Why on-set film or television experience might help propel your screenwriting career.
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Screenwriting : Why working on-set (even if just once) may improve your screenwriting career and chances by Jacob N. Stuart
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It certainly will.
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You learn heaps making a short. You would learn a titanic amount watching people that really know do what they do best
Plus I imagine if you are not a monster people will form an opinion of you based on their own experience, which is better than an endorsement (in most cases).
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I think being around filmmakers is one of the most important things you can do. No matter what your job is, no matter what your goals are, it's a very social craft, and a very social business.
I haven't been around other filmmakers for a long time, and it shows. That is the #1 thing I need to change right now.
Let's be real here: as of today (Mar14), 149,596 confirmed cases worldwide, 5,604 deaths. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
~120,000 of those cases are in 3 countries - China, Iran and Italy
~80% of those deaths are in China and Italy
The WHO criteria for declaring a "pandemic" are primarily the number of countries with at least one case, and the fact the COVID-19 is a new strain. The criteria IS NOT based on total cases.
In 2009, H1N1 (swine flu) infected over 1 BILLION people, yet only ~18,000 deaths
For the 2019-2020 seasonal flu numbers, the CDC estimates (I'm using the low-end numbers): 36 million cases, 22,000 deaths AND THAT'S JUST IN THE US.
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/preliminary-in-season-estimates.htm
The best way to avoid the virus (and, BTW, to avoid ANY flu-like virus) is to:
1. wash your hands frequently
2. cover you mouth and nose when sneezing or coughing
3. keep social distance (3 feet or more)
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-f...
Based on these numbers and advice, most of the hype around corona is media-fueled frenzy and uninformed hysteria, and the threat can be largely mitigated by simply WASHING YOUR HANDS.
BTW, too, the WHO is reporting that in both China and Italy, the number of cases is declining.
...but we like hysteria - it's so much fun...
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John Ellis make tomorrow’s plans based on a short term scenario isn’t great.
This will pass. This time next year we (as people) will be making jokes in poor taste. I have a flu and I am self isolating for the benefit of my team.
The world is changing. That is the only constant.
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Once you see how things that you never thought about in the screenplay might cost a bunch of time and money to shoot... Or that the exterior of a house might be filmed a hundred miles away from the interior - and a month later, but it is all part of a single conversation... Or how much it costs for the extras in that bar scene in the script... and there are two restaurant scenes and a concert and a baseball game that also need extras... You start to write your scripts more cognicent of production realities.
Doug Nelson I blame all the zombie movies/shows for this wackiness - this is not the end of the world, people! Craig D Griffiths is right, this time next year, we'll be making bad jokes about the frenzie.
I did get one thing wrong in my original post - while China's cases are decreasing, Italy's are not. One bit of good news - since the lockdown, Italy's air quality has improved dramatically, according to the ESA. :)
Thanks Dan. Asthma is kicking my ass. I can’t get my breath. But hey, smoked in my 20’s, I have a collapsed lung before. This is just my body telling my I am 55.