Lukas Strautins: Director, screenwriter and producer in Melbourne, Australia.

Congratulations on being a Quarter Finalist, Lukas Strautins!

You're welcome, Charles V Abela. Hope you find a producer for your script!

Maurice Vaughan Good on ya, mate. Thank you. Very flexible in your thoughts. And the extra blank has disappeared.

You're welcome, Charles V Abela.

Mark Deuce I think there’s a lesson to be learnt here Mark, and it’s about creative resilience. As Mike pointed out, in a hiatus in the shooting of one film, what does the filmmaker do? Yes, shoot another! That to me is remarkable and why I love WKW so much.

2046 was actually the first movie I watched of his that made me fall in love with cinematography (ok, 3, Christopher Doyle, Lai Yiu-fai, and Kwan Pung-leung). No one seems to give enough cred to Australian cinematographers, even though they've shaped the industry and won Oscars :D

Lukas Strautins what’s your favourite Australia movie, Lukas?

D A Stenard. Congratulations. I wish I could say the same. It's why I don't post here very often.

Well said Laurie Ashbourne D A Stenard and all can say that their is room for growth here on Stage 32 and in our own lives. The process is not perfect, but Stage 32 is the best platform hands down.

Dan Guardino through my manager and the producers that I’m working with. I’m not “paying” to meet these people if that’s what you’re wondering

Willem Elzenga Do you mind if I message you privately?

no please, go ahead

Lukas Strautins - you should network with Jonathan Halperyn https://www.stage32.com/profile/653418/about. He is based in Hungary, and his studio there works on features and TV, but also with major brands. I believe he might have some valuable experience in this for you.

Matthew Anthony Williams The only thing there is a beat sheet doesn't dictate anything about page count.

Some really great advice here from the group regarding your beat sheet. We are actually working on a beat sheet webinar that we'll be rolling out here soon. I also would recommend looking at your 2nd act. That is usually the longest stretch and it has to be done right in order to hit the page count. Here's a really great webinar to help you with that: https://www.stage32.com/education/search?term=jason+mirch&h=the-secret-t...

Actually ure on a good track here, because it's easier to extend than to contract. And even more important is to keep descriptions, readable short and camera-wise... and as someone else already mentioned, having detailed treatment and beat sheets helps keeping track to the designated page. I've projected a script at 101 pages and wrote it exactly to that extent. It's possible.