UPDATE: NYC Midnight Contest Update
Back in September we entered the 2009 NYC Midnight Screenwriting Championships. Here’s how we’ve done so far: 9/09 – NYC Midnight Screenwriting Championships 2009 (Challenge #1) The Assignment: 48 hours, 5 pages, fantasy / rainforest / shampoo First Thoughts: Julie initially wanted to include an image of a long-haired but fictional rainforest creature washing its [...]
UPDATES: Snow Bunny News + Weekend Contest
OH, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING! We found out today that our 2009 short film ‘Snow Bunny‘ has been accepted into the 2009 Queens International Film Festival. In its 7th year, QIFF is dedicated to creating an event that ‘educates, inspires,and enlightens.’ For our purposes, we definitely appreciate their dedication to giving new and low-budget filmmakers [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]