Nic.Lishko

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.

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.

Oooh, thank you!

fantastic! Haven't been a fan of any of the Nolan Batman films, especially the second one which felt like two movies smushed together after the first one ended.

The Kindle version of the trilogy of screenplays is available now, for any of you Kindle readers out there (sorry to offend you ipad fanatics). ;-)

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!

How did you read two scripts while driving? I have trouble reading one text behind the wheel!

In all seriousness, I couldn't get past the slow start of Bitter Pill. Maybe I'll give it a second chance. Gotta check out Archer Newman...

You gotta balance the hacked TouchPad with the wheel...It can be done. Lots of quick swerves

I hear you, I hear you. Nothing even remotely interesting happens until page 42....THEN I couldn't put it down. Give it another go and let me know what ya think

Great promo video; probably the best I've seen.

LOL. So this company exists to more like CONFUSE consumers, so when they start watching the movie they just go, "AW DANG!"? Crazy. It must work

I've been to several mockbuster parties/screenings. One of them was held by the director whose film was ripped off.

LOL. Details? If not, cool story bro.

Elliot79 - it's weirdly helpful in both instances. You could sound like Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins and probably get a meeting a meal.

Save your money before moving out (which you probably are doing) and intern for free for a couple of prodcos/agencies/networks/studios/etc in your home state that have ties to LA or that are shooting in your home state. Make some connections, get references - prove you are reliable and hard working... as well as nice to work along side of every day =)

Sweet! thanks for all of the suggestions everyone!

Looks kool

Okay, are you the bitter script reader?

I confess I am not . Just a fan.

Agreed. Despite some problems with the version I read the rewrite/what got produced was not what I would consider much of an improvement. The film was way too boring at times.

Movie fucking sucked donkey dick. Not nearly as good as the draft that attracted all the attention.

Thanks for letting me know peeps!

When the time comes for me to move, trust me, I will have ZERO problem doing unpaid internships Thanks for the comments thus far!

so you're not even in LA and complaining about trying to find a job here??

Please tell me where I'm complaining. I'm not. I'm asking a question, trying to start a discussion, looking for answers to an inquiry. That is all.

Logline? Wait, you said it was crappy! Pass...

Gets better with every season. Can't wait for the next season.

It's amazing.

I keep hearing creatives cite the show in interviews as an example of writing where you never know what's going to happen next. Ideally, every show should be like that, but I think in this case it's that they continually paint Walt into an impossible corner and then make us wait on the edge of our seat until they reveal his surprise escape.

Great sketch. Too true. I know there's rumors of Kristen Wiig leaving, but now I'm wondering if Fred Armisen will leave, too? Portlandia is kicking ass and it just seems like on SNL now he's going for a Holy Moly in every scene, just not giving a shit and having fun.

Love Portlandia!