Watch the video above for a sneak peek at past Script To Screen events.
‘The SHIFTY Script to Screen event was
invaluable. It's always good to hear people's film making experiences first
hand, and these guys (Eran and Ben) were very candid. It was great for
networking too, as I got talking to some other film makers afterwards that had
also attended, and they're now considering me for a role in their next feature’.
Ben Shockley-Actor/Writer.
‘A great film followed by a fantastic Q&A. A very illuminating afternoon,
well worth it!’ Don McVey (writer)
‘I was particularly impressed with how the questions were structured which
provided me with a useful overview of Shifty’s journey from concept to
distribution. This was one of my main reasons for attending… I am truly grateful
for both Eran and Ben's generosity in taking the time to answer my questions.
All in all - this was an outstanding event, I've already begun spreading the
word and look forward to receiving details about the next one...' Dee, Film Maker
'Excellent afternoon. Very good choice of film and makers something we can
all aspire too. Also think the network aspect afterwards is a great opportunity
to meet other like minded people, which we seldom do working on our own
individual projects. Looking forwards to the next.' Chrisopher Hughes, Film Maker
'I actually sat there more than once
thinking how cool it was to have just watched a film and now be
listening to the creators sitting on stools at the front of the theatre
talking about the process and answering questions. It was like a 2-disc
edition movie DVD with Behind the Scenes features - only live!
Practically it provided valuable insight. Emotionally, it motivated and
encouraged. It was a total triumph. Thanks again for providing such
great opportunities to get skilled up and perhaps more importantly in
making me feel part of an industry / fraternity. You're helping keep my
dreams alive.'
John B, Film Maker
Do you want to work in Hollywood but it's
still not happening for you? Come and meet Genevieve and Andrew who will share
how they sold their spec script to Warner Brothers for BIG DOLLARS!
OK,
Here's how the Hollywood Reporter broke the story...
'Genevieve Jolliffe and Andrew
Zinnes have set up the spec Absolute Angels at Warner Bros. Pictures, with
Jolliffe attached to direct. Mosaic Media's
Charles Roven (The Dark
Knight) and Alex Gartner (Get
Smart) are producing. Karen Walton
(Ginger Snaps) will do a quick rewrite on the project.
Angels, described as a female take on 1987's
The Lost Boys,
centers on a high school outsider who is invited to join the cheerleading squad
only to find out the girls are a pack of vampires.'
Needless to say, everyone at Team Living
Spirit was very excited that finally, we were making a Hollywood movie!
And we are going to share the whole
adventure with you in an amazing script to screen event coming up on September
6th, that’s a Monday night, 7.00pm till 10.00pm, on the making, well nearly
making, of our $20m teen horror movie with Warner Brothers, ‘Absolute Angels’.
How
It Came About
In 2006, my LA partner Genevieve Jolliffe, with her husband, Andrew Zinnes,
wrote a spec script called ‘Absolute Angels’ about a small Midwest town being
terrorized by a high school cheerleading band of vampires. It began life as a
pitch for ‘The Lost Girls’, the sequel to ‘The Lost Boys’, about biker vampire
chicks. And everyone in town wanted to hear THAT pitch!
To cut a long story short, Warner Brothers loved the spec script that Gen and
Andrew had written, but they wanted a rewrite to accommodate some ideas of their
own – plus they couldn’t make it as a ‘Lost Boys’ sequel, and so that needed
changing too.
They brought in a new writer to work with Gen and Andrew and several drafts
later, everyone LOVED IT… The team began casting, secured big names for ‘table
reads’, budgeting and scheduling, they even began interviewing HOD’s (heads of
department, including our own Eddie Hamilton as editor). But literally hours
before production began, and after spending hundreds of thousands of dollars,
Warner Borthers pulled the plug on ‘Absolute Angels’.
One year after the first pitch and the dream was over.
Why? The reasons are complex and completely ‘Hollywood’… and sadly, we cannot
print them here. We can only share with you in the room on the night. And what
is said in the room, stays in the room.
So this is a unique script to screen in so much as it’s script to ‘nearly’
screen… of how a British writer director got so close to a major Hollywood
movie, she could smell success…
OK, what you will get out of it…
Read the draft that Warners purchased.
Read the draft that was re-written
significantly.
Learn how spec scripts are bought and
sold in Hollywood.
Learn the key relationships needed to
cut the deals.
Find out how much money can be earned in
the spec script market.
Learn how sizzle reels, table reads and
other creative tools help close the deal.
Watch top secret clips from the 'table
read' with named Hollywood actors.
Learn how to attach named cast to
scripts.
And so much more about Hollywood.
Get to ask questions to British
professional jobbing writers from Hollywood.
If genre films are your bag and you feel you
should be writing for Hollywood, this unique script to screen event is an
amazing chance to get the skinny, from writers on the front line, on just how it
works, and what you can do to find success.
So come and join me as we get the full
skinny from Gen and Andrew on the Hollywood studio system and spec script
market.
They brought in a new writer to work with Gen and Andrew and several drafts
later, everyone LOVED IT… The team began casting, secured big names for ‘table
reads’, budgeting and scheduling, they even began interviewing HOD’s (heads of
department, including our own Eddie Hamilton as editor). But literally hours
before production began, and after spending hundreds of thousands of dollars,
Warner Borthers pulled the plug on ‘Absolute Angels’.