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Blog entry written for The Story Dept. – Basic Edition on Blogger.
Today some high profile industry people will be debating why Australian films are unpopular with the audience. I have blogged about this before but I believe these are the six key factors that have brought our industry to its knees: Australian films have been financed almost exclusively by government agencies, whose primary concerns have never … Read more
After an invigorating but relatively exhausting Day 1, the rooms were overflowing as the L.A. locals who couldn’t get a day off on Friday came to pitch/sit in on sessions. I had my day planned out and the first of the mark was Billy Mernit. BILLY MERNIT Billy has been around for a long time … Read more
On 8 September, the top post on The Story Department, Structure: Jaws broke through the 1,000 views barrier. The simple analysis was posted over a year ago and the numbers only represent visits since we started logging the statistics earlier this year. Of course I’m proud that we managed to attract this amount of traffic … Read more
Stop press! Here is the next best thing to hit the blogosphere after the release of the Raiders Story Conference. Jason Kottke was tipped off on some scripts of The Wire that are accessible through an online file server. The Wire is to my taste (and many others) the best TV drama you will find. … Read more
Very proud to find out that this little blog has made it into the Top 50 Australian blogs on writing. We’re currently at a humble 49th position, but according to this list we’re ranking as the #1 Screenwriting Blog. If you are a regular reader, you will have noticed that our activity has increased exponentially … Read more