Well Hello There, Screenwriting Lounge! I'm Nick Phillips, I'm an independent producer with over 25 years of experience who's worked on such films as Country Strong, Pet, Jane and the upcoming Buck F-ing Dent. I'll be taking your questions and (ideally) providing you with some useful answers this We...
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A trailer highlighting the awards and acclaim earned by our short film, "Who Followed Us Home." The short is a proof of concept for our feature script, "Not of This Creation."
Stumbled on this great interview with the first-time director of "The Sound of Metal", and I just love his big takeaway - "Enjoy the not knowing". Amen! What are some of your big takeaways?
What was your big takeaway from your first feature? Share below!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgoWEsqcLRE...
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Karen, thanks for posting this. Finally had a chance to watch...very insightful and encouraging to hear of a success story like "Sound of Metal" that was over a decade in the making. I love how committed Darius was to the ultimate purpose of his film.
I learned a lot from Producing my first feature. My main takeaway was don't do that again!
Half a year ago I started with my scenario, based on one of my own published short stories. This weekend I'll have my first two shooting days (of 4 in total), as a director.
With a great crew of 25 skilled persons, a talented cast (7) and a bit of financial support by crowdfunding.
Thrilled to get s...
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Thank you all, folks. The first two shooting days were great. Now heading for half January, when we will finish it with the second half of days on the set.
Not graded yet, but this still translates for me what this movie partly is about: a man feeling guilty... standing in the background and not capable to say sorry for what he did.
Nice shot!
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Nick Phillips Can you speak to your process of collaborating with directors on the script development process? Are you bringing them onboard before initial notes to see if they like the concept/script...
Expand commentNick Phillips Can you speak to your process of collaborating with directors on the script development process? Are you bringing them onboard before initial notes to see if they like the concept/script? Or do you get the script into shape first and then share with directors? Thanks.
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Christopher Phillips Well sometimes the person that wrote it is also the person who is directing, so if you think their script is great and just want to go make it, I don't think you'll get much push...
Expand commentChristopher Phillips Well sometimes the person that wrote it is also the person who is directing, so if you think their script is great and just want to go make it, I don't think you'll get much push back from them. : ). Other times you develop it to the satisfaction of all involved so far and then take it out to attach a director. And other times the director will come in with their own notes and you work through that process to implement some of not so much others. In some instances you are bringing in a director partially because they are known for and expected to breathe some new life into the script. And then once you get into prep, you might do what are called "production rewrites" which are changes necessitated by things you discover during prep. Maybe a better location presented itself, perhaps a two scenes can be streamlined into one location, things like that.
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A great AMA, Nick!!