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    How to get my first producer assistant job?

    Ok, guys; I have a few more questions if you don't mind helping me out by answering them for me. :) I have everything set to move out to LA on May 9th, a little earlier than I originally expected -- but I'm in a hurry to get started. I'm looking to get started as a producer assistant and work...
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    Starting out as a producer?

    Hey guys! Long time, no see! I've been thinking lately on how I'm going to go about getting my foot in the door in the film industry, and the more I think about it, the more I am leaning towards starting out as a producer. I am looking at it like this (and please correct me if I'm wrong); I...
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    Killing the Protagonist

    I am writing a new screenplay and tossing around the idea of getting the audience attached to the primary Protagonist only for the Antagonist to kill him unexpectedly near the end of the second act...Leaving the audience clueless as to how the story will end until the Antagonist ends up as the...
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    I've decided I want to make the move to LA

    First off -- MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE! I've had the last few weeks dwell on all the great advice of the community regarding my thread about hoping to someday become a writer/director... Thanks to everyone here, I have a much more realistic approach for my journey into the industry....But I...
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    Adapting an existing work into a screenplay

    There is a Japanese horror film I am a huge fan of -- and while I write a lot of my own work, I just can't shake the idea of adapting this film for a western audience. It's been on my mind constantly for the last several months. Obviously I don't want to waste time writing something that I...
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    Want to eventually become a writer/directory

    To give a little background on myself: I'm 23 years old, I've written 7 screenplays, sold one to an indie filmmaker (long story, big mistake -- I was young and naive). I absolutely love writing, but ever since I was 6 years old, watching the first Tim Burton Batman movie, I've known I wanted to...
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    Where is film financing headed in the next few years?

    I've looked into some unique cases of how some recent movies have made it to the big screen; such as the way James Wan and Leigh Whannell managed to get funding for the first Saw movie -- They wrote the entire screenplay, then recorded a 9 and a half minute short depicting the reverse beartrap...
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