Matthew Barron: Director, screenwriter and actor in Joondalup, Australia.

Matthew Barron

Thanks for the network connection, Carey.

Carey Azzara

Thanks for accepting my invitation - I wonder if I could ask a quick favor? Could you take a minute to vote for my next book? Nothing to purchase, just vote for The Lottery Curse. It will take only 30...

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Matthew Barron

Thanks for this - the straightforward advice is so helpful, especially for a social media neophyte like myself.

Richard "RB" Botto

You are most welcome, Matthew! Like to keep things on the straight and narrow.

Luis R. Quintero
Guiltless is Award Winning Film!

I'm proud to announce that our film Guiltless is now an award winning film. Thank you Cine Cuauhtemoc Pan American Film Festival! I would also like to thank the amazing cast and crew (fellow Stage32 members) for their extraordinary work!

Xiomara Bernard

Congratulations Luis!

Luis R. Quintero

The team lead by RB is extraordinary and lets not forget the members. Without their passion for their craft we wouldn't need a platform like this. Stage32 embodies what storytelling is all about!

Luis R. Quintero

Oh and I almost forgot Tad, you asked if I could write about my journey. A few months ago I did a guest blog for Stage32. You can read it here: https://www.stage32.com/blog/Don-t-Tell-Them-Show-Them...

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Matthew Barron

Hey Pat - thanks for the network linkup.

Pat Savage

Welcome to Stage 32 and to my network Matthew! Good luck with all your networking here. Pat

Matthew Barron

Hey Anthony - thanks for the network connection. Love your wall photo too.

Matthew Barron

Hi Pierre. Thanks for the link-up. What's writing like on the other side of the great south land - you know, the side with an actual film and tv industry?

Pierre Langenegger

Hey Matthew, Thanks for accepting. I saw your comment on somebody else's post and thought, "There's another aussie I can connect with". Yeah, I see what you mean, Joondalup has got to have a somewhat...

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Matthew Barron

Sounds like you've got things going Pierre - that's great. Can I ask who's producing the feature over here - the industry's so small I might have heard of them? Is it John Soto?

Eric Barnett
Pitching Movie Ideas

Hi, my name is Eric and I wanted to know about pitching screenplay ideas. Is it possible to just to have an idea to pitch to a producer/movie studio and then write the screenplay/have the screenplay be written by someone else? Would pitching ideas only be acknowledged if I have written screenplays b...

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Phillip E. Hardy, "The Real Deal"

Eric: I've pitched several ideas that producers liked, where I didn't have a script yet. What I did have was a good title, compelling idea, logline and a synopsis with a complete story told in 2 pages...

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David Levy

Eric, Take the advice given and run with it. Write the script, logline, and all the other materials you need to gain interest once you pitch it. Only few can get away pitcghing a concept with no witeen material behind it, and we are not those people.

Tony Cella

Directors and producers often come up with ideas and hire screenwriters to turn them into scripts, but not the other way around. Established screenwriters, like Phillip or John August, might have better luck.

Matthew Barron

Thanks for the linkup Mark.

Mark Saltman

My pleasure :)

Marc Sigoloff
Marc Sigoloff - Family unfriendly comedies

I am a writer from Springfield, Illinois with a recently completed paranormal comedy titled The Ghost Who Came to Dinner. I just started the difficult task of trying to sell it. I'm also in the planning stages of a short film about a pair of internet killers. This one is a really dark comedy.

Marc Sigoloff

I'm not trying to sell the dark comedy. I'm shooting it myself.

Matthew Barron

Sorry, misunderstood.

Tamika Maxwell

Welcome Marc!

Matthew Barron

Thanks for the network linkup, Becca.

Becca-Chris M
Industry Standard Formatting

What do you feel are the biggest industry standard formatting "no-no's" of screenwriting?

Victoria Kinkade

I'm with Bill on the feces thing. OTN writing is a big no-no, as well - can't tell you how many times I've tried to get through a script that actually had some story merit, but because the dialogue was so on the nose it kept throwing me out.

Jorge J Prieto

Thanks, Becca, for the advice Great post by the way. Keep them coming.

W. Keith Sewell

I'm not sure if a lot of these are "formatting no-no's" or story structuring "do and don'ts" we're discussing here. Either way it's a good discussion. Jorge, I agree, writing what a character is think...

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Matthew Barron

Hey Iris, thanks for the network connect. Always nice to link up with folks so close to the beating heart of the English speaking film industry. Are you an LA native or chasing the dream?

Iris Karina

Nice to meet you, Matthew! Originally from Vienna. www.imdb.me/iriskarina

Matthew Barron

Just checked out your IMDB page. Wow - what a journey, Vienna, Paris, New York and LA - and you're lead singer in a band? Kudos to you.

Matthew Barron

Thanks for the network linkup, Samantha. How's movie work in the Big Apple?

Matthew Barron

Thanks for the network request Stanley. Hi.

Matthew Barron

Thanks for the network hookup, Mike.

Lindsey Loon
Awesome Aussie music quotes-- ok, brainstorm, let it rain!

I'll start things off-- "This is going straight to the pool room!" - The Castle This is an interesting list: http://www.imdb.com/list/ls008807135/

Matthew Barron

From the same film - "How's the serenity?"

Matthew Barron

Thanks of the network connection, Brian.

Matthew Barron
Great Coverage meeting.

Greetings and Salutations, I just had a truly encouraging consult with an exec - positive feedback and clear notes for further polishing my script. I highly recommend the service. One hour on Skype talking to an industry pro so helps in separating out the important flaws from the trivial points. I w...

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Stephen Barber

Joey - Thank you so much for that wonderful compliment. It's easy to gravitate to kindness when you start looking at people and finding what it is that you have in common, rather than noticing what's different. You're title of: President - Happy Writers couldn't be more sincere!

David Levy

I am sure I can speak for Stephen and Matthew when I say thank you and if it was not for your tireless efforts Joey we would not be as determined as we are to succeed. I know I would be in the dark, n...

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Matthew Barron

See, now I'm blushing. Thanks Joey - and thanks from my wife as well.

Matthew Barron

Hi Steven - thanks for the network connection. What's going on for you in Perth WA?

Matthew's network

Sumit Srivastava
Marisa Torre
Tad Wojnicki
Pat Savage
Pierre Langenegger
Mark Saltman
Iris Karina
Mike Hall
David Le May
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