Posted on: June 29th, 2009 FILMCONTRACTS.NET

FILMCONTRACTS.NET is a Film & Television contracts directory. It is an invaluable collection of sample Entertainment contracts, Production Forms, Deal Memos, Union Agreements, Insurance Forms and other industry agreements.

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Posted on: June 28th, 2009 Free video and demo reel hosting comes to Creative COW : Business & Marketing

If you have been looking for a place to host your reel or a short film, music video, or other work that you have done, CreativeCOW.net has added free video hosting for your reels and videos. We host up to 900 pixels wide, including 720p HD, with up to 100MB per file, in either H.264 or Flash encoding. We support AAC for audio. For more, read on…

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Posted on: June 27th, 2009 Creative Planet’s Digital Production BuZZ

:00 pm – What’s the BuZZ?

6:05 pm – Rich Storek – Architect of nVeil, Founder, Storek Studio

nVeil is a new plug-in for Final Cut Pro that provides visually immersive, stunning imagery, and creates kaleidoscopic motion graphics effects and transitions. At least, that’s what it says on their website (www.nveil.com). Tonight, we talk with the architect of nVeil – Rich Storek – and ask him to back up his claims — with all the different Final Cut plug-ins on the market, why did he feel it was necessary to create nVeil?

6:20 PM – The BuZZ Beat

Listen as one of our regulars – Philip Hodgetts, Bruce Nazarian, or Stacey Parks - updates us on what we need to know now.

6:25 pm – Legal BuZZ

Jonathan Handel, Entertainment Attorney, TroyGould

Jonathan Handel is back – with all the latest news, gossip, and intrigue surrounding the recently approved SAG/AMPTA contract. More importantly, he’ll discuss why the industry isn’t out of the woods yet.

6:33 pm – Isaac Guenard – eyeon Software

eyeon Software Inc. began in Sydney, Australia, in 1987 as New York Production & Design. Its principal business was 3D computer graphics and digital special effects postproduction for industrials, commercials and feature films. This month, Eyeon Software released eyeon Generation and Fusion 6.0. Generation provides real-time monitoring and management of VFX pipelines. Fusion is an award-winning 2D and 3D compositing application with a vast array of features. This week, we’ve invited Isaac Guenard to tell us more about eyeon, its products, and the world of VFX.

6:51 pm – Pick our Brains

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Posted on: June 27th, 2009 The Single Biggest Mistake When Pitching Your Material…

The majority of screenwriters that I talk to make a critical mistake when pitching their material to Hollywood executives. The scary thing is, they don’t even know what they’re doing wrong – because the wrong way is so commonly accepted as being correct! And I have 2 quotes that illustrate this point.Here’s the first, by Mark Twain.”There are 2 reasons why a man buys anything. The reason he tells his wife… and the real reason.”Here’s the point: whenever you sit down to persuade anyone to buy something from you, there are usually TWO sales to be made, not just one. First, you must sell the individual in front of you. You must appeal to the emotions of that person, and persuade him that whatever you’ve got is right for him. You must get him to say “yes” to whatever you’re selling. However, there is a second sale that is rarely taken into consideration. A purchase decision almost always includes another individual in your prospect’s life, whether it be a spouse or significant other, or someone they want to justify it to (a skeptical brother-in-law, nosy parents, or curious friends).So a master salesman must not only convince the person in front of him, he must also provide this person with enough information and the emotional excitement to convince whoever this “other” person is too! Here’s how this example translates directly into Hollywood, and into your pitches. The truth is, 99% of Hollywood executives are only afforded 2 powers. 1. The power to say “no”2. The power to champion your script to someone who can say “yes”Rarely can the Hollywood executive in front of you – snap his fingers and say “I’ll buy it!”There is always a boss, or a senior executive who needs to be convinced. But most screenwriters act as if the battle is over once they get the executive to read their script.This is only PART of the equation!Your job as a professional screenwriter is to infuse the passion and emotion of your story into your pitch (sale #1), but also to arm your executive with enough information so that they can in turn infuse that same passion and emotion into their boss (sale #2)! Fortunately, I’ve outlined the top 3 things to include in your pitch so you are sure to make BOTH sales, and significantly increase the chances of getting your script bought. This 3-part formula is included in this week’s Video Screenwriting Tip of the Week!

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Posted on: June 27th, 2009 Free Copy of the Producer’s Handbook

Guide for Indie Filmmakers, with Checklists, Contracts…
and how to SELL your work

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NexTv Entertainment Web Series and Short Film Competition – In Search of Tomorrow’s Television.

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Posted on: June 26th, 2009 How to Sell Your Screenplay (in a nutshell)

Since the title of my blog is “Selling Your Screenplay,” and I want that to be the focus of my blog, I figured an obvious first post was to write a simple guide to getting your screenplay sold.

Keep in mind that this blog is not an exhaustive list of ways to get your script sold.  It’s just a few ways that I’ve tried and had good luck with.  Always be on the lookout for other ways to get your script sold and realize that some of the things I’ve done may not work for you.  Hopefully if you see exactly what I’ve done and how I did it you will be able learn from it and apply it to your own situation.

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Posted on: June 25th, 2009 7 Quick Ways to Improve Your Screenplay | ScriptXRay

The majority of screenplays circulating Hollywood are … eh … alright. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve read a screenplay or television pilot and thought, “if only they had …” – don’t get me wrong, to accomplish a screenplay is a great feat, but to allow things to sag in order to submit your screenplay to an agent or production is simply a waste of the accomplishment and opportunity.

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Posted on: June 25th, 2009 Win Tickets To See Dengue Fever with Of Montreal & Grace Jones Plus A Fender Guitar!

Dengue Fever, Grace Jones, and Of Montreal will unite under the stars for one of the more eclectic performances you’ll experience this summer! Cambodian psychedelic pop, classic new wave disco and theatrical indie rock collide at the Hollywood Bowl on Sunday, July 26. Amoeba would like to send you and a guest to feast on this madly imaginative bill AND receive a very stylish Fender Squire electric guitar courtesy of Dengue Fever!

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Posted on: June 25th, 2009 TW, Comcast bring shows online – Entertainment News, Front Page, Media – Variety

ime Warner and Comcast Corp. are trying to come up with cable’s answer to Hulu.

The showbiz conglom and the nation’s largest cable operator have joined forces in a bid to make more cable programming available for free viewing online — without raising the ire of cable and satellite operators.

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Posted on: June 24th, 2009 Meters Don’t See 18% Gray by Thom Hogan

A recent discussion on one of the digital camera sites caught my attention. Basically, someone had shot a picture of a gray card, and then remarked that his meter must be off, since the histogram that the camera generated showed the peak of values to the left of center.

This reminded me that we’ve all been brainwashed into believing something that isn’t true: light meters don’t measure 18% gray.

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Meters Don’t See 18% Gray by Thom Hogan.

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