Don’t Just Sit There, Write Your @$#! Screenplay!

We always knew that there was a film making lifestyle, but we never realized there’s a website called filmlifestyle.com. And now you know it too.

Here’s an example of the kind of thing they’re up to over there:

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How Private Equity Ate Hollywood

Apropos of the current WGA-ATA conflict (What? You thought we’d forgotten about it? No such luck), an analysis of what happened, how, and why, from a source that doesn’t even have a horse in this race. (Who’d a’thunk?)

Note: This pic wasn’t published with the original article. We chose the sensationalist approach because, hey, that’s us, you know?

by David Dayen

Hollywood is smoldering this week, after the 13,000 members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) prepared to fire their agents, the upshot of the termination of a 43-year-old agreement between the union and the Association of Talent Agents trade group. On Saturday, the WGA ordered members to part ways with agents who didn’t subscribe to a revised code of conduct, which rank-and-file writers approved with 95.3 percent support. The form lettersinforming agents of their firing, which well-known writers have been posting on Twitter, will be delivered later this week.

This isn’t a strike or lockout; as much as you might like your favorite television shows to pause to catch up on your DVR, they will in all likelihood continue with minimal disruption. But the battle between writers and agents represents another example of the monopolization and financialization of our economy, and how organized, unified workers can fight back. While the lead antagonists on the stage are talent agents, the villains behind the scenes are private equity firms. read article

Why Most “Normal” People Don’t Understand Writers

We love Lou Stone Borenstein for two reasons:

  1. He’s funny as hell.
  2. He’s fucking crazy.

For example, how about this video “for every introvert skeptical of the advice out there and every extrovert wondering what introverts are so scared of, and everybody in between”:

More videos from the Lou Man

Curtis Comic Strip Analyzes TV…

And finds TV just as wanting as the rest of us do:

Found on the interwebs

Savanna College of Art & Design Wants Full Time Film & TV Professor

This looks like something LB should do. (He won’t, but he should):

Professor of Film and Television

Campus Location: Savannah
Position Type: Full Time
Position Title Professor of Film and Television
Specialty: Film and Television
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Work Year: Academic Year
Posting Text SCAD film and television students mirror professional production practices of the industry as they collaborate with university’s other programs in dramatic writing, production design, performing arts, sound design, visual effects and more. The compelling and powerful visual stories of SCAD students capture the hearts and imaginations of audiences at festivals around the world, including the Tribeca Film Festival, Sundance, Cannes, SXSW and more. SCAD student filmmakers have been recognized by The Television Academy Foundation numerous times, including the 2017 Student Emmy Award for Best Scripted Series for the university’s live-action comedy, The Buzz. read article