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Basics & Beyond: Action Genre
Thia Montroy
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Description
There are considerations that go into making an action movie that are different from the other genres. Most important, action movies are costly. How do you make your script worth that investment?
This two-hour seminar will ensure your action spec rises above the rest! Topics covered include:
- Distinguishing Features of the Action Movie: does your script have them?
- Action Movie Characters & the Stars Who Play Them: will your script attract a star?
- Action Movie Description: does your action read well?
- The Action in Your Action Movie: does your action stack up against the competition?
- Action Movie Budgets: what kind of budget does your movie have? Does that help or hurt its chances?
- Producers Who Make Action Movies & The Studios Who Release Them: why you need to know everything about them.
- 5 Mistakes that Kill an Action Movie Spec Sale
- Action Movie Specs that have sold in the last year.
Saturday May 30th, 2009
11am - 1pm
The Writers Store
2040 Westwood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90025
800-272-8927
Thia Montroy has worked on such movies as MI:3, Tomb Raider, Paycheck, Ghost Rider, Wanted, Eragon, Journey to the Center of the Earth, The Day the Earth Stood Still, and War of the Worlds. Now an independent script consultant, Montroy has previously worked at the CW Television Network, Georgaris Inc/Penn Station Productions, Zucker-Netter Productions, and Scott Rudin Productions.
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