March 27, 2014 (March 2014 Meeting) – Script-A-Palooza
Start Time: 6:37PM
Total in Attendance: 42
Location: RCTV
Agenda:
Introductions:
- Made individually around the room
Upcoming Events:
RMM Writers Workshop
- Next meeting is Tuesday, April 1, 2014 at 6:00PM at Pita Pit, 311 Alexander Street
- Bring outlines, short scripts, or first ten pages of feature for reading and discussion
- All skill levels welcome
RMM Auditions
- Film auditions and casting event for Summer Shorts Productions
- Tentatively set for Saturday, May 3, 2014 at Wilhelmina Rochester (http://www.wilhelminarochester.com/)
- Writers/Producers/Directors can submit scripts to read for your film, but will also have prepared sides for ages 10 to 70, male and female
- Auditions will be videotaped and can be made available for viewing
- E-mail wayne AT rochestermoviemakers DOT org with sides or your screenplay ahead of time so actors can prepare using your script
Upcoming Projects:
- Noel Bastien – Matt Ellers film Vows and Rites
- Shooting in May, and currently looking for cast and crew
- For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/VowsandRites
Script-A-Palooza
Eight ten-page (or less) screenplays read
- Janet Lipp – “The Black Box”
- Susan Baruch – “The Whole Mishpocha”
- Hank Shaw – “Help! The Producer is Killing Us”
- Laurence Genovese – “The Author of Death”
- Ken Rhodes – “Inbox”
- Michael Conolly – “You’ll Never Croak in this Town Again”
- Curt Markham – “Can I Tell You a Story”
- Wayne Coughlin – “Mischief Night”
Each participant voted for best screenplay (voting members’ vote counted twice)
Winners
1. Hank Shaw – “Help! The Producer is Killing Us”
2. Curt Markham – “Can I Tell You a Story”
3. Ken Rhodes – “Inbox”
End of Meeting: 9:00PM