Monday, May 26th, 5pm
Memorial Day
TICKETS AT COMEDYWALK.COM |
Screening of the comedy THE FOOT FIST WAY with special guest
Will Ferrell. |
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Paramount on the Lot |
Sunday, June 1st, 2008, 3pm to 5:30pm
Networking at 2:30pm
FREE with RSVP |
Craig Mazin |
Featured Speaker 4:15-5:30pm
Screenwriter and blogger Craig Mazin [IMDB].
Craig is best known as a screenwriter for 'Scary Movie 3' and
'Scary Movie 4'. He's currently writing an action comedy for
Jerry Bruckheimer and collaborating on a book adaptation with
screenwriter Scott Frank. His Artful
Writer blog on screenwriting and the workings of the WGA
is a must-read for all screenwriters |
Audience Participation Workshop 3-4pm
Romantic Comedy 'Puck' Workshop Reading
Screenplay reading by working
actors of the first 30 pages of the romantic comedy 'Puck', by
Pamela Newlands, about a male pyshchologist writing a book on
how to make women happy by seducing them. Loosely based on 'A
Midsummer Night's Dream' by Shakesphere. Reading follwed by Q&A
with audience. Moderated by Robin Rowe. Cast by Gabrielle Pantera. |
Raleigh
Studios
Enter at Van Ness Gate
5300 Melrose Avenue (across from Paramount)
Hollywood, California
Free parking available on the street
Parking on the lot, if available, costs $5
Smoking is not permitted at any ScreenPlayLab event |
Thursday, June 12th, 2008, 8:30pm to 10pm
PRINT YOUR FREE TICKET! |
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Robin Rowe Presents
COMEDY WALK
25 comedy acts
6 simultaneous shows
L.A.'s best comedians |
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A Los Angeles Times "Best Bet". A Hollywood Today
selection.
COMEDY WALK is the biggest comedy walk event in the world
and the largest monthly comedy show in Los Angeles. 2nd Thursday
of each month. |
Six Los Angeles venues near:
The New Los Angeles Theatre Complex
504 S. Spring St.
Los Angeles, California
Parking $6 at neighborhood garages or free on street |
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The ScreenPlayLab Process
- We're an association of upbeat writers, actors, producers,
directors, executives, agents, managers, composers, and so on...not
just for writers.
- ScreenPlayLab hosts audience Q&A sessions with VIPs,
workshops, mixers and screenings.
- We send event announcements and good news to our email list
a few times a week. We cover our own events (typically free)
and many other interesting happenings in Hollywood (free and
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- Our speakers are some of the most exciting people in the
film and television industry. You have an opportunity to get
your question answered personally during our event Q&A. Speakers
often stay afterwards to chat. How to contact
a speaker.
- ScreenPlayLab is an open forum for the stimulating exchange
of ideas. Audience members sign a release
form.
- Our workshops are fantastic because our feedback
is upbeat and productive. We're a very positive and proactive
group of artists, not a clique of bitter critics.
- Actors who participate in our workshops have an opportunity
to showcase their talents. Dozens of actors have signed with
an agent as a result. Actor database.
- All of our events provide opportunities for networking. ScreenPlayLab
is an opportunity to practice being "good in the room".
- We've been workshopping scripts with actors in front of live
audiences since 2005. As of 2008, we discontinued accepting open
script submissions from outside writers. However, if you have
the first 20 to 30 pages of an outstanding upbeat screenplay
that you feel driven to have considered for a ScreenPlayLab workshop,
send an email to info@ScreenplayLab.com
with the subject "ScreenPlayLab Query". There's a fee
of $99 if your screenplay is accepted to workshop. Other groups
that do readings are on our Links page.
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Funny Is Money
Of the 50 top-grossing movies of 2005, 22 are comedies, 13
are dramas, 9 are action, 5 are horror and one is a documentary.
Of the ten top-grossing movies of 2005, four are comedies (Wedding
Crashers, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Madagascar, Hitch),
five are action movies, and one is action-comedy (Mr. &
Mrs. Smith). Academy Award winner Crash did less box
office than Bewitched or Herbie Fully Loaded and
barely out-grossed Cheaper by the Dozen 2 |
Documentary Taping
We video tape most of our events in anticipation of some day
producing a documentary about ScreenPlayLab. We do not offer
tapes of our speakers' presentations (unless the speaker would
wish it). Video of screenplay workshops may be made available
to the screenwriters or the actors for their personal review
(with the consent of the writers). We'd like to put some short
clips up on the web (with permission of course), but so far haven't
found time. |
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Ones to watch...
Heather Ignacio
Pamela Holt
Serena Shen
Deanna Lynn Walsh
Diana Dezube
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Robin Rowe on Film & TV |
George Clooney…the Last Movie
Star? He Says Not. |
‘Horton Hears a Who!" Screams
Carol Burnett |
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Gabrielle Pantera on Books |
The Secret Adventures of Charlotte
Bronte |
Elizabeth & Leicester…Friends
or Lovers? |
Start Here
Top Contests
There are thousands of screenwriting contests. Three really
matter. Win one of these and agents call you and doors open.
Note that the best contests offer something better than a cash
prize, which does nothing for your career.
Writing Tips
Queries and Pitching
Producers
- AMPTP
The Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers
is the collective bargaining association of over 350 motion picture
and television producers for negotiating industry-wide contracts,
including AFM, AFTRA, DGA, IATSE, IBEW, Laborers Local 724; SAG,
Teamsters Local 399, and WGA.
- MPAA
Online database of film ratings. It costs about $2,500 to
get your film rated. Films that aren't rated have trouble getting
distribution because without a rating a movie is presumed to
be porn. Interestingly, unrated versions of a film may be much
more popular in video rentals...but only if there's a rated version.
- PGA
The Producers Guild of America is more than 3,500 working
motion picture, television and new media producers worldwide.
DGA
WGA
SAG
- SAG
Of 120,000 members, the average income from
acting is less than $5k (Bureau
of Labor) and fewer than 25% of SAG members in Hollywood
have agents (Hollywood Reporter)
- SAG Franchised Agents
Commisions
- SAG Indie
Workshops for producers on using SAG actors
- SAG Foundation
Seminars for actors
Agents
Managers
- Talent Managers Association
Unlike agents who are state licensed, bonded,
and may be franchised by unions, talent managers are unregulated
Casting Directors
Below the Line Crew
Extras
- Central
Casting
A way for actors to gain familiarity with working on the set.
Pay is about $50 for up to an eight-hour day. You call in the
morning to hear if they need your type.
Upcoming
Directories
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