…And we are very happy to watch and listen:
Alan Ball Talks About Writing
Category: Resources
40 years worth of TV writing experience and info, yours for the taking.
Angelo Bell: Trans Atlantic Filmmaking and Partnerships via IFP
by Angelo Bell
“…On behalf of IFP, thank you so much for your interest in our fellowship with the Cannes Producer’s Network. I enjoyed reading in greater depth about your upcoming slate, getting to know your work better, and hearing more about the direction you see your producing going in the coming years. The diversity and passion you have for these projects is impressive!”
Bottom line, didn’t get accepted, BUT, I did register for the Trans Atlantic Partner Program
TAP is a three-module intensive training and networking program for established film producers from Europe, Canada and the US. TAP offers a unique combination of intensive, hands-on training to help participants develop the specific creative and financial skills necessary for international co-production / co-venturing. The program’s goal is to encourage production through the discovery of new international partners and projects throughout Europe, Canada and New York.
Kate G: Television Writing Contests 2013
by Kate G
Get some eyes on your spec, original pilot, or other original scripts by submitting to yearly television writing contests. Contests at least guarantee that someone will take the time to read through your script, and if you’re good (and lucky), they can offer cash, development deals, paid internships, high level workshops, and bragging rights. For the most part, television writing contests seem to be held in the first half of the year with the majority holding deadlines during or at the end of May. Once you hit June/July you’re pretty much going to be working for next year’s contests. In the spirit of helping every aspiring television writer out there, we’re listing a bunch of contests here in relative chronological order!
New York Television Festival
http://www.nytvf.com/index.
This one’s going first because it has many different deadlines throughout the year depending on which initiatives it is currently sponsoring. Take a good look, East Coasters, because this is all you’re gonna get close to home. Most of these contests (or ‘initiatives’) are for independent producers creating original content, meaning you’re probably going to have to get out there and film something – even if it’s just a couple minutes to go with your treatment. They partner with companies like A&E, History, and Fox to provide chances for development deals. Festival is held every fall in Manhattan. Check back for new initiatives.
Nickelodeon Writing Fellowship
http://www.nickwriting.com/
Entry Period: January 2nd – February 28th
John Ostrander: Ch-ch-choices
by John Ostrander
“To be or not to be, that is the question.” So goes one of the most quoted lines in Shakespeare, probably in all of literature. It’s so well known that it’s become a cliché; people who know almost nothing of Shakespeare know that phrase. Most of the times when I’ve seen it acted, the actor playing the character who speaks it, Hamlet, makes it an intellectual question, maybe something for philosophy.
Except that it isn’t.
In Their Own Writ Dept: Ernest Hemingway on Writing
“Writing, at its best, is a lonely life. Organizations for writers palliate the writer’s loneliness but I doubt if they improve his writing. He grows in public stature as he sheds his loneliness and often his work deteriorates. For he does his work alone and if he is a good enough writer he must face eternity, or the lack of it, each day.”
Ernest Hemingway