Pitch Clinic on Sunday the 4th

I'm leading a free ScreenPlayLab Pitch Clinic workshop at Raleigh Studios during our Sunday event on November 4th. If you want to practice pitching in front of a live audience EMAIL ME A LOGLINE. Preference given to upbeat commercial projects, but you can ask to pitch anything. I'll email you to let you know whether selected to pitch. We have an hour, enough time to work through four or five pitches.

We'll look for the strongest points in each pitch and bring those to the forefront. I'll describe the standard pitch formula and how to break the rules. To participate as audience just RSVP online as usual. As always, before discussing stories in any public venue you should take whatever protective steps you consider necessary such as copyright or WGA registration of your script. And after the Pitch Clinic, don't miss our speaker, Nickelodeon Writing Fellowship Director Karen Kirkand. Free with RSVP online at www.ScreenPlayLab.com.

Thank you to MBST producer Brent Emery...

ScreenPlayLab presented producer Brent Emery at our Oct. 28th event. When we announced this event Brent was an executive at Maverick Films, but changed jobs. MBST clients include Woody Allen, Robin Williams, and Billy Crystal. Brent gave a fantastic presentation. If you weren't there, you really missed it. Special thanks to Raleigh Studios. By the way, we had no workshop reading on Sunday. I led an audience discussion instead. BBC 9 was there and interviewed Brent afterwards.

ROMEO & JULIUS stage play world premiere Nov. 2nd...

ROMEO & JULIUS, a new play by Tess Smith, uses comedy to show people the folly of their own prejudices. "I morphed Shakespeare's classic tragedy into a modern day farce," says Smith, "because laughter is stronger than hate." Cast by ScreenPlayLab co-founder Gabrielle Pantera. Three week run at the historic Court Theatre, (by the Hollywood United Methodist Church), 6817 Franklin Avenue, Hollywood, CA 90069. Proceeds benefit BODY POSITIVE, an H.I.V. & AIDS Research and Resource Center. Half-price tickets to ScreenPlayLab members who give product code 008.

http://www.romeoandjulius.com/
http://www.plays411.com/newsite/show/play_info.asp?show_id=1204

CROSSROADS writer-producer on Nov. 3rd...

The Creative Actors Assocation presents Crossroads Production and Management writer-producer T. J. Mancini who did FIND ME GUILTY, about the trial of mobster Jack DiNorscio (distributed by Yari Film Group). Frankies New York Italian Restaurant, 7228 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, Saturday, November 3, 11:30AM. FREE (you buy lunch).

www.creativeactors.com

ERNEST BORGNINE in A GRANDPA FOR CHRISTMAS on Nov 3rd...

SSG presents ERNEST BORGNINE in A Grandpa For Christmas. Premiere presentation. Screening with Q&A. Complimentary concessions provided by the Hallmark Channel. Saturday, Nov 3rd, 2pm. Free with RSVP online at www.ScreenPlayLab.com.

Nickelodeon Writing Fellowship Director on Nov. 4th...

ScreenPlayLab presents Nickelodeon Writing Fellowship Director Karen Kirkand [IMDB]. 30-minute talk followed by an hour of audience Q&A. Also, Pitch Clinic with Robin Rowe. Open forum for practicing pitching your projects in front of a live audience. (Email me to apply to pitch in clinic.) Raleigh Studios, 5300 Melrose Ave., Hollywood. 3-6pm. Free with RSVP online at www.ScreenPlayLab.com.

Fox SVP of distribution on Nov. 7th...

ScreenPlayLab presents Twentieth Century Fox SVP of domestic distribution Chris Aronson. 30-minute talk followed by an hour of audience Q&A. Chris creates company distribution policy for the U.S. and Canadian sales divisions for movies such as THE SIMPSONS MOVIE. This is a must-see event for producers and filmmakers ready to learn the art of domestic distribution and how to work with major studio distribution. No workshop tonight. Featured speaker only. Los Angeles Theatre, 615 S. Broadway, Los Angeles (in downtown historic district), Wednesday, Nov. 7th, 2007, 8pm to 9:30pm. Networking at 7:30pm. FREE with RSVP online at wwww.ScreenPlayLab.com.

THE SAND PEBBLES screening on Nov. 9th...

AMIA presents THE SAND PEBBLES, a 4k restoration of the classic film starring Steve McQueen. Following the success of The Sound of Music, director Robert Wise chose to film Robert McKenna's prize-winning 1962 novel, The Sand Pebbles. Shot in Taiwan and Hong Kong, the film is about a Navy gunboat patrolling the Yangtze River on the eve of the Chinese revolution in 1926. Friday, November 9, 2007 at 8pm, Zanuck Theatre on the Fox lot, Los Angeles. FREE with RSVP:

www.amianet.org/events/sand_pebbles.htm

Photography by Robin Rowe...

Need headshots? I like to shoot outside at the beach in Santa Monica in the morning or late afternoon when the light is soft. $175.

http://movieeditor.com/photography/

What's ScreenPlayLab?

ScreenPlayLab is more than 2,000 screenwriters, actors, and filmmakers. Robin Rowe and Gabrielle Pantera, the founders of ScreenPlayLab, are writer-producers developing projects based on best-selling novels. For more than two years, we've been hosting weekly ScreenPlayLab events in Hollywood. We host workshops, industry mixers, and present talks with industry VIPs.

Three dozen actors and many writers have signed agent representation as a result of ScreenPlayLab. Variety reported that a screenplay read in ScreenPlayLab's actors workshop has been set up as a $20M feature. To enter a script to be considered for ScreenPlayLab's workshop series costs $39. There are no membership dues for ScreenPlayLab and events are free. To join send an email to info@ScreenPlayLab.com with the subject 'Subscribe'.

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