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  1. Anyone attending Great American Pitch Fest? Anyone have any experiences with this one or Inktip?

    1. 36monsters

      36monsters

      I'll be there. Working registration so come say hello!

    2. sometimeaftertwoam

      sometimeaftertwoam

      I wouldn't dare! I'm just curious to know if anyone has ever found success from any of these cash grab events.

    3. Babzbitela

      Babzbitela

      I found a writer there, signed her and sold her script and it was shot for tv and airs pretty much every Christmas. She didn't make a ton of money but she got a valuable credit and experience.

       

  2. Anyone else make it into Nicholl quarterfinals?

  3. Anyone have any experience with www.talentville.com? I assume this is another service similar to The Black List?

    1. PJMAC

      PJMAC

      Don't bother with Talentville. I gave reads and review there and I got my ass handed to me. Stay away.

  4. Best scripts with narration? Looking for a true masterclass in how narration should be executed. Prefer examples that are actually available here but whatever. Bring it!

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    2. rwe15

      rwe15

      DOUBLE INDEMNITY - Wilder, Chandler, Cain on the same script.

    3. Nic.Lishko
    4. specwriter

      specwriter

      Million Dollar Baby

  5. Books that you *cannot* believe were either never turned into films or never optioned to begin with. Go.

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    2. aphid47

      aphid47

      The Hospital of the transfiguration - Stanislaw Lem

    3. sankofa

      sankofa

      Anything by James Baldwin, Octavia Butler *AND* Samuel Delany...

    4. 36monsters

      36monsters

      Anything from the "Devil's Storybook." Brilliant short stories. Tried optioning multiple times but the author refuses to budge. Is it horrible to say I'm actually waiting for her to die so I can try again?

  6. Call me a hater, but I have ZERO idea how on earth Maggie Gyllenhaal has ever landed even one role in her life. It simply defies the mind.

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    2. Taragel

      Taragel

      She was great in Secretary, which I think was her big launch

    3. FrankTJMackey

      FrankTJMackey

      Great in Secretary, Sherrybaby, Happy Endings, and Crazy Heart, among others. I think she's very talented.

    4. StringerBell

      StringerBell

      Soooo good in Secretary. What a great, underappreciated movie.

  7. Can anyone explain why my Final Draft (8.0) saves scripts as nearly 2MB PDF's? They should be 350KB at most. Any help?

  8. Can anyone recommend an amazing Western script of the last 2-3 years that has thus far gone unproduced? It's fine if it sold, but looking for something unproduced. Best of the best only. Thanks.

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    2. Mike

      Mike

      Awww, Rob. Yer a peach, y'are.

    3. PJMAC

      PJMAC

      I don't know if this would qualify, but I loved THE BRIGANDS OF RATTLEBOURGE.

       

    4. storymaps99

      storymaps99

      Hater, my client Ryu Miyaki wrote a fantastic Western Thriller that won Amazon Studios' Script of the Month

      $20,000 Prize. Title is "Rayfield Scott." I can put you in touch with him, PM me.

  9. Congrats to Peter Limm for his TB Recommends. If anyone has The Ardenworth Files I would love to read. Please PM me.

    1. Mr. Marbles

      Mr. Marbles

      Same here. Send me a PM if you have The Ardenworth Files.

       

      Congrats to Peter!

    2. zkendall
  10. Could use help from someone who actually knows and has done it, how to properly print from the index card feature on Final Draft. I am in the index card summary mode (two across) and can see all my cards, but when I print preview (or print) I see nothing.

    1. LeftyJones

      LeftyJones

      I've used it - and know what you mean about it not showing up on Print Preview -- what I do is use a separate PDF printer (not FD's) to print first... Then I can see it as a file and print the PDF for a hard copy if I want.

       

      When you go into print screen under layout it has "index cards" checked. I change it to custom - then set how many cards across/ down I want... Print with a PDF writer and it's good to go.

       

      You can also print directly to printer th...

    2. sometimeaftertwoam

      sometimeaftertwoam

      Unfortunately when I "Save as PDF", even though I am in the Summary mode where I can read all scene headings and all summary text, it saves the file in "Normal view" where only the headers are shown on the PDF. I am looking to save these in actual note card size so I can print the note cards. Immensely frustrating.

    3. LeftyJones

      LeftyJones

      Yeah - Save As doesn't work - I use CutePDF - but there's others like Nitro, etc... So I'm actually PRINTING it to PDF using software outside of FD. Shit workaround, but it works for me.

       

  11. Curious if anyone here ever attends the free BlackList mixers in LA at the Umbrella Company? Anyone planning to attend the July 6th one?

    1. babybruck2

      babybruck2

      Planning to, never been before.

    2. Breeze24

      Breeze24

      I'm heading out there

  12. Does anyone have any history / experience with the Emerging Screenwriters competition they'd like to share?

  13. Does anyone know how to LOCK Final Draft into a certain color so that it doesn't change? If one were making edits in red, is there not a way to make sure it stays on red until you manually adjust it to return to black?

    1. LeftyJones

      LeftyJones

      You just put it in revision mode and set your color under the Revisions setting - when you want a different color you change the "active revision set" and you can keep same color or change it.

    2. LeftyJones

      LeftyJones

      So if you're going from 1st Revision to 2nd Revision (or whatever) and you want it to stay red - you go to the revision on the list, highlight it - then over to the right where it says "revised text appearance" you can change the color. So you can keep going with the same color or make it different.

       

    3. sometimeaftertwoam
  14. Does anyone know if the Writers Guild answers general questions? If one was not a member, but had a specific question, would someone get back to you?

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    2. LeftyJones

      LeftyJones

      Yes. If the question involves something that would fall under their area of purview or expertise, they will try to answer for you, even if you're not a member.

    3. PJMAC

      PJMAC

      Correct.

       

    4. Bobbylaw

      Bobbylaw

      Yes. Call them Monday...they'll answer q's over the phone, in my experience

  15. Does anyone know the rate/ratio of success on the "featured" Black List scripts? Curious to know if any writers have sold or been commissioned off this extra push.

    1. palostick

      palostick

      Found David Winkler as a producer via the Black List for the Controller.

    2. JessicaMayo

      JessicaMayo

      Yeah, I would love to know who on this board has gotten representation off of the Black list. I'm considering uploading my projects, but I don't know if it's a great idea since too much exposure can be a bad thing...thoughts?

  16. Finally saw "The Founder" last night. Thought it was a total dud. Anyone else see? Agree/disagree?

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    2. Penelope

      Penelope

      Thought it was okay. Performances are better then the film.

    3. pygmyzombie

      pygmyzombie

      Concept was better than the execution.

    4. Jarrean

      Jarrean

      Not all that thrilling. Not sure what could've made it better.

  17. For no particular reason, I just uploaded a biopic script I wrote a few years back into the "Works In Progress" category. The title is "The Wife & Death of Hank Williams Sr." and the script centers around Hanks wife and manager, Audrey Mae Sheppard. Further explanation is in the thread.

  18. Has anyone read this years BlackList winner "Blonde Ambition"? Thoughts?

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    2. Scott Crawford

      Scott Crawford

      @sbbn Ha! So true... if you're name's Sorkin. And there have been scripts like The Libertine which did well (on the Black List) but the odds are always on the more fast paced scripts. Social Network (indeed, most scripts based on good true stories) had a lot of stuff to get through. i've read amateur scripts where it's quite clear from the first ten, fifteen that the writer doesn't have enough story to fill the pages. There are always exceptions... but in the main what...

    3. sbbn

      sbbn

      @Scott, I generally lean towards smartass, but I do overall agree with you that a lengthy dialogue more often leans towards rambling and directionless. But man alive, you get a script from someone that can write great dialogue and those scenes can be amazing.

    4. lauriestark

      lauriestark

      It's the script the script reading club this reading this week, though no one's weighed in yet: http://forum.tracking-board.com/index.php?/topic/16264-script-reading-club-blonde-ambition-by-elyse-hollander/ (I haven't gotten around to it yet - biopics almost always bore me. Give me fiction any day, I get enough real life in real life.)

  19. How surprising is this: "Jackie" has only grossed $13M and is now in RedBox, so I assume that means they don't expect to see more. I know the script was heavily praised when it first went out. On Rotten Tomatoes, 89% Critic score, 64% Audience. I tend to side with the audience meter more often than not. Discuss.

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    2. sbbn

      sbbn

      Interesting to hear that my suspicions that this was just old hat, more of the same, confirmed. A much more interesting take on it would have to tell how Jackie orchestrated the hit after JFK threatened to cut off her personal coke supply that she was smuggling back from Vietnam on Air America and put her in rehab. True story.

    3. Writer

      Writer

      @sbbn, Jackie O? More like Jackie BLOW, amiright?

    4. egerst

      egerst

      They advertised it like a bio pic about a certain incident on her life but it really wasn't. It was a bit odder and darker and tried to get into her mentality after the assn so it played more like a tone poem feeling through those few days and less structured. If they went the more conventional route about how strong she was and moving on with her life prob more audiences would have come out, but really it was just a showcase for Portman's internal performance

  20. I know everyone is different and everyone has their go-to coverage analyst, but I really wanted to show some love for www.scriptexaminer.com. I have used everyone from Black List to TB and several independents and Ashish coverage is THE best out there for the money. My last round of coverage resulted in 3 thorough pages of notes and I can't say it wasn't his suggestions that got my script in the shape it needed to be in to land me a manager. Just a friendly tip to those in need.

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    2. palostick

      palostick

      Ashish is a/the notes maestro.

    3. CastorTroy16

      CastorTroy16

      Awesome guy. Gives great notes.

    4. sometimeaftertwoam

      sometimeaftertwoam

      Btw, I am by no means dogging TB's coverage. They remain the finest true studio coverage on the market and I will continue to use them for all scripts once I'm to that point. Just wanted to recognize Ashish for being the finest 'budget' coverage I've seen.

  21. I'm looking for a great one-sheet. I know we have a thread for treatments and bibles, but does anyone have a really great one-sheet template? P&T

  22. I'm sure I'm in the minority here and will probably get crucified for this, but I honestly do not get the hype for Stranger Things. It seems like the more people hype a show up all over social media the more let down I am by it when I finally get around to watching. Props to the writers for getting it going but I just was not engaged. Discuss.

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    2. CastorTroy16

      CastorTroy16

      I loved it. I thought the last episode lacked conflict and could have been much better but I liked the series and will check out a season 2

    3. PJMAC

      PJMAC

      Count me in the love it camp. I was almost ready to give up after the third episode but after that I was hooked. So was the family.

    4. Reader George

      Reader George

      Thought a few episodes dragged on but overall glad I stuck with it. That said, there's a fine line between suspense and "deliberately vague." Aside from the multiple homages to other IP, it most reminded me of that SyFy series Eureka, which was a bit uneven for me.

       

  23. Is there anyone who has experience uploading multiple voices into Final Draft for use in the read back feature? I've tried the ways suggested online and it seems there's no cut and dry method. Any help?

  24. ISO: "The Crow" Reboot by Cliff Dorfman. P&T

  25. ISO: "The Crow" Reboot by Cliff Dorfman. P&T

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