Nic.Lishko

best show on amc

... you'd better order the next season now then, you'll be annoyed having to wait!

Killed it in a day. Started season 2 today.

Maybe it's just the profession I wandered into when I took a turn down the wrong road, but in my world you re-read everything you write again and again and again and again... nothing to do with ego or or how much I like what wrote - you do it so you don't look like a slob. I don't think a person is stupid when I see typos and obvious mistakes but I do think, like CB said, that they just don't care enough about what they wrote to make sure it looked good. And if they don'...

Scott, you make an interesting point about whether a person would want to re-read their work. Although I understand that a person may not want to re-read it for fun, why would a person not want to re-read it to improve it? If they don't like re-reading it to that end, then it probably needs to be re-written anyway. I don't see it being much different than playing a song - a great musician practices a piece again and again until it sounds right. Playing it once and then saying, I...

'm done, never again will never lead to a great performance.

I remember really enjoying that film. I also remember when they filmed it here

Yes to most of what was said. You're the best diet green tea, i swear I'll send you a case of lipton one day.

They said they weren't ready for a serious movie and they wanted to laugh and that movies that bum you out don't have a purpose.

A Simple Plan is fucking fantastic and anyone who hates it must be intellectually challenged. (Yea, I said it. What? What now? WHAAAAAT?!?! )

Way to go Ben! That's a lot of money for a dying medium

seriously - well done ben

Thanks fellas, but I think Luke Wilson should have been the excited one. I'd have saved him a trip to the notary public

Indie means your financing doesn't come from any of the studios/media conglomerates. That's it. It has nothing to do with budget. Indie used to be a low-budget designation because filmmakers were lucky to raise a million in financing but with billionaires looking to buy an Oscar, foreign money and investment groups it's no longer true.

Huh. There's a lot of good lessons to be learned here. Thanks people!

"Indie means your financing doesn't come from any of the studios/media conglomerates. That's it."

^^^Point blank. Amen. Retards, learn from this man.

I totally forgot about Homicide. I have to find that one because I am working on an ensemble drama for my pilot too!

ˇhanks, CB.

Also the Deadwood pilot does a formidable job of establishing place, tone and character.

I saw that. I am both interested and skeptical at the same time, but I hope for the best. It would be a great way for writers to break in if it works.

I'm also quite hopeful. We'll see what happens. Anyway is an in I suppose.

18 month free exclusive option? No thanks.

If you have a good story, all you need is working on the execution. Keep working and good luck. Thanks for the positive energy Charlie.

Good Luck, Charlie Brown. I am rooting for you. You've been a positive spark here from day one.

Thanks dudes! You guys rock!

I posted a few more. Hope it helps. Good luck.

Thanks a lot, Charlie!

Full disclosure, I wrote a steampunk/gearpunk pilot with two other friends that has been very favorably received and we're looking to potentially turn it into a graphic novel or a comic book series as the budget would be high and no one would take a risk on it.

We were planning 13 episode seasons and about 5 or 6 seasons worth of story. Advice from friends in the business suggest going the comic route so we're exploring it currently and are just in...

No problem. Checkout Lady Mechanika or Iron West for steampunk comic examples. Even the Trigun anime has steampunk elements. Good luck with the adaptation.

Sounds like a pretty epic retreat!

The delight of dog-sitting

I got 30 odd films I want to break down while there as well as the usual coverage assignments I gotta get through.

Rock on!

In as well!

Yeah, Outline October sounds like fun.

I'm in. Sounds awesome.

Start at the state level. Usually your state posts (in their film department website if they have one) upcoming movies or shows. Then if that doens't work, start at the major city level... I know NYC, Chicago, Vegas, Detroit, NoLa, etc does that ... call your state or local film department if there is one.

state film commissions are a good place. otherwise. get your hands on a Production Weekly or PRS Report. Good luck.

A lot of the site says Under Construction ! Thanks AZ. They shot Everything Must Go 10 minutes from my house, so I'm bummed I missed a chance to check it out. I'll keep looking though, thanks peeps!

CB - the Controller - posted in WIP - has a lookbook.

Just checked it out Jaco. Pretty slick!

These are becoming quite popular, particularly with scripts where tone is important. I did it myself with one of mine. While it is incumbent upon you as a writer to nail a good tone in the script, a good lookbook helps those who are visually, imagination challenged. I won't name names.

I'm down.

Sure.... it all starts with "Script Reading Club" and the next thing you know, you're all in Bora Bora looking for your pants... ;-)

I'LL TAKE IT AS YOU'RE IN MISTER DEAFBLANK (awful awful i'm so sorry)

good luck nic!

i was born in colorado, but moved when i was one so i can’t say much about it except you drive in that third gear thing on automatic cars when you're in the mountains. i've been waiting my whole life to go back there one day, especially with recent additions to freedom lol. alas! hope you find what you want with your stearch.

Thanks. Wife is getting transferred at some point this year so I'll be closer to LA for writing on one hand and on the other there's more entrainment opportunities there than Michigan.

How did you go about applying to work on the crew? House of Cards shoots where I live and they mostly post something in the paper for extras, then you show up dressed all fancy for an audition among thousands of hopefuls. It'd be nice to explore moving around cords on set or do whatever crew does, but I'm curious if there's a more secretive way to become more involved in that kind of process.

Michigan's film office has a webpage that offers crew hiring and cast hiring.

Cool. I checked out the website for my state. Lots of profiles to snack through.

Wuddup EDtv!

Gimme back my son!

"Yeah, but Opie, don't the trees seem nice and full"

Exciting! Best of luck, Charlie!

make sure it's working, otherwise it's better to wait until it's ready. I learned that lesson!

I hammered out a beat sheet all the producers were really into last night. So I'm going off of that. Want to talk about that a bit more Chando?

Thanks people. My goal is to really ensure that I'll get some sort of work when I get to town so that I can pay for rent whilst writing and hopefully making connects. Any help is definitely appreciated and I'll keep asking questions in the coming weeks!

Register with Central right away when you get to LA. You need to make an appointment, and check their website to make sure you bring the proper paperwork to your appointment. Then, be vigilant about calling the line several times a day to find out what's shooting for your demographic. You might also consider a calling service, but be careful; there are a lot of scams. It's not a great way to make a living, but it's money, and it's a great way to get on set and see how various...

Which is exactly what I want (how often will they need 6'4" guys? ). I want to work right away, as long as it is industry related for absolute sure. Don't want to get scammed. Thanks for all of that information !

I wish Phoenix has a film presence of any kind...Doing the little film festivals that come around have actually been pretty helpful. We took 9th out of 66th with this pup:

there's a 24 hour one coming up in a few months...

Certain parts of North Hollywood, near Studio City, are very nice, and not too expensive. Burbank, Studio City, Sherman Oaks are all good places, though a bit on the expensive side.

I completely disagree about the "don't live in the valley" comment; it's not an ideal place if you go out a lot and want to party and all that, but, depending on what part of the valley you ultimately decide to call home, getting around really isn't that much trouble. And it's c...

*cheap. It's cheap.