Film Fest Poster

Here's your first look at the official poster for the upcoming student film festival!

Untitled Film Festival Project

In case you've been living under a rock, the Drexel University Untitled Film Festival Project is looking for films to be submitted. Deadline is immediately! Also, take a chance at naming the festival. Submit your proposed festival name to NameTheFestival@drexel.edu along with all your contact information.

$$$$$Cash Prizes$$$$$$

Scheduling -- Workshop Classes

Okay, we're in week 6. The end of October draws nigh.

For those who started the cycle in the fall and are currently taking SCRP 380 or SCRP 495, I'd like to meet this Friday @ 11, in the crit area of the Cinema & TV offices. This is the same time/place as our first meeting.

For those in the second half of the cycle, SCRP 381 or SCRP 496, please e-mail me for individual conferences about your dr

Philly Area Event

Fall 2009 Broadcast & Entertainment Industry Career Day

If you have interest in the broadcast television industry, especially news production, you might want to check out this event on Villanova's campus.

Short Script Competition

In case you missed the e-mail blast, here's information on a short film script competition.

The Canadian Short Screenplay Competition (CSSC) is an annual writing contest, established in 2008, that seeks to celebrate excellence in short film screenwriting. In a digital age with waning attention spans, brevity truly is the soul of wit.

It is the belief of the CSSC that there are many festivals dedicated to short films: their viewing, reading and work-shopping. But there are very few, if any, competitions that celebrate and reward the writers of these marvelous works with a fully realized production using professional crews and talent.

CSSC does just that.

The competition will herald and reward the best and most successful writers of short film for the year (amongst all submissions received) with the ultimate prize: a professionally produced, live-action short film of the top first place (Grand Prize) award-winning scripted entry as determined by the industry judges. Runner-up prizes include cash, industry materials, software, and much more!

The CSSC is being administered and run by Year of the Skunk Productions. With a history of excellence, the competition's director is David Cormican (Director of Development with Year of the Skunk Productions).

CSSC is:

- the single-most competitive, prestigious, short screenplay festival in Canada
- a champion for screenwriters everywhere
- a launching pad for writers' professional careers through bold exposure, high-octane publicity and simply stunning production

TO REGISTER: please visit www.Screenplay-Competition.com and read through the Rules & Regulations, then click on "Enter Now" for submission instructions. The CSSC is open to writers from any country (although all script submissions must be written in the English language); multiple authorship screenplays are acceptable. The screenplay must be no more than 15 pages in length, comprising 1-15 minutes of screen time.

Early Bird Deadline: October 31, 2009 @11:59PM PST - CAD $35
Half-Time Deadline: November 30, 2009 @11:59PM PST - CAD $45
Final Deadline: December 31, 2009 @11:59PM PST - CAD $55
I-Missed-The-Deadline Deadline: January 31, 2010 @11:59PM PST - CAD $75

**STUDENTS-ONLY DISCOUNT SPECIAL**: From now until the Final Deadline (December 31, 2009), students may submit their screenplays for only CAD $25!

For more information, please visit www.Screenplay-Competition.com or contact us at cssc@yearoftheskunk.com.

FYI - Script Comments

Just so you're aware, I'm off campus for most of this week and next dealing with an academic conference, a TV Pilot, and some dealss I can't talk about. I'm somewhat behind in my reading - who knew you'd actually get first drafts done on time? - but I will get to it in the near future. If you have any questions in the meantime, don't hesitate to e-mail me.

Prof. Graham Takes the Barrymore!

Prof. Bruce Graham, and his play Something Intangible, won seven Barrymore awards last night. Full details (and a picture of Bruce) can be found by clicking here.

Opportunity with MTVU

FYI-- This came via e-mail this morning:

My name is Adam Koscielski, Director of University Relations with mtvU, MTV’s college channel. I’m currently working with heads of Programming at MTV in an effort to find talented students at schools such as Drexel University with fresh programming ideas in the genres of Animation, Comedy, and Reality/Documentaries.

In what we’ve dubbed the MTV Development Fellowship, we will be bringing 15 students to MTV’s headquarters in New York this January to pitch their original show ideas to senior executives. Through this unique opportunity, these young people will learn firsthand how a show goes from an idea, to a green light, to getting a pilot produced and presented to test audiences. 9 of the 15 concepts will be given a budget of approximately $3K to be further developed. After final review, MTV could then budget up to $100K toward the production of an actual pilot for at least 1 of the ideas.

This is an exclusive opportunity, not being promoted on-air or on-line. I am conducting very specific outreach to the schools with the very best talent. Please share this information with your students and encourage them to share their portfolio of work and original ideas at http://www.mtvfellowship.com, and reach out to me directly for more information.

Some important notes include:

· Submissions can be uploaded immediately at http://www.mtvfellowship.com. The judges will review and fill the 15 spots on a first come, first view basis.

· Students can submit ideas as an individual or as a group. If in a group, one member will be responsible to upload content, but all members must create their own accounts.

· Submissions are acceptable in any format -- uploaded video, document files, jpegs, etc., -- and students can also describe their concept in the 'About Me' area. Only judges can see the submissions, the site is not for public viewing.

· Submitting content will require signature of a user content submission agreement. Students will retain all copyrights to their individual ideas during the preliminary submission process and are only providing MTV with the opportunity to consider their submission.

Adam Koscielski

Director, mtvU University Relations

MTV Networks

401 N. Michigan, Ste 1500

Chicago, IL 60611

312-836-0725

www.mtvU.com

LIVE FROM HOLLYWOOD

Mark your calendars:

October 22 and 23 will have numerous events on campus featuring

Jonathan Baruch

Manager/Agent/Producer, Founder of Rain Management Group

It will be your opportunity to get all kinds of insider info on getting and keeping representation and generally negotiating the shark-infested waters of LaLa Land.

Keep yours eyes out for details later in the week.