Babz Buzz

Each month Literary Agent, Babz Bitela of Silver Bitela Agency talks soup to nuts about screenwriting. Don’t forget to LIKE BabzBuzz on Facebook

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In this installment Babz talks about…

• Simply Radio
• Editing
• Creative Screenwriting
• Character Sketches
• Jack Nicholson
• Cinderella
• Ryan Lee – Beyond the Mountain
• Martin Lancaster – Open Your Mind
• Greg Baldwin – The Scorsese Club
• 101 Things I Learned in Film School
• Black Swan
• Lady Luck
• Market Ready

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Babz Buzz is produced by Michael Cornetto and released under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives 3.0 license^*

Music provided by Incompetech

You can subscribe to Babz Buzz as well as SimplyScripts Radio and the occasional iScript on iTunes

^*In English, this podcast can be share with others as long as you mention the site and link back, but you can’t change it in any way or use it commercially.

Babz Buzz

Each month Literary Agent, Babz Bitela of Silver Bitela Agency talks soup to nuts about screenwriting. Don’t forget to LIKE BabzBuzz on Facebook

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In this installment Babz talks about…

• Crow Recipes
• Narrative Tug vs White space
• Black Swan October 5, 2009 shooting draft script written by Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz, and John J. McLaughlin (hosted by RainDance
• Fast Read
• Open Your Mind – February Featured Unproduced Script of the Month
• FastScreenplay.com
• The Missing Ingredient
• The Hook
• Creative Trajectory
• Page Count
• Uncredited Work
• Sphere of Influence
• What do agents do?
• BabzHeist – Babz challenges you to write a Heist script and submit it to Simply Scripts.
  The lower the budget the better. The challenge is open ended. The titles of all entries must be prefixed with the word BabzHeist.

• Onthevergitis: (un-thuh-verg-eye-tus) Noun – the condition which can occur when writers live and die by the sale of a particular script. This condition has been known to create at least anxiety, and in some cases extreme inertia, paranoia, envy, jealousy and inactivity. Suggested treatments: socializing, networking, attending events and classes, helping others, writing more, conducting or participating in table reads, acting classes, directing class audits and most importantly living a balanced life, to name a few.

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Babz Buzz is produced by Michael Cornetto and released under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives 3.0 license^*

Music provided by Incompetech

You can subscribe to Babz Buzz as well as SimplyScripts Radio and the occasional iScript on iTunes

^*In English, this podcast can be share with others as long as you mention the site and link back, but you can’t change it in any way or use it commercially.

Babz Buzz

Each month Literary Agent, Babz Bitela of Silver Bitela Agency talks soup to nuts about screenwriting.

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In this installment Babz talks about…

• Writer’s block
• Full Moon Morning
• 101 things I learned in film school – site
• The B Story
• Legally Blonde
• Save the Cat
• French Kiss
• Loglines
• The Invisible Fence

Babz is giving a basic screenwriting class in Sacramento, CA on March 5th through The Learning Exchange.

Send your logline to BabzBuzz@gmail.com with the subject Logline.

If you’d like to post your logline online as well then please post it the show thread here

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Babz Buzz is produced by Michael Cornetto and released under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives 3.0 license^*

Music provided by Incompetech

You can subscribe to Babz Buzz as well as SimplyScripts Radio and the occasional iScript on iTunes

^*In English, this podcast can be share with others as long as you mention the site and link back, but you can’t change it in any way or use it commercially.

Babz Buzz

Each month Literary Agent, Babz Bitela of Silver Bitela Agency talks soup to nuts about screenwriting.

The subject is The Shape of Things to Come – how the industry is changing.

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Babz also talks about

• Timing and Tone
• Floored by Kevin Haskin and Jason Bortz – (SimplyScripts Radio appearance)
• Waiting
• A Christmas Carol
• Fame and Success
• Things to Come
• Tron and Tron Legacy
• Props
• Inception
• Kurosawa
• Viral Media
• The Art of Regifting
• Babz Black List
  • Floored by Kevin Haskin and Jason Bortz – “Hannible Lector-esque without the Hanible Lector weirdness”
  • Long Shadow Woman by Craig Clyde (SimplyScripts Radio appearance) – Turn of the century Arizona. An outcast woman and a wounded Apache boy. One will teach. One will learn. Both will change.
  • LazerBladers by Robert Powers
  • Clause 13 by Craig Savin
  • Queen of the Mist by Richard Broadhurst

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Babz Buzz is produced by Michael Cornetto and released under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives 3.0 license^*

Music provided by Incompetech

You can subscribe to Babz Buzz as well as SimplyScripts Radio and the occasional iScript on iTunes

^*In English, this podcast can be share with others as long as you mention the site and link back, but you can’t change it in any way or use it commercially.

Babz Buzz

Each month Literary Agent, Babz Bitela of Silver Bitela Agency talks soup to nuts about screenwriting.

The subject is Your Questions.

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Babz also talks about

• 1 What stories can you tell us about scripts that started out as small innocent things and grew into different creatures, monstrous deviants than their original concepts?
• 3 Why do people who work craft service get treated so poorly on the set?
• 4 Seriously though, does it help to pitch a script if you have sequels in mind? Franchise is always attractive.
• 5 If I add the word “3D” to the end of my script title will it get more reads?
• 6 What genre is going to be hot in the spec world next year?
• 7 I think my scripts are definitely not for everyone. Any suggestions for writers who write weird stuff that most people don’t like?
• 8 Should those writers change their way or continue to write what feels real to them
• 9 What’s the appropriate turn around time for a script
• 10 Same question — but for edits/rewrites. Let us say an extensive rewrite, where you are given notes, and there will be alot of changes that are beyond superficial. “ASAP” has lost its meaning in today’s world — what is reasonable, and (generally, of course) asking for how much time is asking too much?
• 11 What makes people in your position balk?
• 12 Do you think there are any stories that have been told enough now?
• 13 When working with a client, is it more about a single property or the package deal?
• 14 Is it more about constantly developing new ideas or keep polishing that one big apple
• 15 Which client do you think is better to have in your stable?
• 16 The one with a polish complete script with solid concepts? Or…
• 17 The one with a fistful ideas in development, but only registered treatments up front?
• 18 Do coverage providers offer those services for script treatments as well as scripts?
• 19 Is it viable to pitch a writer to executives with only a treatment or synopsis?
• 20 What qualities in a script inspire you to take a chance with a new client?
• 21 How would you segregate or differentiate the categories of the producers seeking your company’s services? Big, medium and small organizations by percentage? Commercial, speculative productions and in-house corporate projects?
• 22 At SS we see a moderate amount of absolute nube “material” (including my own). Likewise, do you have a fair percentage of nube producers coming to you without a clue?
• 23 Would you consider the producers pretty good at what they do or do you run across the gamut on their products?
• 25 Across the five years you’ve been doing this what desired product trends have you noticed
• Mr Silver’s been doing this a while longer, right? What trends has he picked up on, as far as general, desired subject content?
• 26 It seems you’ve hit the market at a very unique period of history. You were doing this a few years before US unemployment started bouncing around the 10% mark. Are you seeing every Tom, Dick and Harry without a day job all of a sudden banging out “material” all over the quality spectrum? If so, does it make the industry more daunting being choked with “more product” of the previous quality? Is the Coverage business doing pretty well as a (suspected) result?
• 27 What does the agent industry buzz about behind closed doors? What articles in professional journals or seminars do you glaze over?
• 28 What would writers be surprised to know about many of the producers that come to you?
• 30 What are some professional disasters “other” agencies have had befall them? Almost happened to us; I literally hit a wall of disgust. I can’t speak for other agencies but for a while I was allowing writers to take the joy out of what I do.
• 31 Through the Babz Wants… thread there are many generic, standard genres your business receives requests for: action, comedy, thriller – nothing really specific. And there are the “niche” market small dog, Hispanic wedding, Irish setting, airplane comedies, horse scripts, Jewish characters, etc. requests.
• 31a Why does a production company look for such specialized screenplays that they don’t already have a director that can write that him/herself?
• 31b Like a real estate broker, the buyer is responsible for having the subject house inspected and it’s the local city/county inspector’s job for gross violations and issues – not the realtor’s, are there similar caveat emptors writers should know about directors and producers?
• 33 What industry agencies does everyone go “Oooo and Ahhh!” over? Are there villains, fools and other party animals? Can you name names?
• 34 What in the biz makes you go “WTH?! Ya’ll are… freaks/nuts/bonkers/whatever”?
• 35 What makes you groan, beat your head against the desk or make you want to beat the customer’s head against the desk?
• 36 Do you have a professional specialty—Does your agency?
• 37 What jobs does your company not touch with a ten foot pole? What can you not get enough of?
• 38 What impresses you about a producer and/or writer?
• 39 How many times have you seen a perfectly good deal get shot right down the toilet? What are the top three reasons?
• 40 What quality do writers need to hone on the page?

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Babz Buzz is produced by Michael Cornetto and released under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives 3.0 license^*

Music provided by Incompetech

You can subscribe to Babz Buzz as well as SimplyScripts Radio and the occasional iScript on iTunes

^*In English, this podcast can be share with others as long as you mention the site and link back, but you can’t change it in any way or use it commercially.

Babz Buzz

Each month Literary Agent, Babz Bitela of Silver Bitela Agency talks soup to nuts about screenwriting.

The subject is Coverage.

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Babz answers your questions

• Script Coverage Definition
• Brian O’Malley
• Screenplayreaders. com
• 26 Tips About screenwriting
• ScriptQuack
• RichardBroadhurst.com
• ScriptPimp
• Development Hell
• Top Gun screenplay (DailyScript)
• Jaws
• Godfather
• Kirstie Alley
• Jim Starr

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Babz Buzz is produced by Michael Cornetto and released under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives 3.0 license^*

Music provided by Incompetech

You can subscribe to Babz Buzz as well as SimplyScripts Radio and the occasional iScript on iTunes

^*In English, this podcast can be share with others as long as you mention the site and link back, but you can’t change it in any way or use it commercially.

Babz Buzz

Each month Literary Agent, Babz Bitela of Silver Bitela Agency talks soup to nuts about screenwriting.

The subject is Pitchfests. What happens at a pitchfest and why you should go?

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Babz also talks about

• Ryan Lee Trail of the Wolf – Short, Comedy – An expert werewolf hunter helps the Kent Police after an old lady gets devoured. 6 pages pdf, format
• Great American Pitchfest
• Jason Bortz
• Barbara Jackson
• InkTip
• One-Sheets

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Babz Buzz is produced by Michael Cornetto and released under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives 3.0 license^*

Music provided by Incompetech

You can subscribe to Babz Buzz as well as SimplyScripts Radio and the occasional iScript on iTunes

^*In English, this podcast can be share with others as long as you mention the site and link back, but you can’t change it in any way or use it commercially.

Babz Buzz. Each month Literary Agent, Babz Bitela of Silver Bitela Agency talks soup to nuts about screenwriting.

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Babz talks about:

• Pitches
• Rewrites
• Selling Your Story in 60 Seconds: The Guaranteed Way to Get Your Screenplay or Novel Read
• Babz wants a Vampire movie (after you listen to the podcast, send to babzbuzz(a)gmail.com with the subject Vampire Scripts.
• Inktip Pitchfest
• How to Sell Your Screenplay: A Realistic Guide to Getting a Television or Film Deal
• One-Sheet
• Bad Penguin
• Werewolves of London challenge results
• “John Cahill” actually is Joseph Cahill in reference to his script Shades Within

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Babz Buzz is produced by Michael Cornetto and released under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives 3.0 license^*

Music provided by Incompetech

You can subscribe to Babz Buzz as well as SimplyScripts Radio and the occasional iScript on iTunes

^*In English, this podcast can be share with others as long as you mention the site and link back, but you can’t change it in any way or use it commercially.

On last week’s Babz Buzz, Babz issued a challenge to the writers, write a 3-4 page script where you must use the lyrics to Werewolves of London by Warren Zevon to tell the story.

Here are some of those that took the challenge. Click the title of the script to read the script. You can talk about the scripts on the Discussion Board

In Sheepskin by Sean Chipman (Mr. Blonde) (Short, Drama) – A police officer tries to get a confession out of a murder suspect. 6 pages A WOL Script (pdf format) Discuss this script on the Discussion Board

Things Can Get Hairy by Steve McDonell (stevie) (Short, Comedy) – The fur is flying in London tonight…4pages A WOL script (pdf format) Discuss this script on the Discussion Board

Guardians of Mayfair by Ray Whitter (Short, Drama) – Great friendships amongst a small town’s residents persevere against life’s foes, both great and small. 9 pages  A WOL script (pdf format) Discuss this script on the Discussion Board

A-hoo! by Mike Shelton (Short, Comedy) – A little old lady got mutilated late last night, and a werewolf with perfect hair is suspect #1.  5 pages.  A WOL script (pdf format) Discuss this script on the Discussion Board

Hairy Headed Gent by Shawn Dvis (ledbetter) (Short) – Being a werewolf is a dog eat dog world. Even in London, you simply cannot get a break. 5 pages A WOL script (pdf format) Discuss this script on the Discussion Board

Werewolves of London (Keller) by Cindy L. Keller (Short) – A man is obsessed with werewolves. 4 pages A WOL script (pdf format) Discuss this script on the Discussion Board

Werewolve of London (Kragen) by Gary Rademan (Short) – A man needs help from a werewolf. 4 pages  A WOL script (pdf format) Discuss this script on the Discussion Board

Werewolves of London (Carlson) by John Carlson (Short) – {no logline} A WOL script. 3 pages (pdf format) Discuss this script on the Discussion Board

Hobos of London by Gary Rademan (Short) – Two hobos tell the story of the Werewolves of London with an interesting prop. 5 pages A WOL script (pdf format) Discuss this script on the Discussion Board

Trail of the Wolf by Ryan Lee (ryan1) (Short, Comedy) – An expert werewolf hunter helps the Kent Police after an old lady gets devoured. 6 pages A WOL script (pdf format) Discuss this script on the Discussion Board

Last Call by Robert Chipman (tailbeast) (Short, Horror) – A drunken bar patron discovers a bartender’s favorite song. 5 pages A WOL Script (pdf format) Discuss this script on the Discussion Board