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I've been doing quite a bit of Final Cut Pro this week, making an editorial dent in the growing mountain of tapes from my show COMEDY WALK. We shoot about nine hours of video a month for that. If you want to PA or shoot Handicam, email me. Don't miss the next COMEDY WALK on Thursday, April 10th. FREE TICKETS at www.comedywalk.com.

Next ScreenPlayLab event coming up: ABC Disney Fellowship Director Frank Gonzalez is speaking at ScreenPlayLab on April 9th. ABC offers a huge FREE program to help actors, directors and writers advance their careers. Frank will explain how to apply and answer questions. FREE TICKETS at www.screenplaylab.com.

Robin's Articles this week in Hollywood Today...

'Dazed' but Not Confused: Scorsese Discovery Manafort Bows First Film:
http://www.hollywoodtoday.net/?p=4223

'Run Fatboy Run'...Next 'Star Trek' Scottie directed by 'Friend':
http://www.hollywoodtoday.net/?p=4202

CPB/PBS Producers Academy Workshop Scholarship Deadline April 4th...

CPB and PBS are offering scholarships for 20 filmmakers to attend the CPB/PBS Producers Academy Workshop to be held at the studios of WGBH Boston, June 21 to June 27, 2008. The scholarship includes the cost of the workshop, accommodations and travel expenses.

http://www.pbs.org/producers/producersworkshop.html

ABC Disney Fellowship Director on April 9th...

ScreenPlayLab presents Disney ABC Writing Fellowship director Frank Gonzalez. This event was packed last year, with 200 people in the audience. Don't miss it! ABC Fellowship winners are paid to write for a year and many have gone on to become studio executives. Fine Arts Theatre, 8556 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211, April 9, 7:30 PM. FREE with RSVP:

www.screenplaylab.com

COMEDY WALK on April 10th...

COMEDY WALK is a major comedy happening, a Los Angeles Times "Best Bet" event. See a different stand-up comedian or comedy act every ten minutes on each of six stages, as part of six simultaneous 90-minute shows. Venues include the Downtown Comedy Club, the cabaret theater in the New Los Angeles Theater Center, and commercial spaces taken over for the evening as comedy "rave" spaces. Second Thursday of each month. Thursday, April 10th, 2008, 8:30pm to 10pm. FREE TICKETS:

www.comedywalk.com

REMEMBER THE DAZE opening April 11th...

This coming-of-age film about high school is the first feature film by new female director, Jess Manafort, who was discovered by Martin Scorsese. Cast includs Amber Heard (NEVER BACK DOWN), Alexa Vega (SPYKIDS), Leighton Meester (GOSSIP GIRL), Melonie Diaz (BE KIND REWIND), Douglas Smith (BIG LOVE), John Robinson (LORDS OF DOGTOWN), Stella Maeve (TRANSAMERICA), Michael Welch (JOAN OF ARCADIA), Wesley Jonathan (WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU), and more. Limited release in L.A., NYC, and D.C. opening April 11th.

Trailer: www.rememberthedaze.com

BBC College of Comedy Deadline April 14th...

The BBC invites comedy writers to apply for a place in its new College of Comedy. Six successful applicants will be attached to an existing production and mentored in the creation of original work. Includes first-look deal. Open to writers of half hour narrative comedy and to sketch writers. Some of Britain's top comedy writers involved include Armando Iannucci, David Mitchell, Robert Webb and Simon Nye. Micheal Jacob, formerly the BBC's creative head of mainstream comedy and executive producer of sitcoms My Family, Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps and The Smoking Room, is running the program. Submit the first ten pages of a narrative comedy script, or a portfolio of six sketches, together with a CV.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunity/comedy_college.shtml

SoftImage|XSI 3D animation seminar on April 17th...

Gnomon School of Visual Effects presents Softimage 3D Evangelist Mark Schoennagel with an overview of the key tools in SOFTIMAGE|XSI. See how XSI’s non-destructive workflows allows artists to make changes and quickly add details to fully rigged and animated characters. Softimage client Ron Frankel of Proof will talk about how his studio uses SOFTIMAGE|XSI for pre-viz and final shots. Thursday, April 17th, 2008, 6pm mixer, 7pm-9pm presentation. Gnomon School of Visual Effects, Stage 15, 1015 N. Cahuenga Blvd. Hollywood, CA 90038. FREE with RSVP:

http://shorl.com/brygrovotistajo

Free Screenings at the Fine Arts...

LA CUCINA (89 minutes) March 29, 2:30 PM,
featuring Christina Hendricks from "Mad Men"
Kings of the Evening (99:30 min) March 30, 7:30 PM.
MICHAEL LEVINE Live! April 5, 2:30 PM.
GHOST WHISPERER season return on CBS, April 5, 7:30 PM,
Hi-Def Screening/Q&A moderated by DAVID CONRAD.
TWO TICKETS TO PARADISE (91 min) April 7, 7:30 PM.

http://screenitfirst.com/ssg/events/list

Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Deadline May 1st...

The Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting program is an international competition open to screenwriters who have not earned more than $5,000 writing for film or television. Entry scripts must be the original work of a sole author or of exactly two collaborative authors. Up to five $30,000 fellowships are awarded each year. $30.

http://www.oscars.org/nicholl/

Sundance Screenwriters Lab Deadline May 1st...

Applications are being accepted for the January 2009 Sundance Screenwriters Lab. All applications are reviewed by Institute staff. Filmmakers selected for the second stage of the review process are asked to submit full screenplays of their projects. In addition to the extensive creative and practical support provided throughout a project's development, Sundance Institute supplies airline travel, accommodations, and meals at Sundance Resort in Utah for one writer/filmmaker per project for the duration of the Lab. Application deadline for U.S. filmmakers: May 1, 2008. $30.

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