$25 TO START A VIRTUAL REALITY FILMMAKING CAREER

Virtual Reality Filmmaking as a Movie Business, as a Film Career, as a Visual Genre and as a Storytelling Art Form, with the release last week of Oculus Rift headset ($599) is the first step of a new industry/genre in storytelling however Google or Samsung already has, although not as good, there are more than adequate start-up headsets for only $5-$50.

(My next 4-5 Blogs on Virtual Reality will be thanks to aggregation by an English Film Co-op and alternative Film Program,

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IN HOLLYWOOD POWER IS MONEY and ATTORNEYS HAVE POWER

Want to Produce, Write or Direct? Then you will have Talent Contracts, Producer Agreements, Writer’s Options & Distributor Deals.

You need an entertainment attorney if you want to play with Hollywood.

Entertainment Attorneys have power. Power works. They make deals happen. They know where the money is. They know what the money wants.

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 VR (Virtual Reality) FILMMAKING IS HERE.

Filmmaking… Producing, Writing & Directing has just changed (morphed) 100%. It is a revolution…Are you ready? Are you the filmmaker entrepreneur that will be the first to jump on it… in the Independent Film World?

Huh? Why? What has happened?

Simple… Oculus Rift went on sale yesterday for $400-$599.

Oculus Rift is a headset,

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HAVE A SCRIPT? WANT A LITERARY AGENT?

SELL YOUR SCRIPT: Your Screenplay is written. It is in the correct Format. No stage directions. No shot numbers. You grab-the-reader on Page-1.

Further, your script has great dialogue, simple exposition, wonderful story, perfectly placed plot points, crisis and resolution executed precisely as those Writing Gurus (McKee, Truby, Seger, Hauge, Martell, etc.) preach it…. Your coverage came back “Must Read”… It’s registered. It’s copyrighted….

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WRITERS & AGENTS

You have a screenplay. The script is great. It is your 4th & Final Draft. Registered & Copyrighted. Your Pitch is ready. It is fine tuned. It is perfect. You’ve practiced on everyone you’ve met at Starbucks or Chipotle.

Now all you need is an Agent, with proper connections, so that you can have your Pitch Meetings.

At the Big 6 Power Agencies (CAA, ICM, WME,

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HOLLYWOOD WOMEN STATE “WHAT MEN ARE BETTER AT… OR SO THEY THINK”.

Are men in Hollywood better than women or is it vice versa… Here are 22 Hollywood Women (7 opinions & 15 phone numbers) to incite you into filmmaking action.

First, what Hollywood women think of Hollywood men.

(ONE) Nancy Dubuc (A&E Metwork) states, “Projecting confidence even when there’s not much to be confidant about”

(TWO) Kristine Belson (SPA staff) says,

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6 REASONS SHORTS SUCK

Let’s Cut-To-The-Chase: Want to make money making movies?

I’m sure the answer is “Yes” or “Yep” and if you’re from England you’d answer “Blimey…I didn’t know you could” and if from Australia your mates would go “Good on you”.

Now back to money: Wanna make money making movies… Then DON’T MAKE A BLOODY SHORT.

Why? Answer: RTFB (Read The F*ckin’ Blog)

Back to “6 Reasons Not To Make A Short”.

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HOLLYWOOD’S GLASS CEILING… IS SHATTERING

In Hollywood the Glass Ceiling is over. Women in the TV, Movie, Theatrical & Internet worlds have broken through and are now at the top of the ladder, making decisions, hiring & firing, creating & packaging, funding & marketing and have become the Decision-Makers.

They, however, didn’t get to these positions of power through affirmative-action or any sexual innuendo put forth by uninformed… They got to the top with 80-100 Hour Work Weeks,

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FEMALE DEALMAKERS & POWER BROKERS

With Part 1 I gave you 15 Female Agents.

Now, Part 2, you will get 10 Female Dealmakers & Power Brokers…. actually Entertainment Attorneys.

(Patricia Arquette, recent Oscar winner for best supporting actress literally proclaimed “Women need power. Let’s break down this glass ceiling”… OK. Then below are 10 Female Attorneys or Studio/Network Execs that can make it happen)

You will quickly notice that most are Entertainment Attorneys.

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FEMALE AGENTS WITH POWER & DEALS

(Oprah & Shondra Rhimes are examples of female Power Doers. And below are 15 examples, with contact details,  of female Power Reps that Oprah & Shondra will actually meet with) 

Yes, women do have power in Hollywood. If anyone says they don’t then pick up the phone and try to get Amy Pascal at Sony or merely Rena Ronson at UTA on the phone…and if you can then “you are now talking to someone with power in the Studio World or the Independent Milieu”.

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