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I received an e-mail from a director who is looking for a script and who was told to e-mail the Nicholl Semi-Finalists. He sent a mass e-mail that had all of our e-mail addresses in the TO: field.
After replying with my logline and synopsis, I included a PS about how impersonal it is to send an obvious mass mailing and that not everyone wants their e-mail to be revealed to a bunch of strangers, and that he should BCC in the future.
I mean, maybe that’s not cool of me, but I feel like someone should tell him. Maybe he just doesn’t know about the BCC. And he really should. Because I don’t really mind having the e-mail addresses of my fellow semi-finalists, but they might mind.
IMDb Update
1. I truly hate the new designs for individuals on IMDb. It’s ugly and difficult. But there is a way around it — go to by type on the side.
2. I’ve updated and added a bunch of credits to my IMDb page. At the prompting of one of the actors in my short musical “Lord of Dreams” I’m trying to get that up again.
3. I’ve worked on a ton of Reality TV in the last year. Sheesh.
Editing Gigs on Craigslist: An Experiment
So, I apply for a lot of jobs on Craigslist that I’m sure other people are applying for too. I’m curious about how other editors format their resumes and what sort of reels they’re giving out. I mean, I just have no idea what my competition is like or how many people apply for any given job that’s posted.
And then I was talking to F about his resume and how he didn’t know how ADs really formatted them and he was thinking of posting a Craigslist ad just to see what other people’s resumes looked like. This struck me as totally genius.
Here is the mediocre job I posted on FCP, apparent as not real primarily because of the correct spelling.
I need an editor with their own FCP setup to finish a short project; everything’s been digitized and assembled, just need an editor to make a good pass and solid cut. Drive will be provided.
$100 for the work. Please submit online reel and resume. Include the word “Fun” in your subject so that I know you’ve read the ad.
I shall let you know how it goes. I’ll be keeping track of the following
1. how many e-mails I get
2. how many e-mails have resumes
3. how many e-mails have reels
4. how many e-mails have the word “fun” in their subject
Life in LA; It’s the Economy Stupid
Sorry I’ve been quiet a while, crazy couple of weeks. I went to SC this weekend. I’m trying to put together a budget and business proposal for Bible Con, with plans to shoot it in SC. I think it can be done on a low enough budget that raising the money myself is feasible. I don’t know that I’ve described the story here, so have my logline:
Bible Con — Comic Con for Christians — goes straight to hell when Jesus and Mary Magdalene fall in love, the keynote speaker turns out to be an atheist, and the event is besieged by DaVinci Code fans.
It’s Best in Show meets The Life of Brian.
Nicholl Semi-Finalist, Movie Script Contest Finalist
I’m trying to do a rewrite now, but the drama in my life is making it difficult to concentrate on. I know too many unemployed people is basically what the deal is. One of my roommates is having to give up on LA and drive back home, selling all of her possessions to afford the trip. My other roommate is also unemployed, but theoretically has something coming up. Obviously, not a happy situation. And my closest friends can’t find jobs either.
And as much as I hate logging, and as much as it doesn’t pay me enough to live off of, I guess at least it’s something. Admittedly, the idea of getting my own project off the ground is probably all that’s standing between me and the cratering depression my current economic state brings on.
I’ve gotten a couple more requests that I haven’t kept up on posting. Maybe I’ll do that at some point.
ALERT
Hello Internet Friends,
The episode of FLIPPING OUT that I segment produced is going to be airing TONIGHT at 10pm on Bravo. You should watch it because my name is on it.
Thank you for your time.
Photoshop Liquify Tool: Makes everything better
Seriously. I could stare at this for hours. I mean, I have to actually use the knowledge to fix my painting, but you know, it’s kind of cool that I can just fix it on the computer instead. And make an awesome annoying animated gif, 1998 style.
Nicholl: First Phone Call, 17th Contact
I was sitting here in a pleasant reverie, remembering my trip two springs ago to visit New York and the Daily Show, just before I graduated film school. I was trying to figure out where I should live and work and my family friend Gail Lieb has a talented son who works at the Daily Show and as a writer. Anyway, I’ve always loved New York, and going that spring was really beautiful, and it was really difficult to commit to moving to LA after such a lovely spring week in NYC.
Anyway, I’d just sent Josh an e-mail telling him how much I’d loved his book, especially the formatting. (What? I like the formatting. Shut up.) And I got a phone call from one of those previously mentioned big guys. Actually, it was a different person at the same big guy agency. But he called me, so that was exciting. And he expressed interest in the Mockumentary genre and was very pleasant on the phone. He’s based in New York, and for some reason, that struck me as really awesome, since that’s where I was in my mind.
17: it is one of my lucky numbers, because it’s prime and 3*17 is 51, and I always thought that was cool because 51 looks prime, but it isn’t. (Why are you always harshing my nerd high?)
Best Book of the Century: I am a GENIUS of UNSPEAKABLE EVIL and I want to be your CLASS PRESIDENT
I am a GENIUS of UNSPEAKABLE EVIL and I want to be your CLASS PRESIDENT is the best book of the century for at least three reasons. 1. Josh Lieb is funny 2. Middle School is Hell 3. Jon Stewart approves. Josh will also be writing the screenplay, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Here’s my favorite excerpt from the first chapter:
In case you’re lucky enough to have escaped it, Fahrenheit 451 is one of those books that is about how amazing books are and how wonderful the people who write books are. Writers love writing books like this, and for some reason, we let them get away with it. It’s like someone producing a TV show called TV Show are the Best and the People Who Make Them Are Geniuses.*
*Probably the name of Aaron Sorkin’s next project. Ha.
Here’s a link to a very long interview with Mr. Lieb: http://bigthink.com/joshlieb
(Full disclosure: Gail Lieb, Josh’s mom, is my favorite person in the universe)
Nicholl: Big 4, Major 3
So, when it comes to agencies in LA there are basically “Big 4:
CAA ·ICM · UTA · WME
And the “3 other majors”:
Gersh · APA · Paradigm
13th: From one of the big guys:
I am an agent here at *** and would love to read BIBLE CON. Attached is a standard release form that I just need you to agree to when responding to this email with the script attached. Lawyers! They ruin all the fun. Seriously, kudos on your achievements and look forward to reading your script.
This guy is triple classy in that the script’s title was in the subject line, my name and script were both in the body, and he sent me an e-mail thanking me for the submission less than 60 seconds after I sent it in.