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Tired of the LA Smog? Go to Hollywood in Orlando, Florida!
by Richard Michaels Stefanik 08 Dec '04

08 Dec '04

Story Design Workshop & PitchXchange ORLANDO Feb. 19, 2005 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * The Perfect Holiday Gift for Your Screenwriter! * The Megahit Movies Book 2004 Edition * RMS Story & Screenplay Consultations ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Perfect Holiday Gift for Your Screenwriter! Send your Screenwriter & Family to Florida in Winter! $150 Early Registration Fee before Dec. 31, 2004 Orlando Story Design Workshop & PitchXchange Saturday February 19, 2005 in Orlando, Florida $195 Registration Fee after Jan. 1, 2005 8:00-9:00 Onsite Registration for the Workshop 9:00-10:00 Pitch Coaching Class 1 10:00-11:00 Story Design - Creating Popular Movies 11:00-12:00 Creating Humorous Characters & Scenes 12:00-1:00 Lunch Break and Networking 1:00-2:00 Pitch Coaching Class 2 2:00-3:00 11 Simple Steps to Write Like a Pro 3:00-4:00 Getting Hollywood Representation 4:00-5:00 Direct-to-DVD Movie Making 5:00-6:00 Hollywood Screenwriting Business Panel 8:00-12:00 Networking with Agents & Producers Party Pitch your script to Movie Producers and Agents. Pitch Sessions: 9:00-5:00 -- Each Session lasts for seven (7) minutes. Writers will receive an email with instructions on how to sign up for pitches online once their registration payment for the Orlando Workshop is processed. Charges for Pitch Sessions are in addition to Workshop Registration Fee. $25 for each pitch or 5 pitches for $100. MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY GUESTS Richard Michaels Stefanik, RMS Productions Company, (www.TheMegahitMovies.com). Richard works with new writers to develop their original stories into high concept screenplays. He was a Screenwriting Fellow at the American Film Institute, where he wrote, directed and produced a dramatic movie, Michael & Christina. He is Producer-Director of the comedy movie, Henry Dodd (www.HenryDodd.com), released on DVD in 2004. His second romantic comedy as Producer- Director, Once Upon a Blue Moon, is now is pre-production and will be released in 2005. Richard worked at several Hollywood studios, including Paramount Pictures and Walt Disney Productions. He is the author of Structures of Fantasy, a screenwriting book that analyzed the dramatic and comic elements found in popular movies. This book has been chosen by the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Mentors Program for inclusion in its list of recommended screenwriting books and is described as "one of the best books on story structure." A revised and expanded edition of this book has been published as The Megahit Movies. The French translation of this book was published in Paris in 2003 by Editions Dixit as Les Cles Des Plus Grands Succes Cinematographiques. Richard's new screenwriting book, Story Design: Creating Award Winning Movies, will be published in 2005. Richard has taught Story Design and Screenwriting Seminars in cities throughout the world, including London, Copenhagen, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Orlando, Las Vegas, New York, and Hollywood. Shelly Mellott, Editor-in-Chief, Scr(i)pt Magazine(www.ScriptMag.com). Shelly was the manager of the LA Expo Pitch Sessions 2002-2004. Lesley Bracker, The Writers Channel (www.WritersChannel.net). Founder of The Writer's Channel and an independent film producer and script consultant. Lesley has worked at ICM and Warner Brothers, and sold several TV and film projects. She is currently producing an independent film, Better Living Through Chaos. Paul Levine, Entertainment Lawyer-Literary Agent. Paul specializes in the representation of writers, producers, directors, actors, and production companies. He also represent, as a literary agent, adult, children, and young adult fiction and non- fiction book authors. Mike Esola, William Morris Agency Mike worked in Reality TV and also in development at Outlaw Productions in West Hollywood, before joining the Motion Picture Lit Department of the William Morris Agency. More Agents and Producers names will be listed once confirmed. This screenwriting workshop is sponsored by RMS Productions Company, Scr(i)pt Magazine, The Writer's Channel, WritersStore.com, Screenplay.com, Scriptapalooza.com, ScreenStyle.com, ScriptPimp.com, ScriptUtopia.com, and Action/Cut Seminars. $150 Early Registration Fee before Dec. 31, 2004 $195 Registration Fee after Jan. 1, 2005 <b>Orlando Story Design Workshop & PitchXchange</b> - http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=cdsynzaab.0.xisf7yaab.zb985y67.40637&p=http%3A%2F%2… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Megahit Movies Book 2004 Edition The new 525+ page 2004 edition analyzes The Megahit Movies, those films which have generated more than $250 million in North American Box Office receipts. It presents principles of story construction that can be used to develop popular movies by providing an analysis of cinematic techniques. It also offers stimulating ideas that can be helpful in the creative process. The book is designed for writers, directors and producers who want to create commercially successful films. The fundamentals of dramatic structure, the human emotions, and the construction of humorous characters and situations are explained, with examples drawn from some of the most popular motion pictures Hollywood has ever produced. The Foreword to the book is written by Christopher Lockhart, Executive Story Editor, International Creative Management (ICM) in which he discusses what Hollywood Producers, Agents and Studios are looking for when reading screenplays. Analysis of recent megahit-blockbuster movies such as SHREK 2, SPIDER-MAN 2, HARRY POTTER, BRUCE ALMIGHTY, MATRIX TRILOGY, FINDING NEMO, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN and THE LORD OF THE RINGS Purchase The Megahit Movies Book 2004 Edition - http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=cdsynzaab.0.ru8vq8n6.zb985y67.40637&p=http%3A%2F%2F… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RMS Story & Screenplay Consultations A personal consultation on your original screenplay! Once you purchase this package, you will be permitted to submit a 120 page original screenplay. Between 3 to 5 pages of written comments about the screenplay will be emailed to you within 14 days after the receipt of the script by U.S. Priority Mail. Also included is The Megahit Movies Book 525+ pages of information about the structure of popular films. Once you have read my comments, I will schedule a one-hour chat session to further discuss your script. Start developing your script into a feature screenplay that can be made into a popular Hollywood movie! 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by Washington.Mutual＠relay2.rwth-aachen.de 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

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See You Tomorrow, Online Registration Closes at Midnight Tonight/Avoid Lines Onsite
by International Film Festival Summit 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

Join us Tuesday at the International Film Festival Summit Online Registration Closes Tonight/On Site Registration Higher The International Film Festival Summit is coming up December 7th and 8th at the Hudson Hotel in New York City We have panelists from SXSW, Seattle, AFI, IFP Los Angeles, New Directors/New Films, Starz! Denver International, Vancouver, Hamptons International and many other great festivals making this first year of the summit as strong as we can! This will be the largest ever gathering of professionals from the film festival industry. It's not a film festival where films will be shown, but a chance for industry professionals to network and discuss the state of film festivals around the world. Please visit the web site at www.filmfestivalsummit.com for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DATE: December 7-8, 2004 LOCATION: Hudson Hotel New York City Register Now - http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=ckj7kzaab.0.jildc8n6.4ooldzn6.3339&p=http%3A%2F%2Fw… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Topics Include ------------------------------------------------------------ Keynote Presentation by Chris Gore, Filmthreat on the state of the Film Festival Industry- Film Festivals: State of The Industry- So many Submissions, So Little Time? - Sponsorships! Sponsorships! Sponsorships! Part I- Film Festival Marketing 101- Sponsorships! Sponsorships! Sponsorships! Part II- Film Festivals & The Local Community: Integrating the Locals- Integrating Technology Into Your Festival- Film Festival Brainstorming Session: The Future of Film Festivals 2010- --- --- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IFFS ------------------------------------------------------------ email: info(a)etaexpo.com phone: 917-655-0818 web: http://www.filmfestivalsummit.com Forward email http://ui.constantcontact.com/roving/sa/fwtf.jsp?m=1011233438175&ea=cannes5… This email was sent to cannes56(a)filmstudio.rwth-aachen.de, by info(a)etaexpo.com Update Profile/Email Address http://ui.constantcontact.com/roving/d.jsp?p=oo&m=1011233438175&ea=cannes56… Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe(TM) http://ui.constantcontact.com/roving/d.jsp?p=un&m=1011233438175&ea=cannes56… Privacy Policy: http://ui.constantcontact.com/roving/CCPrivacyPolicy.jsp Powered by Constant Contact(R) www.constantcontact.com IFFS | 356 W. 58th Street | New York | NY | 10001

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Festival de Paris IDF
by programmation 06 Dec '04

06 Dec '04

Marion ARBELLOT-REPAIRE Assistante de programmation Festival du Film PARIS IDF Tel : + 33 158 05 25 50 programmation(a)regiefestivals.fr

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FILMFESTIVALS.COM WEEKLY NEWSLETTER N° 211
by newsletter＠films-festivals.com 04 Dec '04

04 Dec '04

FILMFESTIVALS.COM WEEKLY NEWSLETTER N° 211 : December 4 - 11, 2004 Contact our editor: mailto:editor@filmfestivals.com Advertise: mailto:bruno@filmfestivals.com ______________________________________________________________ NEWS FROM FESTIVALS * Warm welcome at Dubai inaugural fest * Berlin Today Awards will select from 174 digital film entries * Pan African Film and Arts Fest announces new dates in LA * Vera Drake took best at British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) * Sundance announces its program mostly fresh & indie * Backlot Film Festival kicks off: oldies but goodies * Santa Fe Fest packed with Oscar hopefuls * The Dubai International Film Festival line up revealed this monday http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/festivalsnews.shtml __________________________________________________________ LAST MINUTE TRAVELS PLANS FOR YOUR FEST TRIPS "One Stop Shop" to book hotels, flights, rental car... http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/useful_info.shtml ______________________________________________________________ AWARDS * EFA nominees compete for best from Europe * Bristol International Short Film Festival awards * Nominations Announced for 2005 Independent Spirit Awards * Shadow Festival in Amsterdam awards * Mannheim-Heidelberg top award to Chlorox, Ammonia & Coffee * Thessaloniki awards gold to Bitter Dream from Iran * EFA critics prize to The Weeping Meadow * The Writers Place finalists * Ljubljana Film Festival awards revealed http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/festivals_wrapup.shtml ______________________________________________________________ NEWS FROM OUR PARTNER SONY DIGITALMASTER TAPE Ditch the Glitches * Designed for any mini-DV or DVCAM(tm) camcorders, * DigitalMaster(tm) tape is far from ordinary. * Click here for more info http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;10848566;10287932;n?http://digitalmasterta pe.com/ _____________________________________________________________ THE NEWS " IN FRENCH " l'actu des festivals francophones * Caméras des ChampsFestival international du film documentaire sur la ruralité * Festival International du Film de Belfort * "Filmer à tout prix" : festival des cinémas documentaires, * Quels festivals pour quels films: débats à Paris Tout court http://www.filmfestivals.com/fr/index.shtml ______________________________________________________________ FESTIVALS AGENDA Festivals calling for your films... This week, this month, the BULLETIN BOARD... http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/deadlines.shtml ASPIRING FEST REPORTERS WANTED Share your Festival experiences with us. Be a filmfestival reporter and ambassador. maito:editor@filmfestivals.com ______________________________________________________________ NEWS FROM OUR PARTNER Welcome to ypalive, the Webs premium lifestyle portal! ypalive strives to be all things to all people without sacrificing quantity or quality, and was created with the demanding, yet cost-conscious consumer in mind. http://www.ypalive.com/aboutus.asp ______________________________________________________________ D-CINEMA NEWS * Christie's Vice President EMEA : Dale Miller * Digital synthetis tech For HD 3D http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/dcinema.shtml ______________________________________________________________ FEST PLAYERS FOCUS * Neil D. Stephenson opens his first Dubai Festival * Director Pupi Avati to head Jury at Cairo fest * Oliver Stone Honored by Stockholm for Lifetime Achievements * Rotterdam honors lebanese, Paris based artist Anri Sala http://www.filmfestivals.com/fr/index.shtml ______________________________________________________________ FILM FROM FEST FOCUS * Final Solution won two more international awards at Nantes 3 Continents * Festivalgoer rookie experience in Livermore Valley * Bahamas impressive and eclectic line up * Third National TV Viewers Strike in Italy http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/films.shtml ______________________________________________________________ FESTIVALS AGENDA Festivals calling for your films... This week, this month, the BULLETIN BOARD... http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/deadlines.shtml ______________________________________________________________ CALL FOR ENTRIES ONLINE SUBMISSIONS Filmmakers don't miss these ones! 1) CINEMA IN PARADISE BAHAMAS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL December 9-12, 2004 join filmmakers and celebrites from around the world at the inaugural edition. The festival will entertain visitors with a diverse presentation of international films, unusual cultural experiences and fantanstic social events. Come and be a part of the fun! http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/04/october/bahamas.shtml 2)THE SHORT SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL EXPO 2005 Summer 2005 An environmentally themed, competitive short film festival taking place at the Worlds Fair in Japan next summer. Films must be under 25 minutes in length and Japanese premieres. There are no year of production requirements and NO ENTRY FEES! 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The festival will showcase 10 programs, featuring a total of approximately 80 films. http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/04/november/dubai.shtml 4) 4th BEVERLY HILLS FILM FESTIVAL April 13-17, 2005 Beverly Hills Film Festival April 13-17, 2005 is now acepting entries Call for Entries Deadline : Fjanuary 1st, 2005 http://www.filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/03/july/beverly_hills2004.shtml 5) See your Banner blinking on Filmfestivals.com HOMEPAGE linked to your online Call for Entries on our Bulletin Board. Maximize film entries. 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IFFS Kicks off Next Tuesday, Register Online Now, Onsite is Higher
by International Film Festival Summit 03 Dec '04

03 Dec '04

Join us Tuesday at the International Film Festival Summit Online Registration Still Open/ On Site Registration Is Higher The International Film Festival Summit is coming up December 7th and 8th at the Hudson Hotel in New York City We have panelists from SXSW, Seattle, AFI, IFP Los Angeles, New Directors/New Films, Starz! Denver International, Vancouver, Hamptons International and many other great festivals making this first year of the summit as strong as we can! This will be the largest ever gathering of professionals from the film festival industry. It's not a film festival where films will be shown, but a chance for industry professionals to network and discuss the state of film festivals around the world. Please visit the web site at www.filmfestivalsummit.com for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DATE: December 7-8, 2004 LOCATION: Hudson Hotel New York City Register Now - http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=bijojzaab.0.jildc8n6.4ooldzn6.3339&p=http%3A%2F%2Fw… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Topics Include ------------------------------------------------------------ Keynote Presentation by Chris Gore, Filmthreat on the state of the Film Festival Industry- Film Festivals: State of The Industry- So many Submissions, So Little Time? - Sponsorships! Sponsorships! Sponsorships! Part I- Film Festival Marketing 101- Sponsorships! Sponsorships! Sponsorships! Part II- Film Festivals & The Local Community: Integrating the Locals- Integrating Technology Into Your Festival- Film Festival Brainstorming Session: The Future of Film Festivals 2010- --- --- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IFFS ------------------------------------------------------------ email: info(a)etaexpo.com phone: 917-655-0818 web: http://www.filmfestivalsummit.com Forward email http://ui.constantcontact.com/roving/sa/fwtf.jsp?m=1011233438175&ea=cannes5… This email was sent to cannes56(a)filmstudio.rwth-aachen.de, by info(a)etaexpo.com Update Profile/Email Address http://ui.constantcontact.com/roving/d.jsp?p=oo&m=1011233438175&ea=cannes56… Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe(TM) http://ui.constantcontact.com/roving/d.jsp?p=un&m=1011233438175&ea=cannes56… Privacy Policy: http://ui.constantcontact.com/roving/CCPrivacyPolicy.jsp Powered by Constant Contact(R) www.constantcontact.com IFFS | 356 W. 58th Street | New York | NY | 10001

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