I'd like to thank the people that truly believed in me, and the ones that supported me when I needed the most support.
I want to thank:
My brother and possibly my biggest fan, Matt Evans, thanks for staring down Erica's exposed breasts. Inspired me to write a movie about two brothers falling for the same woman.
My brother from another mother, Chin, the craziest, smartest, most humble person to win the Palm D'or before even writing his script.
California for being so inspiring.
Oklahoma for being so boring and making me use my imagination.
My mother for finally giving up her dream of me being a doctor and just letting me be free to ruin my life however I saw fit. :)
Sunday, August 31, 2008
$10 for 10 pages (investing in myself)
Enclosed is my screenplay along with $10 CASH. I hope you enjoy reading the first 10 pages as much as I had creating it. Also I hope you enjoy the $10 cash as I will be getting it back eventually through a distribution deal.
Respectfully,
Screenwriter/Director
Respectfully,
Screenwriter/Director
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Santana Row Sugar Mama
An aspiring filmmaker goes to the upper middle class belt of Santana Row where lots of older women that have fake boobs and lip fattened smiles go to meet inspired artists with one motive:
Bed these young men for the money he needs to create the beauty of art in film.
Even though the young man has a woman who he would never hurt and cares for very deeply, but to get ahead in the game, will he do what he must for the future of the to be married couple?
The story would need to be realistic so we would have the young man a Persian man with a heart of gold who gets reeled in by his need to have money to get his production underway.
Bed these young men for the money he needs to create the beauty of art in film.
Even though the young man has a woman who he would never hurt and cares for very deeply, but to get ahead in the game, will he do what he must for the future of the to be married couple?
The story would need to be realistic so we would have the young man a Persian man with a heart of gold who gets reeled in by his need to have money to get his production underway.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Abortion clinic date
A man goes up with his lady to the Planned Parenthood to get the Emergency Contraception pill and there is a hippy woman there with a picket sign that abortion is murder. She tries talking to them and they chat a bit. He ditches the lady he is with for the abortion chick and they have sex and its with a condom. It doesn't matter, she gets pregnant, and what follows is the discussion on he wants to keep it but she doesn't want it because she is too young.
A comedy? A drama?
A comedy? A drama?
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Loaning Investments
Loan Investments for a screenplay and development as a writer and producer.
When asking for the financing investment for the upcoming film. Ask for an investment loan. A loan that if the movie does make a profit, the loan is paid back with interest and credits upon completion of the next film.
Ask for distribution from a distributor, even if they say no, ask for a loan to complete another project.
Anyone that loans investment money should be given a gift as a token of appreciation.
$1,000,000 = 10 people with $100,000
$100,000 = 10 people with $10,000
$10,000 = 10 people with $1,000
$1,000 = 10 people with $100
$100 = 10 people with $10
$10 = 10 people with $1
When asking for the financing investment for the upcoming film. Ask for an investment loan. A loan that if the movie does make a profit, the loan is paid back with interest and credits upon completion of the next film.
Ask for distribution from a distributor, even if they say no, ask for a loan to complete another project.
Anyone that loans investment money should be given a gift as a token of appreciation.
$1,000,000 = 10 people with $100,000
$100,000 = 10 people with $10,000
$10,000 = 10 people with $1,000
$1,000 = 10 people with $100
$100 = 10 people with $10
$10 = 10 people with $1
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Dear Mr. "blank"
Dear Mr. Blank:
I am a young Iranian writer-a newcomer both to the great state of California and to the craft of screenwriting. In the past year and a half I have written three screenplays(more accurately, two and a half-the first was a one hour thing comissioned by an Austrailian director who had seen a short story of mine.)
I also wrote a feature-length script of Napoleon, knowing full well that costume dramas are not a hot ticket with the studios. I was right, however, in thinking that the executives would be more likely to show interest in work from an unknown, if they recognized the subject. Thus I've been able to get Napoleon read by production v.p.'s at Fox, Paramount and Harvey Weinstein of the Weinstein brothers. They were positive about the quality of my work, but the consistent refrain is that it would be too expensive to produce.
My other screenplay is a better prospect, commercially, being a spy thriller dealing with a conservative who comes into possession of some important terrorist documents. I sent it to Harvey Weinstein last week.
So you see, I am neither an absolute beginner, nor totally naive about the business aspects of screenwriting. Since I am without an agent, however, I do seek representation and how to proceed from here. If you could spare an hour to talk to me, I would appreciate it. I promise not to ask for introductions to anybody or beg you to read my work.
There may be no great profit in such a meeting for you, but perhaps it would not be entirely disagreeable. I am not a fool nor(despite the evidence at hand) am I by nature a forward person. The tradition of older writers advising younger is both long and honourable, and I hope you will consider my request in that light.
Respectfully,
Danny Derakhshan
I am a young Iranian writer-a newcomer both to the great state of California and to the craft of screenwriting. In the past year and a half I have written three screenplays(more accurately, two and a half-the first was a one hour thing comissioned by an Austrailian director who had seen a short story of mine.)
I also wrote a feature-length script of Napoleon, knowing full well that costume dramas are not a hot ticket with the studios. I was right, however, in thinking that the executives would be more likely to show interest in work from an unknown, if they recognized the subject. Thus I've been able to get Napoleon read by production v.p.'s at Fox, Paramount and Harvey Weinstein of the Weinstein brothers. They were positive about the quality of my work, but the consistent refrain is that it would be too expensive to produce.
My other screenplay is a better prospect, commercially, being a spy thriller dealing with a conservative who comes into possession of some important terrorist documents. I sent it to Harvey Weinstein last week.
So you see, I am neither an absolute beginner, nor totally naive about the business aspects of screenwriting. Since I am without an agent, however, I do seek representation and how to proceed from here. If you could spare an hour to talk to me, I would appreciate it. I promise not to ask for introductions to anybody or beg you to read my work.
There may be no great profit in such a meeting for you, but perhaps it would not be entirely disagreeable. I am not a fool nor(despite the evidence at hand) am I by nature a forward person. The tradition of older writers advising younger is both long and honourable, and I hope you will consider my request in that light.
Respectfully,
Danny Derakhshan
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