December 2010
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Today's Our First Contest Deadline
The deadline for our first contest—$20,000 to each of the two best scripts uploaded by Dec. 31, 2010—is today. So make sure you give yourself plenty of time (we recommend at least an hour) to make sure your script is on the site by 11:59 p.m. PST. If you’ve already uploaded an eligible script, congratulations—you’re automatically entered in our December bonus contest, as well as upcoming monthly...
Amy Andronicus: "In honor of all those women out... →
amyandronicus:
This is the STIGMA Manifesto, written by Sarah Jacobson in 2002 as a response to rampant sexism in movies, and institutionalized sexism in the filmmaking industry. STIGMA, which stands for “Sisters United in Girlie Movie-Making Action!” represents a call to arms for anyone who’s dissatisfied with the way women are portrayed on the silver screen. …
Food for thought...
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Contest Questions and Answers
The first Amazon Studios contest deadline is this week (Friday, Dec. 31), and we thought we’d take this opportunity to answer some contest-related questions that have come up: I can’t make my script look as good in RTF as it does in PDF. Will formatting issues keep me from winning? We understand that .rtf formatting can sometimes be challenging and we do not intend to allow formatting...
"New Entertainment Overlords"? Us? →
We love the kitty. And the perspective, from the blog post “Amazon Studios: Welcome Your New Entertainment Overlords”:
If you really want to do the hard work to become a screenwriter, write a great script and find an agent. If you really want to do the hard work to become a director, make a film. Nobody’s stopping you. You can make one from your phone, if you want.
But if you want...
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It's Been a Month ... Here's Our Take On Things So...
Thanks for being involved in our launch. It’s been a thrilling month. We had a great initial reception, so great that we added a bonus script contest for December and now there are nearly 2,000 projects at Amazon Studios. Our team has been reading stacks of scripts and we’re excited about the quality of what we’re seeing.
We have been spending a lot of time in Los Angeles and have been very...
