InDigest Issue #24 Launch Reading w/ Dave Hill
Event on 2012-06-13 00:00:00
About This Event
Minimum Age:
21+
Doors Open:
7:00 PM
Show Time:
7:00 PM
Description:
This is a general admission event in The Gallery at LPR.
Artists
InDigest Issue #24 Launch Reading
InDigest presents the InDigest 1207, a reading series that takes place monthly in New York City and quarterly in Minneapolis. In addition to their own work, readers are encouraged to bring in something that has informed or influenced them in some way. The result is often funny, sometimes strange, but always interesting, showing us how we are all constantly influenced by what we see, hear, and read.
Dave Hill
Who is Dave Hill? It’s a question I ask myself often, which is strange considering the kind of access I have. This much I can tell you though- I am the new Hollywood “It” girl, the next Leo, America’s fresh-faced boy next door, and your new best friend all rolled into one. I am a poet, a dancer, and- perhaps most of all- a thief. Soon I am to steal your heart.
More to the point however, I am a writer, performer, musician, actor, comedy-type person, artist, and thinking man originally from Cleveland, Ohio but now living in the Big City, New York to be exact.
On the show business front, you might recognize me as a frequent on-air correspondent on the popular premium cable television channels HBO and Cinemax. I also recently starred in wildly popular “King of Miami” program on the MOJO network (a futuristic high-definition television channel that was recently destroyed in a horrible explosion) which is now airing in the United Kingdom on the futuristic Film24 channel. Or perhaps you’ve seen me on Court TV’s comedy news show “Smoking Gun TV,” which was canceled. I’ve also shown up on the popular MTV, Comedy Central, VH1, Adult Swim, Sundance Channel, TLC, Current TV, and Spike TV networks a few times. Deal with it. Sometimes I miss being able to walk into the free clinic and stuff without being harassed by people who watch TV really late at night, but for the most part I gotta say this “fame thing” suits me well. Really, really well.
at (Le) Poisson Rouge
158 Bleecker Street
New York, United States
Learn the Secrets to Selling Your Script – by InkTip Sessions
Event on 2012-06-09 15:00:00
Summary of Event
- 5 hours of intensive seminar instruction with 3 leading screenwriting experts
- Covers new marketable story structure used by 7-figure screenwriters
- Learn how to make the most of every query & contact
- Insider secrets to help your film & television writing career
- Great opportunity to network & meet the experts.
Learn the skills and techniques you need to succeed in your writing career from the experts. Together, Jared Wynn (InkTip exec / screenwriter / consultant), Hal Croasmun (ScreenwritingU CEO), and Chris Soth (Million-Dollar Screenwriting / screenwriter / producer) have written for and brokered deals with HBO, 20th Century Fox, Cinemax, Lifetime, Discovery Channel, and hundreds more.
Don't miss this rare opportunity to learn from current screenwriting professionals who have been getting deals closed in 2011 & 2012. The filmmaking industry is always changing, and learning from the experts who are currently working is the key to staying current.
Seminars will run 3:00PM – 8:00PM, followed by a networking reception in the Showbiz Software Cafe with the seminar instructors and your fellow writers.
Course Outlines
ScreenwritingU – Strategies to Make Screenplay Sales
Assuming you have a great screenplay, you now need to get it read by producers, managers, and/or agents. But how do you do that?
In this class, we'll discuss what causes the decision makers to say "Yes!" We'll look at the problems that exist in most pitches and how a minor change in your pitch/query can double your chance. You'll get a strategy for turning a "pass" into a future deal. And you'll find out how to create a marketing campaign for your script…and career.
Bio: Hal Croasmun is the President of ScreenwritingU
(http://www.ScreenwritingU.com). In the last two years, he has assisted more than 100 writers to make deals (option, sale, writing assignment, or get representation), which you can see on the Buzz page at ScreenwritingU. His strategies come from those deals and 500 interviews he's done with producers, agents, managers, and A-list screenwriters.
InkTip's Jared Wynn – The Write Formula
Are you a produced writer? Do you even know what it'll take to achieve your goal? InkTip's Jared Wynn has spent six years helping producers and reps find scripts and writers, resulting in hundreds of sales, options, and over a hundred produced feature films (so he happens to know a thing or two) – and he's going to cram as much knowledge as he can about this process into a 90-minute class, including small pitch & query changes that sell, successful script and teleplay structures to know, and the important methods of producer & agent follow-up.
Bio: Jared Wynn has been an executive with InkTip (www.InkTip.com) for over six years, and previously worked in film financing. He has written for HBO, Cinemax, Discovery Channel, A&E, and was most recently a development executive with Scatena & Rosner Films on the upcoming feature "180" directed by Richard Gabai and starring Lacey Chabert, Ethan Embry, and Paul Sorvino.
Million-Dollar Screenwriting – Break Through the 3 Act Structure
Learn the screenwriting structure method that was designed for movies, created for movies, and that's MADE of movies!
Writer of 20th Century Fox's Firestorm, and producer/director of the upcoming SafeWord, Chris Soth has been a mentor to both emerging and established screenwriters for over a decade.
Join Chris as he guides you through the process of breaking down your story into manageable 10-15 page sequences using the "Mini-Movie Method," with each segment being driven by its own tension and telling its own story as part of the greater whole. Avoid that ACT II drag — never be more than 10-15 pages from a major landmark again and change your life as a writer forever!
Bio: Writer/Director-Producer Chris Soth has authored over 40 screenplays and is a frequent speaker on the topics of story structure and independent filmmaking, teaching screenwriters around the world how to write great screenplays AND pitch them for success. Chris is the writer of Firestorm, released by 20th Century Fox, and the independent hit Outrage: Born in Terror. He is currently developing a slate of independent films, the first of which, Don't Fall Asleep, has just received distribution. His directorial debut, SafeWord, is presently in post-production. Chris has taught at USC and UCLA, and currently guides screenwriters from concept to FADE OUT using the "Mini-Movie Method" in his mentorship program at YourScreenplayMentor.com. His ebook "Million-Dollar Screenwriting: The Mini-Movie Method" and DVD "SOLD! How I Set Up Three Pitches in Hollywood," among other great screenwriting resources, are available at MillionDollarScreenwriting.com.
The InkTip Sessions are presented by:
Become inspired. Get equipped. Collaborate on projects.
Showbiz Software stores in New York and Los Angeles are the destination for industry professionals and students, offering a wide spectrum of production software, books, and supplies, Apple computers, MAC stations, a Wi-Fi café, and state-of-the-art conference room for industry events and seminars.
Phone: 800.333.7518 • Website: http://www.showbizsoftware.com/category_s/41.htm
at Media Services
500 South Sepulveda
Los Angeles, United States
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