Courier has more to do with the days when scripts were typewritten, i.e., before word processing. I'm just saying.
Anyway, I've got a screenwriting style manual around somewhere from the 50s. Same conventions as now. Little has changed, other than the used of our modern labor saving devices. (Can you imagine the number of typists the studios hired before the copy machine?)
I'm not calling you a liar. There might be one or two examples you can give of which I'm unaware. If anything, this might save you from possible embarrassment from people whose opinion you care about (i.e., not slashdot). =)
As far as standard practice of reputable production companies vis-a-vis copies of a screenplay floating around out there, I agree. But this business is rife with non-reputable production companies, hustlers and con men. And then there are the sleazy types.
I read your post and I got that you were born and raised North America. Maybe you should read my post for comprehension before you start calling names. (I'm of partial asian descent, so I'm tickled that you call me cracker.) I'm to believe that your roommate is literally black and not a shade of brown? Are his teeth black, too?
Anyway, whatever your heritage and upbringing, it obviously didn't involve instilling maturity. I believe we're done here, unless there are more names you'd like to call me. Something about the shape of my eyes or the color of my skin might be more racially appropriate.
Instead of electronic entertainment to go along with the AC, how about cryogenic storage for those long road trips? Could also come in handy if you wanted to colonize another star system.
I'm not pointing fingers or blaming, I'm just pointing out that such linguistic "baggage" is a clear indicator of how deeply caste-ism or racism is ingrained into the culture. It's no different here in the US (maybe even worse). Have you ever actually met a black person? Judging from my experience, they don't actually exist. I'm met many brown people, some exceptionally dark brown, but no one actually black. We might even question why skin color is such a huge distinguishing characteristic, often the major characteristic used to define a person. But it's a linguistic convention, so that makes it OK. I'm just saying.
I think your posts pretty much shows that there is a functioning caste system in India, even if it has been greatly overhauled to help out the "lower" castes.
I mean, look at the language you use. "Backward caste" "Lower caste". I'm not saying that India hasn't made great strides; obviously it has. But just looking at your post gives one a sense of how deeply ingrained it is culturally.
Similar arguments can be made about race in the U.S. Many deny that racism exists, but from an outsider's point of view (as I am an outsider observing India), clearly there are major remnants of institutionalized racism in the US, despite the great strides that have been made.
India is changing in the face of thousands of years of culture. Clearly, the change is not going to happen overnight. As in the US, there are forces of resistance to such change, so those who want the culture to change must continue to work for it. The first step is to look within yourself and be aware of those old attitudes you might hold. (It's easier for me to advise you to do this than it is for me to do it myself. However, I think that to bring about the world we both want to live in, it's necessary for both of us to do this.)
Well, you've explained why WinFS won't be in Vista, but not why it's been pretty much killed (or folded into other projects) entirely. I find it strange that conflicting marketing directives could kill such a substantial and long promised technology in its entirety. I'm very curious to know what really happened; if it was a management screw up, exactly how did management screw it up? Unfortunately, we probably will not know for at the very least a few years.
The MS man is seated at the table in the laboratory of the utility MS Research kitchen... reaching for an oversized chrome spoon he gathers an Intimate quantity of dried muffin remnants and brushing his scapular aside Procceds to dump these inside of his shirt... He turns to us and speaks:
Some people like open formats better. I for one care less for them!
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#2 virtually never happens. Seriously, I've worked in this town for 23 years. You have as good a chance of winning the lotto as you do of slipping your spec script over the transom and getting a deal.
The Long Kiss Goodnight was written by a veteran screenwriter, someone with a track record. Look at his credits: All the Lethal Weapon movies, The Last Boy Scout, Last Action Hero.
Bottom line: I can't imagine a situation where any studio would offer, or even mention $2 million without having script in hand.
Bottom line: I can easily imagine a situation where a producer options a script for a $1 with the contractual promise of some huge sum going to the writer from the net profits, without every laying eyes on the script. I'm sure this happens 50 times a day. (OK, probably an exaggeration, but I'm sure you've heard the jokes about screenwriters and the jokes about producers.)
There was no studio involved in the deal. It was a German producer. Want to be a producer? It's easy. Just say you are. Printing business cards is entirely optional. Want to be a German producer? Travel to Germany and say you're a producer.
Anyway, Boyd's story is implausible, but not for the reasons you cite. Come kick around L.A. for a few years and try and sell those scripts. It's a disgusting slimy business, but at least it's not the music business. We have that at least.
I'd like to think so, too, but these trials have all the aspects of Soviet style show trials. It's all a big propaganda game and I feel pity for the loser that is going to go to prison in exchange for a pair of boots. If the FBI informant had monitored rather than encouraged these people, they'd be totally unremarkable and would probably fallen apart on their own.
Actually, you don't submit a screenplay. You submit a one page treatment, or even in some cases, a two sentence concept. If the other party is interested, then they ask for a screenplay or contract with you to write it if it's not actually written yet. Alternately, if you're lucky enough to get a meeting, you pitch your ideas face to face with a decision maker.
When you just mail your screenplay directly, you're causing extra work for some person whose job is gatekeeper, i.e., they're paid to say no.
Many of the modern screenplay formatting rules have come from the need to photocopy it with as little degradation as possible.
Wrong. The formatting is based on the needs of production and the concept that one page of screenplay is approximately equal to one minute of screen time, give or take. Maybe you're thinking of the practice of printing revisions on different colored stocks of paper. Otherwise I have no idea what you're talking about.
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Courier has more to do with the days when scripts were typewritten, i.e., before word processing. I'm just saying.
Anyway, I've got a screenwriting style manual around somewhere from the 50s. Same conventions as now. Little has changed, other than the used of our modern labor saving devices. (Can you imagine the number of typists the studios hired before the copy machine?)
I'm not calling you a liar. There might be one or two examples you can give of which I'm unaware. If anything, this might save you from possible embarrassment from people whose opinion you care about (i.e., not slashdot). =)
As far as standard practice of reputable production companies vis-a-vis copies of a screenplay floating around out there, I agree. But this business is rife with non-reputable production companies, hustlers and con men. And then there are the sleazy types.
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is usually crucified.
The way I heard it: In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is skiing.
Are you implying that I'm dense? =)
I read your post and I got that you were born and raised North America. Maybe you should read my post for comprehension before you start calling names. (I'm of partial asian descent, so I'm tickled that you call me cracker.) I'm to believe that your roommate is literally black and not a shade of brown? Are his teeth black, too?
Anyway, whatever your heritage and upbringing, it obviously didn't involve instilling maturity. I believe we're done here, unless there are more names you'd like to call me. Something about the shape of my eyes or the color of my skin might be more racially appropriate.
Exactly. The ear itself already uses bone induction "technology".
Wake me when they develop a bone induction foot-set for my shoe phone.
Instead of electronic entertainment to go along with the AC, how about cryogenic storage for those long road trips? Could also come in handy if you wanted to colonize another star system.
You think that's bad? What about "Mark Hurd".
It should be GNU/Mark Hurd.
Why exactly would a 64 bit cpu with the same or similar clock be faster than a 32 bit cpu? because it has 32 more?
I'm not pointing fingers or blaming, I'm just pointing out that such linguistic "baggage" is a clear indicator of how deeply caste-ism or racism is ingrained into the culture. It's no different here in the US (maybe even worse). Have you ever actually met a black person? Judging from my experience, they don't actually exist. I'm met many brown people, some exceptionally dark brown, but no one actually black. We might even question why skin color is such a huge distinguishing characteristic, often the major characteristic used to define a person. But it's a linguistic convention, so that makes it OK. I'm just saying.
Thanks for getting the joke. Mods are on crack, as usual. =)
It would be ironic if he died of a paper cut that could have been prevented by a paperclip.
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I think your posts pretty much shows that there is a functioning caste system in India, even if it has been greatly overhauled to help out the "lower" castes.
I mean, look at the language you use. "Backward caste" "Lower caste". I'm not saying that India hasn't made great strides; obviously it has. But just looking at your post gives one a sense of how deeply ingrained it is culturally.
Similar arguments can be made about race in the U.S. Many deny that racism exists, but from an outsider's point of view (as I am an outsider observing India), clearly there are major remnants of institutionalized racism in the US, despite the great strides that have been made.
India is changing in the face of thousands of years of culture. Clearly, the change is not going to happen overnight. As in the US, there are forces of resistance to such change, so those who want the culture to change must continue to work for it. The first step is to look within yourself and be aware of those old attitudes you might hold. (It's easier for me to advise you to do this than it is for me to do it myself. However, I think that to bring about the world we both want to live in, it's necessary for both of us to do this.)
$1 will get you a hamburger in India, if you select from the value menu.
Well, you've explained why WinFS won't be in Vista, but not why it's been pretty much killed (or folded into other projects) entirely. I find it strange that conflicting marketing directives could kill such a substantial and long promised technology in its entirety. I'm very curious to know what really happened; if it was a management screw up, exactly how did management screw it up? Unfortunately, we probably will not know for at the very least a few years.
I do love a good 'FUCK YOU I HATE THIS BULLSHIT WEBSITE I'M GOING TO DIGG NOW' farewell post, though.
Heh. Don't let the ad words hit you on the ass on your way out!
How about a Poot?
The model system in the experiment, in which one body will orbit another body. TFA mentions nothing about a "scale model" of our solar system.
Bah. Everyone knows that the experimental miniature solar system will be weightless in space.
I think that the experiment will have at least one protocol governing researchers shuffling their feet on the carpet.
It's OK. I still chuckled.
#2 virtually never happens. Seriously, I've worked in this town for 23 years. You have as good a chance of winning the lotto as you do of slipping your spec script over the transom and getting a deal.
The Long Kiss Goodnight was written by a veteran screenwriter, someone with a track record. Look at his credits: All the Lethal Weapon movies, The Last Boy Scout, Last Action Hero.
Bottom line: I can't imagine a situation where any studio would offer, or even mention $2 million without having script in hand.
Bottom line: I can easily imagine a situation where a producer options a script for a $1 with the contractual promise of some huge sum going to the writer from the net profits, without every laying eyes on the script. I'm sure this happens 50 times a day. (OK, probably an exaggeration, but I'm sure you've heard the jokes about screenwriters and the jokes about producers.)
There was no studio involved in the deal. It was a German producer. Want to be a producer? It's easy. Just say you are. Printing business cards is entirely optional. Want to be a German producer? Travel to Germany and say you're a producer.
Anyway, Boyd's story is implausible, but not for the reasons you cite. Come kick around L.A. for a few years and try and sell those scripts. It's a disgusting slimy business, but at least it's not the music business. We have that at least.
I'd like to think so, too, but these trials have all the aspects of Soviet style show trials. It's all a big propaganda game and I feel pity for the loser that is going to go to prison in exchange for a pair of boots. If the FBI informant had monitored rather than encouraged these people, they'd be totally unremarkable and would probably fallen apart on their own.
Actually, you don't submit a screenplay. You submit a one page treatment, or even in some cases, a two sentence concept. If the other party is interested, then they ask for a screenplay or contract with you to write it if it's not actually written yet. Alternately, if you're lucky enough to get a meeting, you pitch your ideas face to face with a decision maker.
When you just mail your screenplay directly, you're causing extra work for some person whose job is gatekeeper, i.e., they're paid to say no.
Many of the modern screenplay formatting rules have come from the need to photocopy it with as little degradation as possible.
Wrong. The formatting is based on the needs of production and the concept that one page of screenplay is approximately equal to one minute of screen time, give or take. Maybe you're thinking of the practice of printing revisions on different colored stocks of paper. Otherwise I have no idea what you're talking about.