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In reply to the discussion: I just won overall winner at a Vancouver BC film festival with my psychological thriller [View all]AZLD4Candidate
(5,680 posts)7. Actually, we're not
as my gaslighting ex-manager say to me after he challenged me to a fist fight in a parking lot near Colorado Blvd, all that matters is the producer and director's vision.
Writers are nothing more than content creators whose vision means nothing. That's why writers are paid the least and given no respect on set.
In fact, what the writer wrote, the director will usually rewrite.
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I just won overall winner at a Vancouver BC film festival with my psychological thriller [View all]
AZLD4Candidate
May 2021
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You would think that. . .but the writer's vision means little to a director
AZLD4Candidate
May 2021
#13
You might have to follow the kevin smith model, and just do the shit yourself :(
Volaris
May 2021
#19
I can, but as a writer, I'd be competing against people who already have feature films
AZLD4Candidate
May 2021
#20
I am sorry, but I do not want to go back over water that has passed under the bridge
AZLD4Candidate
May 2021
#22
This year's Sedona Film Festival accepted my screenplay Into Loud Silence
AZLD4Candidate
May 2021
#16
No worries. Mine is a purely chinese or Asian (God, I hate that term) cast
AZLD4Candidate
May 2021
#30
If I can find a producer that doesn't tell me "It's not QUITE what I am looking for"
AZLD4Candidate
May 2021
#37