FJ and G
Hi all,
This is my first post. Just discovered this forum and about a week ago decided to write a screenplay. My buddy has the same idea and also is writing his own screenplay. We are collaborating with each other on both screenplays and it helps to keep the ideas and motivation flowing. We intend to share bylines on both. It is a first effort for both of us. The question I have is, is collaboration common?
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By way of introduction, I worked in Hollywood from 92-95 as a Marine Corps technical advisor, doing all sorts of jobs, from casting and location scouting to reviewing scripts and getting Marine Corps planes, tanks etc for movies/TV that we'd approved (True Lies, American President, Major Dad, etc).
Have been doing journalism work since and currently editor of "The Military Engineer" magazine.
This will be my first screenplay. Following advice of Syd Field in his book "Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting." Already have my 3 acts in mind, plot points, main character bio and am using the 3x5 card scene method.
Although I worked in Hollywood and have been a journalist for nearly 30 years, I don't claim to know it all, or even that much about screenwriting so I hope to return to this forum from time to time with questions. I looked through some of the posts on this forum, downloaded a few, and am impressed.
Thanks.
Dave Vergun
This is my first post. Just discovered this forum and about a week ago decided to write a screenplay. My buddy has the same idea and also is writing his own screenplay. We are collaborating with each other on both screenplays and it helps to keep the ideas and motivation flowing. We intend to share bylines on both. It is a first effort for both of us. The question I have is, is collaboration common?
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By way of introduction, I worked in Hollywood from 92-95 as a Marine Corps technical advisor, doing all sorts of jobs, from casting and location scouting to reviewing scripts and getting Marine Corps planes, tanks etc for movies/TV that we'd approved (True Lies, American President, Major Dad, etc).
Have been doing journalism work since and currently editor of "The Military Engineer" magazine.
This will be my first screenplay. Following advice of Syd Field in his book "Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting." Already have my 3 acts in mind, plot points, main character bio and am using the 3x5 card scene method.
Although I worked in Hollywood and have been a journalist for nearly 30 years, I don't claim to know it all, or even that much about screenwriting so I hope to return to this forum from time to time with questions. I looked through some of the posts on this forum, downloaded a few, and am impressed.
Thanks.
Dave Vergun