On Frozen Pond
We’ve lived in Chicago for a long time (Julie 11 years or so; Jess…most of her life), but each year, when the temps dip, we question what the heck we’re doing here. And yet…we haven’t budged. Our Lake (Michigan) hasn’t frozen over like the one in Phil Holbrook‘s backyard in Minnesota, but it’s still pretty [...]
Updates: CSSC, Peep Show & More!
Last week our short screenplay SPARKLY PINK made it to the Top 50 in the Canadian Short Screenplay Contest; today we made it into the Top 25! Hooray! SPARKLY PINK is one the best shorts we’ve written. It’s an urban fairy tale with some fantastic and magical elements. Although we love making our own shorts, [...]
Updates: CSSC, Peep Show & More!
Last week our short screenplay SPARKLY PINK made it to the Top 50 in the Canadian Short Screenplay Contest; today we made it into the Top 25! Hooray! SPARKLY PINK is one the best shorts we’ve written. It’s an urban fairy tale with some fantastic and magical elements. Although we love making our own shorts, [...]
Keeping Up With the KingisaFinkians
Update#1: Snow Bunny received a great review from Cary Conley at Rogue Cinema. We’re honored and pleased. His review is incredibly thoughtful and really touches on the underlying tensions and concepts central to the film, which makes us feel like we’re doing something right. Check it out HERE! Update#2: Both Snow Bunny and Libidoland are going [...]
We're on the Road to Somewhere
This has been a great, productive year for King is a Fink Productions. We wrote and produced 4 short films (Snow Bunny, Sound Sleeper, Anxiety Acres & Libidoland). Snow Bunny was accepted into 2 film fests (Lakedance International Film Festival & Queens International Film Festival) and nominated for an award. We’re on our way to [...]
The Other Main Character: Creating a Good Bad Guy
We’re writing our 3rd feature-length screenplay, a dark comedy about a woman who’s solving a crime…sort of. At this point we know our main character really well, but what about our villain? WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT OUR HEROINE: We know her successes, her failures, whether or not she likes her hair today (she doesn’t), what [...]
Screenplay Contests: Ready, Set…WRITE!
This weekend we’re participating in the first round of NYC Midnight’s 2009 Screenwriting Championships. At midnight tonight (EST) we’ll get an assignment (a genre, location, and object) and then we’ll have 48 hours to craft a 5-page screenplay. If we’re lucky, we’ll get to do this for the next 4 months. Why would we do [...]
The Screenwriter's Dilemma: "I wrote it. Now what?"
Congrats! You’ve written the best screenplay ever! Now what do you do? No matter how much you and your friends (and your mom) love your screenplay, nothing’s ever going to happen unless you get it into the hands of an agent or producer. Unfortunately, it’s hard to do this unless you already have an agent [...]
Next Stop: Limboland
We’re almost finished with the Idville Collection, and we’re flooded with emotions: pride in our accomplishments, excitement about sharing our films with friends and family, and, well…disappointment. Don’t get me wrong – we’re not disappointed with the movies. It’s quite the opposite. We love Libidoland. We adore Anxiety Acres. We can’t wait to show them [...]
"Julie & Julie & Julia"
How fast would we get sued if we made this? Probably pretty fast. I haven’t seen “Julie & Julia” yet, but I have the book on my nightstand. I’ll probably see the movie someday. I like Amy Adams, and the guy who plays her husband will always have a hold on me because of his [...]
What's Next: Picking our next project
When we’re not making short films, we’re writing long ones. So far we have two: a romantic comedy that has achieved moderate success (Semi-finalist in the 2009 Outfest competition; Quarterfinalist in the 2009 BlueCat competition) and a comedy-drama loosely based on real events about 3 people who met and fell in love in China. We [...]
Baker's Dozen Update
We’ve decided to place Baker’s Dozen on InkTip, a writer’s resource designed to connect screenwriters to producers, agents, directors, etc. We’ve had two logline views so far, and remain hopeful. In addition, we’ve updated and revised our logline and synopsis for Baker’s Dozen here on King is a Fink. Check it out.
Baker's Dozen Update
Hooray! Today we found out that our feature length romantic comedy, Baker’s Dozen, made the quarter finals in the Bluecat Screenplay Competition. Baker’s Dozen started as a short, which we subsequently revised and rewrote for about one year. While we appreciate and are excited by the recognition the script has received so far, we would [...]
Contest Update: NYC Midnight Finalists!
Success! Our urban fairy tale, Sparkly Pink, placed FIRST out of 17 entries in our heat in the first round of NYC Midnight’s Screenwriter’s Challenge 2009. Back in April, we had one week to write a 15-page screenplay. As in most NYC Midnight contests, we got an assignment at midnight (EST); this time we were [...]
Update
We’ve updated our screenplay page. We might add a few more, but it now accounts for most of the screenplays we’ve written but aren’t planning to film ourselves.
Upcoming Projects
We have a lot of film plans for the summer. Here’s a glimpse of what we’ll be working on: 1) We’ve written and partially cast two short films, one about fear and the other about desire. We plan to shoot the fear short in a currently empty Wisconsin farm house. One thing we’re excited about: [...]
Screenwriter's Challenge!
Tonight we’ll participate in the weeklong screenwriter’s challenge sponsored by NYC Midnight. Sometime late this evening we will be placed in a heat with approximately twenty other writers, wherein we will all be given a genre and a subject. We will then have exactly one week to complete a 15 page screenplay within those constraints. [...]