Deeming it an appropriate activity for my internship, I decided to take a half a day and survey the landscape of online-only series available for free viewing on the Internet. After all, once I do write/produce something, I need some way to get it noticed, and researching what’s already out there could serve to inform […]
Archive for August, 2011
I’m taking a break from “Conversations with a Pro” today to talk something that’s becoming an important and increasingly marketable medium as well as a source of opportunities for beginning writers: web series. My mentor followed a more traditional route to break into screenwriting. He wrote a Law and Order spec script that got produced, and he […]
In one sense it’s encouraging that my mentor is extremely busy. I often hear of the anxious time spent searching for employment or the desperate jobless waiting that even professional writers must regularly undergo. Jon doesn’t appear to be one of those writers. Soon after leaving Law and Order: SVU he got a new staff job writing […]
Conversations with a Pro: First Impressions
Posted: 10th August 2011 by ericlee63 in Random ReflectionsMy internship is technically a “writing mentorship” that comprises six meetings with a professional screenwriter. My mentor, Jon Greene, is a Syracuse alum who wrote forLaw and Order: SVU for eleven years and is now working for a CBS drama premiering this fall, A Gifted Man: http://www.cbs.com/primetime/a_gifted_man/video/ Under Jon’s guidance I’m attempting to develop a pilot for […]
Question is… Where Am I Going?
Posted: 10th August 2011 by kateaquillano in Who Am I, Where Am I and How Did I Get Here?I think I like this blog topic the most, it definitely gets my mind going. However, I really haven’t ever had trouble with these three questions. I am Kate Aquillano, I am in Los Angeles, and I got here with lots of hard work and dedication. My problem has always been where am I going? […]
Hey Sequence 64! I hope you are enjoying summer bootcamp! Alright, first things first, enjoy your time at SU because it flies by. My time with Sequence 63 was amazing, but I literally blinked and it was over. My advice (take it or leave it) is to get involved with the amazing opportunities available at […]
During my internship, I gathered a few pieces of advice and thoughts from coworkers, meetings and first hand experience. Thus, I thought I’d share. ♥ Learn SPANISH, especially if you move to LA. Any little bit you know can most helpful. If you’ve ever worked in a restaurant you know it to be true. Any […]
Skype from the 4th Wall: A Conversation with Chris and Annie
Posted: 8th August 2011 by lacymitchell in A picture's worth a thousand words, and video is worth a million!Hello All, So I just had a Skype date with Chris and Annie. We talked about life in our different cities, our internships, tv shows we’re watching and wanted to watch. Some how our conversation turned to Lifetime and Chris thought we should record that portion of our skype call for the blog. So below […]
“We’ve only just begun” – Chris Butler
Posted: 8th August 2011 by anniemalvasi in Who Am I, Where Am I and How Did I Get Here?Hey guys, It’s my first time posting on this wall so I thought I’d begin with this category. The journey to my internship (production internship at Discovery Studios in LA) began literally the first second I stepped inside SU’s doors – I tried to take every opportunity that came my way, from volunteering at the […]
It feels weird giving advice to Sequence 64 because I definitely don’t have ANY real answers just yet — I’m still new to LA, and I’m still trying to figure it all out myself. In this volatile industry, where there’s so much to learn, I’m not sure I’m ever going to have the answers. So, […]