Writing

I actually started writing this when I was 18. When I had done with it, it was a mere 18 pages written. It was terrible, I actually still have a copy of it. I was just writing at the time, writing as I went along. I wrote about 4 of these types, all around 18 pages long. It sat around in my notebook and on my computer and especially in my head for a few years. This January, I received "The Hollywood Standard" and read it, re-read it, and re-read it again. It made me realize the craft of screenwriting. I think the more I read it and memorize it the better my work will be. Its just like a job, it takes forever to get the hang of first, but after a while, its second nature. I highly recommend it.

Funny thing, the guy that gave me a copy hasn't really read through his own copy and hasn't really done much, and he's much better than me.

Back to the writing. What I did was write a first draft(showing no one draft) and that came out to about 30 pages. After that I had the basic story in my head. So I went back and wrote every scene on those 3x5 cards we used in high school. I came out with 50 cards, each one a minute, then just started adding in scenes. By the time i was done, I had 100 3x5 cards and the entire story in order, so all I have to finish is to write it in format to be readable.
Its been a long learning curve for me, basically 8 years for this one, but now that I'm about to be done, I'm on a roll.

Just remember its a job and its not going to be great all the time, but if you don't keep working, you won't get paid. Start with the Hollywood Standard, and since you've read Story, I'd recommend Adventures in the Screen Trade. What I did was any movie they referenced, I'd put it on my Netflix queue. So then I'd read other people's screenplays, write my own screenplays, watch movies, and make movies. Its a hell of a lot to do, but I feel like I know more than most about making movies now.

Stay cool, read those books.

Incest

After reading the script for Chinatown and spending way too much time on the forum boards on IMDB, I've been tinkering with a plot about incest....

Its intriguing research I'll tell you that.


A story written as if its what happens to Katherine, but not the same timeline. A good nice girl who finds out her mother is also her sister. That is effective drama.

Future Porn = Syphillys sex

Okay, I had the thought: What would be the more disgusting porn to watch now that the internet has arrived(I say this in present tense assuming it is 1999 when you read this).

Well here is what you see now.
Beastiality, Puke, Gagging, Penis goes ________ insert there, Gang Bang Orgies, Midgets, Ugly chicks, fat girls with no tits, MILF, Grandma's, and thats all I can think of without actually going to any adult website.

Well what I think would be completely new and gross out factor involved so people will watch would be:



Disease Porn.

Yes, like watching a guy with warts all over his cock penetrating a gal with CRABS on her cooch. Or maybe a guy with HIV positive has sex with someone without a condom.
Or Syphillis sex. The possibilities are ENDLESS with the new viruses coming out daily and the strains of those viruses mutating etc.

It wouldn't be a market I'd be into watching more than once or twice, but it would sell.

Employment Inquiries

Dear Mr. Writer/Director/Producer-



I want to be your apprentice. I am a relentless writer/director/producer and much like you will do with I can get to make a production work. That's the kind of dedication I want to be able to constantly be able to use. I've directed, line produced, set up lights, operated the camera, but this won't stop me from bringing coffee for everyone because I know that every job is a big job that needs to be done.


My favorite films of yours are _____ and of course _____. Also should be noted is ______ by Actor/Director/Writer/Producer who I found through your company.

I am also a big fan of _____. I don't know if that would give me more credibility or not, but I thought you should know. Thank you for taking the time to read this.

If you cannot help me, would you be able to give me a referral to somebody that could?

Respectfully Yours,


Danny D

# cell phone

I can't believe I won an Oscar.

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. :)

$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

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.

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?

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

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