Where do all you screenwriters live?

nielsty · Nov 3, 2006

I was just wondering?

How many of you are actually living near film industry areas?

Have you moved to get near it?

Myself - I live in Copenhagen, Denmark, and we have a fine film industry here with most of the Danish production companies situated in a radius of 30 miles from where I live. I moved here to study film- and media science at University of Copenhagen which have also given me some decent industry contacts.

What about the rest of you?

razormoney · Nov 3, 2006

San Antonio, Texas. Being close to Austin is great. It's like the LA or NY of middle america when it comes to film production. And the cost of living is much more managable.

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mommyjo2 · Nov 3, 2006

South Carolina. Just moved from Denver...I'm going in the wrong direction!

fedorable1 · Nov 3, 2006

Gainesville, FL - For the moment.

Not a lot here, other than independant films. When I makes some headway in the business I'm planning on moving to California (if in films) or possibly New York (if in television).

Write_At_1st_Light · Nov 3, 2006

In the belly of the beast, Tinsel Town. Cost of living is a killer so I thank God that I purposely went after a paying career (software design) for survival. They just raised my rent to $1,063.96 for a small 1-bedroom in a noisy, rather intense area of Los Angeles. Cost of living is murder, did I mention that?

In SAG, in AFTRA, have worked Theatre here, and it will probably be my contacts in those areas that might get a script sold. I'll be doing some heavy hawking starting early next year. Will have 2 polished scripts by then.

It really is true. Not what you know, who you know. No question about that.

Goodwriterguy · Nov 3, 2006

nielsty said:
I was just wondering?

How many of you are actually living near film industry areas?

Have you moved to get near it?

Myself - I live in Copenhagen, Denmark, and we have a fine film industry here with most of the Danish production companies situated in a radius of 30 miles from where I live. I moved here to study film- and media science at University of Copenhagen which have also given me some decent industry contacts.

What about the rest of you?

I live in the SE corner of British Columbia, deep in the Columbia Mountains. I came here from LA where I was born and raised and spent the first few years of my adult life ... before overcrowding and the madness of city living drove me out. I'm a day's drive from Vancouver, known colloquially as "Hollywood North." But I mainly do my business in LA, via the phone and the Internet, with the occasional trip down there to take meetings. I can be in LA the next day, flying out of Spokane, Washington, a three hour drive from my home. We enjoy rural living on 30 acres in a lovely valley where there's hardly any people at all. Like I say, the Information Superhighway comes right down my dirt road.

We often spend our winters in Mexico or somewhere in the sunbelt, but I wouldn't trade this for anything.

clockwork · Nov 3, 2006

I'm like GWG (albeit on a smaller scale

) in that I live in the north of England near to the Lake District which I love but am close enough to go to London and back in a day when the need arises.

English Dave · Nov 3, 2006

London.

Given the traffic, clockwork can probably get back quicker to the Lake District.

clockwork · Nov 3, 2006

English Dave said:
London.

Given the traffic, clockwork can probably get back quicker to the Lake District.

Hehe... I can make it in about 4 1/2 hours if the trains are behaving.

wordmonkey · Nov 3, 2006

Originally from Sheffield, England (where men are men and women are men).

Moved to the States about nine years ago but only got as far as North Carolina. I'm at least heading the right way!

That said, the two scripts I wrote that are currently in PostProd where made by ProdCos in Austin TX and Akron OH. Go figure.

Though in fairness, I don't focus entirely on screenplays. I write comics, and prose, so my locale is less important.

English Dave · Nov 3, 2006

wordmonkey said:
Originally from Sheffield, England (where men are men and women are men).

Big shout out for The Blades, Tinsley Park Golf Course, Nether Edge and The Three Tuns!

wordmonkey · Nov 3, 2006

English Dave said:
Big shout out for The Blades, Tinsley Park Golf Course, Nether Edge and The Three Tuns!

Dude!

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Well, OK, to the Golf, Nether Edge and the Tuns.

But I will never utter a peep, let alone a big shout out to my porcine cousins from across that fair city.

whistlelock · Nov 3, 2006

I live in Austin Texas, and try to work on one or two pictures a year here.

English Dave · Nov 3, 2006

How can you support a team called the Owls?

Oh yeah. Spend most of their time perched doing nothing. I get it.

ajq32 · Nov 3, 2006

i live in Chicago, one of the best towns in the world...even though i hate big cities and would rather live in the middle of nowhere surrounded by corn and cattle.

dpaterso · Nov 3, 2006

I live in a cave on Mars, far removed from civilization.

I suspect I have the wrong hobby.

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wordmonkey · Nov 3, 2006

English Dave said:
How can you support a team called the Owls?

Oh yeah. Spend most of their time perched doing nothing. I get it.

D'ya know, it is so refreshing to be able to have this little to-and-fro about the two football* teams of the Steel City. You just don't get that kinda thing over here.

But come on. I could pick a team that has a symbol that soars above, or one that goes dull and rusty and arguably has been so for many many years.

Now I know the standard response will be look at the relative standings.

To which I would reply, Boxing Day and the Semi-Final at Wembley. I think we both know pretty much every red and white Sheffield person would trade propping up the Premiereship for those two results.

Though I think we can both agree that supporting Man U should be punishable by castration, for the good of the planet.

And now back to a scheduled thread already in progress.

* For our American cousins, I do mean football here. Y'know, foot, moving ball. Not what you all call football, but what I like to refer to as sissy-rugby. "Oh no, I might get a grass-stain, I better wear a helmet and some sofa cushions under my shirt."

odocoileus · Nov 3, 2006

A block and a half away from 24's home sound stage.

wordmonkey · Nov 3, 2006

odocoileus said:
A block and a half away from 24's home sound stage.

That's just bragging.

Tell me though, does the curious temporal field extend to your house? 'Cos if I could make 24 hours last 24 weeks I could get an amazing amount of work down in one day!

icerose · Nov 3, 2006

I live in the middle of Utah. I realize my chances of making a career out of script writing and writing in general is nigh impossible due to my location, but that doesn't mean I'll stop trying.

clockwork · Nov 3, 2006

odocoileus said:
A block and a half away from 24's home sound stage.

Hello, friend.

How big's your house?

clockwork · Nov 3, 2006

icerose said:
I live in the middle of Utah. I realize my chances of making a career out of script writing and writing in general is nigh impossible due to my location, but that doesn't mean I'll stop trying.

Doesn't Utah have a pretty active film and TV industry?

icerose · Nov 3, 2006

clock_work9 said:
Doesn't Utah have a pretty active film and TV industry?

Umm, no! There is maybe one film studio in the entire state. They host sundance, but I'm not sure how big that is.

clockwork · Nov 3, 2006

Oh, OK. I just remember reading that they filmed that Everwood TV show there which doubled for Colorado.

icerose · Nov 3, 2006

clock_work9 said:
Oh, OK. I just remember reading that they filmed that Everwood TV show there which doubled for Colorado.

Well yeah, they film here ALL the time. We have great scenery, a lot of open and unique landscapes that is cheap to film and easy access without worry of keeping people away.

Off the top of my head Galaxy Quest the part of the planet where they get that round core thingy, that was filmed in Goblin Valley, which is about an hour south of here. Gorgeous scenery for filming, but that doesn't mean they hang around, they come in, get their shots, and get out. So networking is not available, which is the point of living in the film heavy areas is it not?

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