Between searching for bill-paying work, and drafting pitches for writing work, all I’s gots for ya this week is more linkages.
- John Rogers has a great post on credits arbitration – it’s interesting in an “as you pass a flaming wreck” kind of way. (See also Josh Friedman‘s experience, Being A Play in Two Parts.) For myself, I swear by the excellent New Zealand Writers Guild model contracts, though none of them mention residuals.
- John August has an interesting post on publicity. I admit to being Kiwi-bloke-ish in my self-promotion: essentially a “build it and they will come” approach. (This blog and the attendant dfmamea.com site was a tentative step in the self-promotion direction. It’s provided a fantastic avenue for procrasturbation.)
- Whilst clearing up my massive RSS backlog (and inadvertently deleting a mass of ‘Important’-flagged ones), I found a wealth of left-field ideas and approaches to film distribution from Tim Clague‘s Projector Films blog. The ideas are a bit scary and newfangled for a conventional and blissful ignoramus like myself, but they’re exciting and exhilarating, and any day now, I’ll understand it all.
- And finally, courtesy of this from TeeVee, there’s the Brilliant but Cancelled site which seems to have some neat feeds on a range of shows that didn’t survive transmission on American t.v. It doesn’t have UnSub, Game, Set and Match or Now and Again, but. Hope springs eternal.
some more comments from me and the defunct twtw site…
First up, more industry tales…..
We begin with some articles from Susan Self covering various aspects of the industry. Susan Self is a publicist who lives in Los Angeles.
How to Sell Your Awful Film from MediaBistro.com
http://mediabistro.com/articles/cache/a9455.asp
How to Sell an Awful Film in 12 Easy Steps
A PR expert reveals the tricks of marketing movies so bad they can’t even make the remainder bin
By Susan Self – January 25, 2007
How to Write and Cast Your Awful Movie from MediaBistro.com
http://www.mediabistro.com/articles/cache/a9491.asp
How to Write and Cast Your Awful Film
No matter what kind of stinker your film is, getting it written, cast and purchased is easier than you think
By Susan Self – February 13, 2007
Finding Investors For Your Awful Movie from MediaBistro.com
http://www.mediabistro.com/articles/cache/a9522.asp
How To Find Investors For Your Awful Film
Getting funding for your awful film simply requires a trip home, some buxom blondes, and a lot of champagne
By Susan Self – February 27, 2007
Next, an article on a possible investment goldmine, if you have the money and contacts…
Confessions of an Anonymous Producer from London Times
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article1549520.ece
From The Times
March 22, 2007
Will I ever eat lunch in this town again?
Mr X, an Oscar-winning producer, attacks the industry he relies on as he tells the story of his hit movie that wasn’t
Finally, an article of cancelled shows from this season’s TV schedules in the US…
T.V. Shows in Danger of Cancellation from Variety.com
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117960879.html?categoryid=14&cs=1
TV
Posted: Sat., Mar. 10, 2007, 6:00am
PTShows face their zero hour
Lower-rated shows try to get fall pickups
By JOSEF ADALIAN, MICHAEL SCHNEIDER
thank you, Mr Webber. were i more paranoid and insecure, i’d think your Awful Film headings were saying something about my work.
you sure you won’t do a guest post?
No one can understand it all – but trying is the best part!
heh. my usual overreaching with “undestand it all – more of a “get to grips with in small steps”.
usual word-finding problems aside, i find that mixed metaphor strangely comforting.