Alana Gerdes's Lounge Discussions

Niki Galiano
I adapted one of my rom-com screenplays into a novel

Yeay! I just finished adapting one of my favorite screenplays "Stuck in Sunshine Lakes" (also known as the "Denture Capitalists) into a novel. If anyone wants to read it, you can purchase it here on Amazon -- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DQK3BFY7...

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Stuck in Sunshine Lakes
Stuck in Sunshine Lakes
Stuck in Sunshine Lakes - Kindle edition by Galiano, Niki , Galiano, Niki. Romance Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
Leigh Sheehan

I just went through that process, and once I finished the novel, I immediately returned to the screenplay. What I thought was good is now a lot better.

Niki Galiano

Leigh Sheehan Yeah, it's funny...I ended up animating one of my comedy screenplays that made it into the top 5 of a comedy screenwriting contest one year. And while I was animating it, I kept adding i...

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Leigh Sheehan

Niki Galiano, that's a cool story, Niki. I have directed several projects, and it is always a discovery of interesting material to be added. I found that because I was writing scripts for myself, and...

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Niki Galiano

Leigh Sheehan Congrats!! That is awesome!

Richard Buzzell

I've also found that transitioning a screenplay to prose format has helped me to improve the screenplay. I didn't expect that to happen

Alana Gerdes
Action Thriller Cellophane Shells in development with Fire Starter Film Studio

I'm happy to announce that my feature-length screenplay "Cellophane Shells" is in development with Fire Starter Film Studio (https://www.firestarterfilmstudio.com/nieuws/) under the lead of talented director Willem Elzenga.

Logline: "A CIA agent is forced to come out of her shell to chase a general’s...

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Walder Martinez
Sins of David on Prime Video

Hello group, I just wanted to share with everyone that the movie "Sins of David" for which I did all the sound design and post-production, is available on Amazon Prime. It's my first job on a platform like this.

Alana Gerdes

Congratulations, what a success!

Maurice Vaughan

Congratulations, Walder Martinez!

Walder Martinez

Thanks!

Maurice Vaughan

You're welcome, Walder Martinez. I added it to my Prime watchlist.

Willem Elzenga
Channels next to YouTube and Vimeo for movie distribution

I have an English spoken pro 33' documentary with fictional shorts on YouTube which won an award in Berlin and was sold on DVD for some time. There is also a French and German version of the movie.

In order to serve its niche market internationally online; are there any other interesting platforms b...

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Alana Gerdes

I can highly recommend this documentary, it‘s beautifully made and very interesting!

Maurice Vaughan
Blank Check

Hope everyone’s doing great. My name’s Maurice. I’m a screenwriter, ghostwriter, commercial writer, and pitch deck designer. I’m also a Stage 32 Lounge Moderator. I mainly write micro-budget short scripts and low-budget feature scripts.

I’m feeling generous, so here’s a blank check. There’s a catch t...

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Maurice Vaughan

That sounds incredible, Peter Herlan!

Curt Samlaska

I am shooting my short Forgiving Retribution now...I shot the first scene in Minnesota over the 4th of July weekend. The rest will be shot here in Las Vegas. You can read about it on my profile. I exp...

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Maurice Vaughan

Hope Forgiving Retribution does great on the festival circuit, Curt Samlaska! Looking forward to seeing it when it's online!

Curt Samlaska

Thanks Maurice...I will be putting a trailer together that we will post on the internet once it is complete. You will get a good look at it then... I will post a link here. Really happy with the first scene. Shooting on Sony FX3 with anamorphic lenses...very, very cinematic...

Maurice Vaughan

You're welcome, Curt Samlaska. I'll keep an eye out for the trailer.

Jim Boston
Many, many, many thanks, Stage 32!

RB, Amanda, Nick, Ashley Renee, Maurice, and Co, thanks for all the great work you're doing...and, among other things, encouraging screenwriters and TV writers to have more than one script in those portfolios.

And thank you for introducing Cayla Tyne as one of Stage 32's new executives.

Last night, Ca...

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Jason Mirch

Amazing! Great stuff Jim Boston !

Jim Boston

Thanks a bunch, Jason!

Mark Deuce

Totally concur Jim Boston you gotta have a large portfolio of scripts when a Producer or Manager comes-a-callin.

Jane Tumminello

28 Scripts! That's incredible Jim Boston! Wishing you much success.

Jim Boston

Mark and Jane, thanks for the encouragement...and Jane, congratulations on selling "The Mix-Up!" (Here's wishing you both more and more success!)

Alana Gerdes
Double Recommend for „Library Larceny“

I‘ve just received a Double Recommend for my Rom-Com script „Library Larceny“! What a great way to start the weekend!

Maurice Vaughan

Woo-hoo! Congratulations on the Double Recommend, Alana Gerdes!

Xochi Blymyer

Congratulations! That's amazing!

Jackson Reid Williams
FINALLY… now what?

4 years after I decided to take my lifelong love of movies and storytelling and try my hand at screenwriting (in spite of no experience or connections), my name is on a poster for a movie coming out next month No clue what’s coming next (other than using my tiny, budgeted-conscious self-authored scr...

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Ben Trebilcook

Great talents!

Jane Tumminello

That's incredible! Congratulations!!

Nick Phillips

Build on this momentum is any and every way possible Jackson Reid Williams! Congrats!

Alana Gerdes
The Shirley Brothers are back with another laurel!

Just received the great news that my action comedy feature screenplay „The Shirley Brothers Comeback“ placed as quarterfinalist at the Emerging Screenwriters Action and Adventure Screenplay Competition!

Maurice Vaughan

Congratulations on "The Shirley Brothers Comeback“ being a quarterfinalist, Alana Gerdes!

Mark Deuce

Alana Gerdes CONGRATULATIONS!!

Bill Brock
My Third Open Writing Assignment selection in six months. Sure hope this "DRESS" is a perfect fit.

Hello, fellow members of the "We Right Gud" Fan Club. Thrilled to announce the news of another OWA selection for my supernatural thriller, THE DRESS, in the category of "Producer Seeks Mystery Feature with Unique Concepts" (0249). Previous selections for THE DRESS (to which I've yet to hear feedback...

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Maurice Vaughan

You're welcome, Bill Brock.

Angela Miller Lawrence

Way to go Bill! Congratulations!!!

Emily J

Congrats Bill Brock!!

Mark Garbett

Show off!! ;)

Sam Sokolow

Congratulations. Bill Brock!

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