadian Short Screenplay Competition, cbc, classic antiques, CSSC, david cormican, dillon andrews, Film, gaslight salloon, production, regina, saskatchewan, Short Film, shortisbetter, talk radio, white tractor
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Rusted Pyre and Minus Lara Production (Prep) Blog 1
Tweet ‘Twas a “prep day” of sorts for the production crew working on the CSSC’s short films Minus Lara and Rusted Pyre. We gathered around noon at a quaint antiques shop in downtown Regina, Saskatchewan, for some finalizing and shot … Continue reading
Script Tip: The Very Best Way To Pitch: Bait The Hook To Suit The Fish
As a writing coach, I have taught many students to pitch successfully over the past ten years. The key to pitching is: You must bait the hook to suit the fish. This means you must know three things before you make a pitch Continue reading
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Tagged Author101, ben vereen, caytha jentis, eartha kitt, horowitz center for screenwriting, little miss sunshine, logline, maralyn horowitz, maralyn horwitz, marilyn horowitz, marilyn's movie candy, organized, pitching, screenwriting, SCriptDC, vanessa williams, writing coach, writing for film
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Procrastinator’s Special Deadline
Tweet Attention Potential CSSC Entrant, I had full intentions of writing about this promotion earlier, but I held it off until now… whoops! As you may know, our mantra “Short. Is. Better.” holds true to all things—with, perhaps, the exception … Continue reading
May I suggest you become a Twriter?
Tweet As an advocate and early adapter of social media, I’ve witnessed the rise in popularity and the implementation of social media as it became a part of our daily lives. Okay, maybe I’m jumping to conclusions in using “our” … Continue reading
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Tagged #ww, Carolynne Ciceri, events, marketing, networking, opportunities, parties, Screenplay, Short Film, social media, Twitter, twriter, writer, writers wednesday, Writing
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Here’s Looking at You, CSSC
Tweet It feels like just yesterday—however, it was nearly two years ago that I joined the Canadian Short Screenplay Competition. It was a growing, respectable short-screenplay competition run by enthusiastic, intelligent and trustworthy individuals. I knew immediately that I’d gotten … Continue reading
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We’re officially open for the 2010/11 script competition season
We have begun the search for the best short film scripts of 2010. The CSSC’s search begins with the launch of the official website redux and by issuing the renewed challenge to budding and seasoned scribes alike in the form of the competition’s mantra: “Short. Is. Better.” The CSSC will herald and reward the best and most successful writers of short film for the year with the ultimate prize: a professionally produced, live-action short film. Continue reading
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Tagged #ww, Competition, competitions, contest, david cormican, films, Movies, Screenplay, screenplays, scripts, short films, short screenplays, tips, tricks, tv, withoutabox, Writing, YFF
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