Hello Stage 32!
It's inspiring to see so many creative people in one place.
Creativity Heaven. : )
My first feature length film, INHERITED INSANITY (inspired by my colorful childhood)
was my "film school". It was truly a labor of love. I produced it without any knowledge at all
about how to actually do it, and although it is not the film I envisioned, exactly, : )
I'm thrilled that I had the courage and the energy at the time to do it.
The experience "grew me up", and I am relatively certain that it taught me lessons that
I may have never learned doing it any other way.
Shot 7 years ago, and I have just recently let it leave my overly protective embrace.
Here is the link if you would like to take a peek.
https://www.inheritedinsanitythemovie.com/inherited-insanity-full-movie....
Meanwhile, much like so many of you, I've been creating up a storm.
Presently I am looking for producer interest in my Pixar style musical animation script,
"Life Swings" which was co-created with my brother Phillip Balsano. This story is
very close to our hearts. It's warm and fun and smart and has characters that you can't help but love
and will want to follow around.
Also completed are 3 Comedy Pilots (with episodes attached):
"Detective Connie", "Scuffed Up" and (co-written) "Curves Ahead"
and one dramatic short film called "Ripple".
I am also working on turning 3 short stories (written by my brother)
into short films, and am presently shooting a documentary about some fascinating musicians
from a local coffee shop in Los Angeles.
I am producing the documentary, the short films and possibly the
Pilot for "Detective Connie". Of course, these projects are still in the planning stages in terms
of production and I am looking forward as they progress to finding the right cast and crew.
Meanwhile I get to do what I am most passionate about, writing.
Being able to visit my characters and knowing they will
always be there on that page to guide and surprise me both in dialogue and in story,
has got to be the most phenomenal co-creating possible.
Pure magic. Pure fun.
I look very forward to reading your posts and hooking up with some of you in the future.
Good luck to you, Becky.
Fantastic! Wishing you success with INHERITED INSANITY.
Awesome Becky. Good luck with everything.
We have a lot in common! :) All the best to you!
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Ha! Join the club, Becky. I am completely self-taught. No film school. Just lots of books, websites and binge-watching my genre. Do anyone know where I can upload my pilot spec-script?
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Yes. I also did musical theater for years and sang professionally and acted whenever I could. But ialways wanted to be the one "making the movie". BTW, I just sent you a private message. I think that's a great question you ask regarding the pilot spec-script.
If you need music for your projects take a look at my work www.zavisin.com
Welcome, Becky. Hope you find it a productive place to hang out. Always here to talk.
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Congrats on all of your projects! Keep working hard! Best of luck!
Katheryn Maddox Haddad - You mean besides Stage 32?
I think we can download scripts here on Stage 32 but do not know where. I did list all 84 of my loglines.
Katheryn Maddox Haddad - In the same place where you post loglines. Below the loglines you can enter a synopsis. Below the synopsis on the left hand side you can upload a picture. To the right of the picture you can upload screenplays. Good luck.
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Thank you so much, Robert. But below my 84 loglines it is blank gray. To the left under "loglines" is "job postings."
Great job, Becky!!!
Katheryn Maddox Haddad - When you get the drop down from Profile, click Loglines. On the next screen to the right there should be a box "So You're a Screenwrtier", screen shot attached. Click where it reads "Add a new Logline/Screenplay". Let me know how it goes.
Thank you so much, Robert Sacchi. I had been looking at menus on the left instead of the right. It is there now.
Katheryn Maddox Haddad - you're welcome. I'm glad I was of assistance.
Robert Sacchi, I still have a problem of the age of people who read it. A couple of times I talked by phone to a big producer who liked the uniqueness of it, so asked to see it. They liked what they read but wanted a second opinion. They gave it to probably a middle-aged person to read, and that age doesn't like it. They need to give it to a teen or young adult; that's who it was written for. I guess the producers want experts to read it and younger people are not considered experts yet. I'm not sure how to handle this problem.
Katheryn Maddox Haddad - Yes, I can see the paradox. They want experienced professionals to evaluate it but the professionals are by definition older than the target audience. Have you tried producers who aren't so big and specialize in teen movies?
Robert Sacchi, I have a list of young men who would fit (just by their stats) the lead part and I have thought of approaching them to just read the script. Someone said I could google for their agents. I've heard producers don't like getting in the back door like that and consider it cheesy. What do the people in this discussion think?
Katheryn Maddox Haddad - Good question. Hopefully someone with good experience can give you a good answer.