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http://www.bluecatscreenplay.com/community/podcasts.php ____________________________________________*Do you get a lot of international submissions?
*How do you manage to give written feedback to all the submissions?
*What genres are accepted?Click HERE to listen ____________________________________________
*Who are the readers?
*What kind of advice for independent writers who don't have an agent would you give?
*When you are reading a competition script, are you looking for story or style or both?Click HERE to listen ____________________________________________
*Your background, How did it all come about?
*What exactly is the BlueCat Screenplay Competition?
*For beginning screenwriters, what tips do you have?Click HERE to listen ____________________________________________
Episode 10: Gordy Hoffman - Writer, Director, Producer and Founder of the BlueCat Screenplay Competition
*What other skills should a writer have to be successful in the industry?
*Where can producers find good writers?
*How important is it to be in Hollywood for creating a successful career?____________________________________________
Interview with Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff on the Word Sushi Podcast
*Why do screenplay competitions matter?
*What would you say to someone who is skeptical about entering a screenplay competition?
*What makes a great a screenplay?____________________________________________
*Directing and casting his debut feature, A COAT OF SNOW
*The story of LOVE LIZA
*What have you learned since winning the Waldo Screenwriting Award at Sundance?LISTEN NOW
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Interview by writer/director Jaz Garewal (ON THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR) on The Skinny Bones On Air Video Podcast
*How many drafts do you usually write?
*Has moving to LA helped your career?
*What is the origin of the BlueCat name?
*What sets the BlueCat competition apart from other screenwriting contests?
*How has the BlueCat competition helped past winners?WATCH NOW!
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..Interview by Aussie Filmmakers Phil Jeng Kane and Edwin James Lynch on the Filmmaking Podcast
*How does Bluecat select readers?
*Has the nature of the screenplay changed over the years?
*Are there many international entries?
*How was the transition from screenwriter to writer/director?LISTEN NOW!
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..Interview by Paula B. on The Writing Show Podcast
..*What sorts of screenplays have won?
*What type of critique do entrants get?
*Whether a film’s potential budget affects a screenplay’s chances of winning
*How you can insert back story elegantly?
*How to write great loglinesLISTEN NOW!..
________________________________________Movies
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2005 winners, Rick Stempson and Andy Stock, on set for their movie, Gary the Tennis Coach
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2004 winner, Andy Pagana, and 2006 winner, Young Kim, with Heather and Gordy
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Gordy and Andy Pagana on a radio show in NYC
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2006 Finalist Maureen Tilyou working with the actors on her script at 2006 Screenplay Live
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2005 Finalist, Ryan David Jahn, at 2005 Screenplay LiveBooks
____________________________________________Screenwriting Articles
written by Gordy Hoffman.
You're an Idiot: Making Value from Reaction to your Screenwriting If you're like me, if someone doesn't like something about my screenplay, my very first reaction is always the same. You're not as smart as me. If you knew what I knew, you would understand what I wrote. And you don't understand what I wrote, because you don't know as much as I do. About everything, in general. In short, life. You know, people. Planet Earth. (read full article)
The Rogue Knight of Cinema: Why Screenplay Contests Matter Screenplay contests are changing cinema. Coming from a person who runs one, your first reaction to this statement is most likely, "The only reason you're saying that is you want me to enter yours." (read full article)
YOU ARE THE BOX OFFICE SMASH: The Personal Screenplay
Right this very second, in the heart of every struggling, undiscovered screenwriter, in the dark, hidden corner deep within, there is a voice, a clear whisper, saying one thing: You're never gonna figure this out. And this is not referring to the story with its gaping hole, the finale missing a payoff, the hit and miss humor, the flat title. I'm talking about freedom. The freedom to work as a screenwriter.
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Naming Your Baby: How to Find a Great Title to your Screenplay
How exactly does one work on the title of their screenplay? I recently came up with such a wonderful idea for a movie, one of those miraculous moments, like finding money on the sidewalk. I told somebody, and they said, "Great. What's the title?" Suddenly, and rather horrifyingly, my beauty of an idea is crippled.
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Screenwriting Tips from a Screenplay Contest Judge
.. After cracking hundreds of screenplays sent into the BlueCat Screenplay Competition, the same problems in the execution of the story and script continue to emerge. Here is a general overview of these persistent issues.
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Discovering the Great Movie Idea for Your Next Screenplay
I am lucky. I have no problems coming up with very good ideas for movies. If I never had another idea for the rest of my life, I would not make a sizable dent in the ones I already have.
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How to Start a Screenplay: Treatment or Free Fall?
Starting a screenplay can sometimes be as hard as finishing one. Impatient to pull up to the front door of a classic motion picture, I want to get everything right so quickly. This impatience challenges my trust in the work, the creative process of screenwriting.
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Writing the Classic Movie Ending (How to Finish your Screenplay!)
I’ve only finished so many screenplays in my life. Writing a script all the way to the very last page is always an extremely significant, personal achievement for me. A large part of its significance is the reality that I actually wrote an ending, or, at the very least, typed “THE END.”
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Rewriting your Screenplay: The Road to your Audience
The promise of the rewrite is very sweet. I have collected evidence that the more authentic the labor put into rewriting your screenplay, the greater the reward, and the reward is high, for whatever lovely, wonderful moments you might have discovered in the frightening process of plowing through the first draft.
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The Heart and Soul of Screenwriting: Writing good dialogue and description
Writing dialogue and description is writing a screenplay. You can argue about format and tab margins and what to capitalize and what not. I won't. Dialogue and description is where the experience of screenplay for your reader lives. We write screenplays to make movies. They are not literature.
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2012 BlueCat Screenplay Competition CALL FOR ENTRIES! We are proud to announce our Call for Entries for our 2012 BlueCat Screenplay Competition! This year we will be offering two written analyses for each submission. Two different readers will read each script, with each reader providing written feedback. EARLY BIRD Deadline June 15th - Screenplays submitted by June 15th, will receive their screenplay analysis by June 25th. June 22nd - All screenplays submitted by June 22nd, will receive their screenplay analysis by July 6th. Aug 1 – All screenplays submitted by Aug 1 are eligible for our Best Title contest with three winners each receiving $250. Prizes Winner receives $10,000, with four finalists receiving $2,000 each. The best screenplay from the UK will be awarded the Cordelia Award and will receive $1,000. The best screenplay from outside the USA, Canada and the UK will be awarded the Joplin Award and will receive $1,000. Every entrant who submits by August 1st is eligible for our Title contest, where three scripts will be awarded $250, as voted on by current BlueCat entrants. One writer will be awarded a live, staged reading with professional local actors at Screenplay Live in Rochester, New York, as part of the 360|365 George Eastman House Film Festival. The prize includes travel, hotel and a $250 stipend. Deadline Any screenplay submitted early and having received our early analysis can be resubmitted by November 15th, 2011, for the reduced fee of $40. Resubmission entries will receive one analysis. Our regular deadline is October 15th with an entry fee of $60. Our final deadline is November 15th with an entry fee of $65. We look forward to reading your work! Submit Your Screenplay: http://www.bluecatscreenplay.com/ BlueCat Screenplay Competition Website: http://www.bluecatscreenplay.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/bluecatpictures Facebook: http://facebook.com/bluecatscreenplaycompetition Weekly Newsletter: http://bluecatscreenplay.com/join_newsletter Tumblr: http://www.bluecatscreenplay.tumblr.com/ Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/bluecatscreenplayWho I'd like to meet:
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