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MPW, Now you are "too organized." Instead of using an outline, try writing a "Treatment", which is different and deals mainly with story. From the Treatment you can easily develop the "spine" and formalize the structure.\ 'fraid the outline structure is a bit more complex than Knightly led...

While the scope of the work is interesting, the main spine of the story is very "muddy" and lacks any sort of structure. What is the purpose of the script? Is it an anti-war sentiment, or just a "buddy who will do anything for his buddy, but still fails in the end?" If so, the ending lacks...

Lenny, The context of this is difficult to understand. Not enough info. What is the purpose of this scene and changing of the crowds? Time sequence? Dream? Insanity? Need more info. WC

"Setting Up Your Shots", by Jeremy Vineyard. Publisher is Michael Wiese Productions (responsible for a boatload of good books for indies). 1999 http://www.mwp.com

Fool around with an English babe. Worked for me. (they love cowboys) I remember the first time she used the term...never mind.

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S.A.M., First of all, ask yourself "why do I want to be an actor?" Unless it's because I just "have to" be an actor, then skip the acting lessons and just beome a celebrity. Warning; acting school is hard, not a piece of cake. Developing the skills of an actor we want to hire to be in our...

The use of "real guns" on any film or video set is really stupid. All guns on set are rubber, plastic or replicas which are altered to shoot blanks at the most and real ammunition is NEVER found on set as well. If you are using blank guns, use an "armorer" to regulate them and issue before the...

Spinner, You spent more time and effort on touching all the bases, and it would have been simpler (and cheaper, since time is money) to just have done it using the US Copyright office. The big problem will occurr when you have to go to court and the court will only recognize the accepted way...

Knightly, Sorry the "poor man's copyright is total BS. It is for suckers only. If you can't do the $30 to the US Copyright office, find something else to do. The "poor man's" way is never valid due to it's ease with which it can be faked. It will NOT hold up in court because you can't prove...

Morgan Freeman Robert Duval Sam Elliott Tom Selleck John Travolta Kevin Spacey Kevin Kline Denzel Wahington Gene Hackman Ashley Judd Sandra Bullock Kiefer Sutherland those are just a few of those alive today. For those who are gone, the list would be ten times longer, including Jack Lemmon...

how do I get off this thread that has turned to crap? Let me outta here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Damn!

Poke, Maybe I owe you an apology. You may have been right the first time. WC

When I began reading this thread, I was afraid we were in for more "Christian bashing", and in a way, we were. Unfortunately it was Christian's bashing Christians. You know like the Sunnis vs. the Shiites. I, as a Christian, try to allow my principles to be refelcted in my films. I probably...

Giving credit to Charlie Daniels is not enough. You must pay a fee to the writer, whether it's Charlie or not. You'd need to contact the music publisher. The way to determine this is to go to either ASCAP's or BMI's websites and search for the title's author. There will be a contact number...

"you may want to wait on videotaping performances until the first callback. There is no point in videotaping people that you know at first impression will not make the cut. It just wastes time." I could not disagree more. When you see 20-30 actors in a day, two days in a row it's hard to...

"I dont feel like Im stealing from an artist if I use their copywritten music without their permission." Herein lies the problem. If you had ever worked as an artist and depended on being paid for your work, you'd think differently. There is a big problem these days with a generation of...

Poke, I found it: http://www.roguecinema.com/article-327--0-0.html Seems the orignal film was called "Parts: The Clonus Horror" by Robert Fiveson. Read the interview with the filmmaker. WC

Poke, A couple of weeks ago I was surfing and one website had a discussion about this and even some comments from the original filmmaker, who denied any sales to Dreamworks. Now I wish I had made a note of the discussion, but I've had several times of power loss at my house due to high temps...

I contacted the author's agents in Nashville and then Universal music for a George Strait song three years ago. They sold me the festival (exhibition only rights) to one of George's songs (album title track) for only $1,500. The music was perfect and worth the money spent. No one comes after...