Good morning! Welcome to another new week at TVWriter™, starting with our latest look at the most popular blog posts and resource pages during the last week.
They are, in order:
Tag: People’s Pilot writing contest
Bri Castellini: Join Buy In on Seed&Spark today! – @brisownworld
by Bri Castellini
In November 2016, my good friend Colin and I decided to write a horror short film together. Colin had just finished a stint as Carl in season 2 of Brains (a web series I created and also starred in) and as Kevin in Ace and Anxious (a short film I had written/directed).
He was a big fan of horror and I had been wanting to try my own hand at it, so it was decided: a short film in the horror genre with an idea of our production restrictions in mind as they developed the script. We knew we wanted to keep the cast small, the location singular, and the horror psychological, and within a month we’d written the first draft of what would become Buy In, the story of a charming young salesman and a strange, lonely traveler who find themselves locked in a struggle for control over their own destinies.
Interesting Thoughts About the new ‘The Invisible Man’
The good news: The Invisible Man – the newly released version gog-only-knows.0 – is a hell of a film, and in spite of the title the hero is a woman played by the wonderful Elizabeth Moss.
The not so good news: In order to get the film made, the filmmakers had to do the “Man” title thing.
Ah well, someday, right?
ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY NEWS AUDIO EDITION – 03/05/2020
by Bob Tinsley
Why should you as a visitor to TVWriter™ be interested in making audio fiction? Why should you be interested in making podcasts? Discoverability, that’s why.
The meaning of the word podcast is evolving to include any episodic, audio-only production whether nonfiction or fiction. Agents and major studios have started trawling through podcasts and their creators for new content and talent.
Is The Word “Podcast” Holding You Back?
LB’S NOTE: TVWriter™ ‘s illustrious audio fiction/podcast fiction expert Bob Tinsley, brings up an interesting point. I’d label this as “Yet another thing to think about at 3 a.m., but, yeah it definitely needs some sorting out. Thanks, dood!
by Bob Tinsley
Bottom Line Up Front: I think it’s high time the words “audio fiction” and “podcast” got a divorce.
I have it on good authority that most Hollywood pros have: a) only a vague notion of what a podcast is, and b) in light of “a,” want nothing to do with them.