21 Powerful Rewrite Strategies – March 1st

Monday night, March 1st at 9PM EST / 6PM Hollywood time, James will give feeback on ScreenwritingU’s “21 Powerful Rewrite Strategies” teleseminar. What did he learn from the seminar and was it worth it? What was the most valuable lessons learned from the seminar and can help you on your screenwriting journey. All these questions will be answered so tune in.

Here is some of what will be covered in this teleseminar:

- The #1 Key to Rewriting Success. Change this one thing and
rewriting gets so much easier.
- Three ways to turn ordinary characters into extremely compelling
story people.
- The most important question you must ask to turn dull scenes into
dramatic and valuable scenes.
- What to do when you’re confused over a scene or character.
- The key ingredient that will turn a simple conflict into an
unforgettable one.
- The #1 Reason writers won’t cut bad scenes. Don’t be guilty of this.
- And 16 other Advanced Strategies for rewriting.

Geoffrey Fletcher on Some Scene

Monday, February 22nd, 2010 at 9PM EST / 6PM PST, James welcomes Geoffrey Fletcher to This Is Some Scene. Mr. Fletcher’s screenplay for the 2009 film “Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire” has been nominated for an Oscar at this year’s 82nd Academy Awards.

Listen to the show here.

Nick Hornby on Some Scene

Monday, February 15th, 2010 at 9PM EST / 6PM PST, James welcomes Nick Hornby to This Is Some Scene. Best known for his wickedly funny novels High Fidelity, About a Boy, Nick Hornby’s screenplay for the 2009 film “An Education” has been nominated for an Oscar at this year’s 82nd Academy Awards.

Listen to the show here.

Natural Storytelling

Stories are the creative conversion of life itself into a more powerful, clearer, more meaningful experience. They are the currency of human contact. — Robert McKee

Tune in Monday night, February 8th at 9PM EST / 6PM Hollywood time to This Is Some Scene. The topic that James will discuss is “Being a natural storyteller.” James welcomes callers and guests in the chat room to talk about this topic. Also book recommendations and tips on how to improve your natural abilities at storytelling.

Writing for Web Series

MONDAY NIGHT, FEB 1ST, 2010 – 9PM EST / 6PM PST.

James invites special guests Gina Andreoli and Christopher Marston, creators of the Webby Award Honoree series, Gemini Rising PLUS Andrew Harrison and Dallas Coyle, creators of Polyester Dreams to discuss writing for web series. Watch Gemini Rising online at www.GeminiRising.tv and Polyester Dreams at www.PolyesterDreams.com.

FADE IN: This Is Some Scene

For years now, This Is Some Scene has covered the entertainment world with a strong focus on film, both independent and Hollywood. We have interviewed actors, directors, authors, even a stunt woman. We have had a lot of fun talking about weird news stories, talking about industry news and covering conventions.

But now I am going to take This Is Some Scene on a new journey. I am following the dream that I had when I started all this 7 years ago with the Philadelphia Video Festival. I would even argue that I started this many years earlier than that but I took a wrong turn back then.

I don’t want to take another wrong turn but taking This Is Some Scene down the wrong road.

So the focus of Some Scene is on writing for film and more specifically, how can I get a screenplay sold. This Is Some Scene will be my journal of how I did it. I will still be doing interviews on the radio show and when a guest is not on, I will be talking about writing and where I am in the process.

I now have a clear goal. I hope others will learn along with me.

For those of you who come to This Is Some Scene for The Angry Princess, she will still be able to write for this site and continue to be a place where indie filmmakers can get exposure for their films.

Please feel free to email me questions or comments at james@thisissomescene.

Sincerely,

James

DaveFM’s Sully

At the half-hour mark, BlogTalkRadio goes head-to-head with Corporate Radio with our special guest, 929 davefm DJ, Richard “Sully” Sullivan. Host the Atlanta afternoon drive time from 2pm-6pm, Sully brings his professional DJ chops to BlogTalkRadio to take on R. James aka “Radio Jesus.”

RADIO INTERVIEW: Skot Leach from LostZombies.com

Monday night, September 14th, 2009 our special guest on This Is Some Scene will be Skot Leach, creator of the LostZombies.com, “a social network whose goal is to document the zombie apocalypse and create the world’s first community-generated zombie documentary.” Picked by Filmmaker Magazine as one of 2009’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film, this unique approach to documentary filmmaking along with the creators behind it is sure to be a fascinating interview.

Tune in LIVE Monday night at www.BlogTalkRadio.com/ThisIsSomeScene - Our show begins at 9PM EST / 6PM PST with the interview beginning at 9:30 PM EST / 6:30 PM PST.

FROM FILMMAKER MAGAZINE’S WEBSITE:

It’s growing. More and more people are falling under its spell. Filmmakers are behaving in strange, new ways. I’m referring, of course, to Lost Zombies, which is not a traditional zombie movie but rather what may be the first viable “crowd-sourced” feature. Properly speaking, though, Lost Zombies is a Web site or, as its three leaders describe in their mission statement, “a social network whose goal is to document the zombie apocalypse and create the world’s first community-generated zombie documentary.” At LostZombies.com, fans become members, chat with other zombie fans and, if they are so inclined, submit footage that may be incorporated in the final feature.

Co-founder Skot Leach, dressed in zombie makeup while manning the group’s booth at this year’s SXSW, where Lost Zombies took home Web Awards for People’s Choice and Best Community Site, described for me the genesis of the site: “We initially came up with a very rigid [story] structure — we said [to our members], ‘Here’s our story, and here’s how you can submit [footage].’ But that was too high of a barrier. Many people thought, I just can’t get into this. Then we said, ‘Okay, there is no story, just submit zombie pictures and we’ll put them together.’ Then people started getting into it. Then the community grew big enough, so we said, ‘Let’s start introducing a little bit of structure.’ We came up with beats — it starts out as a flu, it mutates, the government tries to quarantine people, control the outbreak, pharmaceutical companies try to develop a vaccine, it doesn’t work, and there are zombies everywhere. That worked very well for the creative filmmakers. For people who were really good artists but who needed more direction, we created something called the grid. You can pick a square on this 128 square grid, and it will say something like ‘we need a photo of a zombie fight,’ and once that grid is full, we think we’ll have enough footage to compile the documentary, which should be by the end of the year.

Lost Zombies (which along with Leach, is founded by his brother Ryan and Rob Oshima) launched just more than a year ago and has 7,000 registered users who are submitting content, and it has amassed 14 hours of video footage and 4,000 still photographs. And while the group hopes to make a film that’s shown in theaters and out on DVD, Leach says, “We like that we’re disrupting the status quo, so we’re interested in other [unconventional distribution] means too.” Still Leach can’t help but run the numbers: “If there are 20,000 people submitting footage and even a second of their footage gets in and they can convince three of their best friends to buy a DVD….” — S.M.

Emmy-nominated Writer/Director Drew Daywalt

Monday night, August 31st our guest on This Is Some Scene will be Emmy-nominated Writer/Director Drew Daywalt. A member of the horror troupe, Fewdio, he has recently wrapped shooting on a new horror web series, Camera Obscura starring Reagan Dale Neis and Jack Klugman. The series follows Clara a young woman who discovers that her recent deceased grandfather, an LAPD crime scene photographer, had been tangling with creatures from a nightmare dimension.. The 17-episode program will be distributed weekly on more than 20 platforms, including YouTube with a premiere date to be announced.

So tune in Monday night, August 31st at 9PM EST, 6PM Hollywood time for This is Some Scene. The interview will begin at 9:30 PM Eastern, 6:30 PM Pacific following This Is Some Scene’s Weirdo News™. Listen LIVE at www.BlogTalkRadio.com/ThisIsSomeScene.

More on Drew Daywalt:

Emmy-nominated Writer/Director Drew Daywalt has been bringing his highly stylized vision to features, television, animation, and commercials for 15 years. He’s written numerous screenplays with Tony Scott, Jerry Bruckheimer, Brett Ratner, Neil Moritz and many other Hollywood luminaries. His first feature film STARK RAVING MAD (co-written and co-directed with David Schneider) was produced by Quentin Tarantino’s company A Band Apart. With an eye on horror, most recently he’s taken the mantle of cinematographer and has shot all of the segments of the horror anthology feature NIGHTMARE HOUSE, which he also co-wrote, co-directed and produced with the other 4 members of FEWDIO.

House of the Wolf Man Director, Eben McGarr on Some Scene

Monday night, August 24th, our special guest on This Is Some Scene will be director, Eben McGarr. His upcoming film House of the Wolfman has created a buzz all over the internet. Join us as we talk with Eben about his amazing film.  The show begins at 9PM with Movie Quote Trivia and Weirdo News™ . The interview will begin at 9:30 PM EST / 6:30 PM Hollywood time. Listen LIVE at www.BlogTalkRadio.com/ThisIsSomeScene.

Coming up on This Is Some Scene
August 31st: Director of the upcoming horror web series Camera Obscura, Drew Daywalt

Visit our Youtube page to view the trailer for House of the Wolf Man.

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