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Resources for housing options hubzu.com and Ocwen.com. If you are looking to buy and qualify as a teacher or public servant, Teacher Next Door Program or Good Neighbor can provide a 50% discount off your mortgage Hud.gov. (Source Funding for Internship and Scholarship Programs).

Santa Clarita is 30mins from downtown LA without traffic at 3am driving 80mph :)

haha that's true Dan! I've lived in Santa Clarita for several years. If you have to be somewhere by 8am, you have to leave around 5:30, latest. I worked at ABC and if I left later than that, I'd arrive by 9:30. But yes Bill, you do need a car for sure! You will be going to meetings/last minute meetings etc. SC is a great city but rents are high. Maybe look in the Castaic area.

From what I've read and heard, if you have not yet established yourself in the TV industry, you need to be 'amongst it' to network and attend industry functions. Once you have a name for yourself or regular TV-writing gig, then maybe you can move further out to save money.

LA for film/tv

Sell. An option is sell and may not move into production. I would always take cash (as long as it was the amount I wanted).

Definitely sell. What would you do with your scripts if all you do is option and keep them? You'd never get anything produced.

I agree I would take a sale over an option any day however outright sales are pretty rare. Most producer like to option them and then use them to raise development money and then production money if they manage to take it through development hell. About 10% die in development hell. Keeping that in mind I decided to try and produce my own so at least that way I will get it done even if I have to by a new iPhone to shoot it.

It's all the same contract. An option is a lease with an option to buy. So all of the details of the purchase are in the contract and agreed on before you sign it. So you will need a lawyer. http://www.scriptsecrets.net/tips/tip277.htm

See FAQ and appropriate sections in Stage 32.

my TV show bible has a hashtag #new_tv_series_bible

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-gilani-977b8b56/

I'll try uploading my work in around 8 hours as it would be early morning here and the internet connection will be faster

Welcome Ben. Good luck with your Geo-political difficulties... putting it mildly. Best to you!

Thank you, Derek.

Ah coffee,,, Black as night & hot as hell... The way it oughta be.

Hahahahaha, THAT'S how you like it?

My girl is the same way.

I am more of a pest, I like it with Half & Half and Splenda, lol!

But NO Fancy Drinks, lol!

Hi Donnalyn! Thank you! I really appreciate it. I will keep at it.

Welcome!

Hi Tasha! Thank you!

Welcome Antoinette & Good Luck!

Hi Allen! Thank you!

Hi Ramsey! Thank you for listening!

Hey Tatiana. Thanks for the cool share. You have so many diverse and interesting music scores but I just had time to listen to ten tonight cos I'm on the move. You even got "Noir" in there with Hitchcock's Carousel. Welcome stage 32.

Hello Debbie and thank you for your nice comments. I would love to contribute to any of your projects, noir or any other color :)

Nice to meet you :)

Hi Aray! Nice to meet you too!

I’ve used V.O. numerous times. Like any element of screen-craft, there’s a sweet spot between pulling your punches and beating it to death. Depends entirely on the story.

I like to use it sparingly. I recently reread "The Grey", a script that uses it very effectively.

I've written a screenplay with V.O. and in the third act you realize it's the main protagonist writing his personal journal as part of his therapy and everything you've been watching is his recollection of events and wasn't real creating a twist in the plot.

Best example is "The Princess Bride."

I think is a great feature. Countless TV shows and movies use narration to tell a back story.

Hello David and welcome to the network. A fantabulous opportunity to collaborate and grow.

Hi David! Welcome to the site!

Welcome to the community!

Thank you. Thank you so very much. This is an awesome opportunity.

I wrote an article entitled "Café Connections." It discusses how I use the Café or Library Café as a place to create by observation, place of business and Tax Advantages. You would be surprised at how many ideas you uncover.

You can also name it something that links the story through, for instance my screenplay is called, 'The Postcard'. I know another screenwriter who has titled his screenplay, 'The Letter'. There is a film called 'The Ring', 'The 'Notebook' etc etc. So, you have a 'thing' that weaves through the story and links it together, but the real story is of course what your characters are going through. I think this is great, because it adds some mystery and hopefully makes people want to know what it's about more. If you don't have anything like that, I suggest you get other people to read it and give you suggestions, but also, don't worry about it too much, especially if you're on draft 5. I'm on draft 83 of The Postcard, you've got a long way to go still, get the story down, don't worry about the title for the moment, you might get some inspiration somewhere down the road :)

Debra, sometimes I name my scripts after their lead characters ("Andrea," "Shorthose and Flaxbeard," "Gayle Strawberry and Her Soda Pop Music Makers").

Other times, I like to get clever when I'm trying to name a screenplay of mine. For instance, I got to thinking about how ragtime was the first major form of popular music to come out of these United States...and how, somehow, every subsequent form of pop music to develop here owes something to that syncopated beat (even hip-hop!).

And I thought about how rags were the hip-hop of the 1899-1917 period (what the kids back then were digging)...you can't get more "old school" than that! So that's how I came up with the title "Really Old School."

Well...enough of me! This one's all about you, Debra...and all the VERY BEST to you (especially on your script)!

I like to title the script based on some aspect of it, whether that's thematically or character-related, etc. And if you like, I'd be happy to brainstorm titles with you if you're willing to share your synopsis with me! I find it easy to come up with nifty titles. :)

I have a process that is similar to how marketing folks will name a product. The goal being to get a name that is short as possible and pretty much spells out what the movie is about before even getting to the logline.

Essentially, you brainstorm 50 to 100 words associated with the story in some way. As an example: if it was about poker or a wedding, then you would generate 10-20 poker or wedding terms. If it takes place in a specific location then 10-20 words about that location. And so forth. When you get 100-200 words or phrases, you go through it to find 5-10 titles that can be elevated somehow. Then elevate those.

Hey Robert,

In my pitch deck, I included the following:

1. cover page (which includes title and contact info),

2. pitch page (project runtime, genre, and logline of the project),

3. Objective page,

4. Summary of the project page,

5. Synopsis page,

6. Target audience page,

7. Talent page (with attached talent and credits),

8. Team page,

9. Crew page,

10. Film comparables,

11. Financial summary,

12. Use of funds page,

13. Budget page ( I think top sheet is fine),

14. Contact page.

Hope this helps.

If it's for funding, this is a great resource: https://www.stage32.com/webinars/Putting-Together-the-Perfect-Pitch-Deck... If it's more of a creative look book for funding, this has a great professional example: https://www.stage32.com/webinars/How-to-Finance-Your-Short-Film

I was about to answer this but Luis A Colon did it just fine. You did not specify which project tho. Documentaries would add a Research page, locations and licenses already signed to shoot/interview. An animation would lot more of visual references and the bio of the artist. And a TV-Bible must have Season synopsis (a resume of what happens in each episode). Potential cast. And because the funds would come from the tv channel, you add potential partners, location w/ credit benefits (tax incentives).

On the target audience page I used to add a market study (use google analytics that shows you the graphics of e.g how many people is searching for topic of your project currently, then make a questionnaire on google survey so you can have automatic graphics of the answers) add potential venues | where it would sell more or stream or tv channel, etc.

Plus, Director's Notes (or main character bio if is a real story, whatever your strength is). In Europe we call it "Production Value" which tells investors "Why is it important / or why it matters, Why now, and why you?/why this director, etc"

I put the story (Storyline, synopsys, Tone&Mood) in first and only after that I add a page which says "Where we are" that explains how advanced you are, if you already have a script, producer, etc in a very clean and clear checklist. And finally, the Talent/crew and money always in the end.

Hey Ashley, how you doing? Can I have a word? privately?

Sure. Drop me a message. :)

Welcome!

I feel you're missing the thing that's there to stop him, at the moment it reads like he's working hard, but at what? An "unclear destiny" doesn't chime with the gravitas I expect it needs to. Plus "the African country" seems oddly vague,.

Did you think about a just cutting it in half? "A man embarks on a mission to find a place called home."

"An African man with an unclear destiny embarks on a relentless mission to find a place called home."

Format: who, what is the situation, rising conflict.

Maybe you can tell us more about what he’s up against.