April 2011
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Amazon Studios Announces $160,000 in Test Movie...
Amazon Studios, an online movie development process, today announced $160,000 in March awards: Best Test Movie ($100,000 to Myth of a Modern Man), Best Photo Storyboard ($20,000 to Memory) and two Best Script Awards ($20,000 to Blackburn Burrow as well as Going, Going Gone). Guest judges included Emmy-winning actor Richard Schiff, award-winning producer and director Gil Cates, and Walt...
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New From Amazon Studios: Free Music for Test...
Thinking of making a test movie for Amazon Studios? Now you’ve got a new set of building blocks to use: 2,000 tracks to suit most any scene or mood, from comedy to thriller and from love to anger. Some are instrumentals, some have vocals. All can help add emotional resonance to a story.
To Ed Saxon, Amazon Studios contest judge and producer of movies including...
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New From Amazon Studios: Feedback for Writers
Writers taking part in the Amazon Studios development process already are able to get feedback from a worldwide audience. Now we’re adding our own thoughts to the mix, offering feedback on select scripts.
It works like this: We send Amazon Studios Story Department feedback to writers via StudioMail. If the writer approves, we may also post it in the project Forum. Jay Levy,...
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A Closer Look at the Finalists for $160,000 in...
The Amazon Studios script finalists for March would be at home in any multiplex – four thrilling action movies (Yetis! Zombies! Nazis! Spies!) and a fun romantic comedy (featuring none of those things). The test movie finalists, meanwhile, offer four very different but compelling visual takes on their stories. There are many appealing projects at Amazon Studios, and these represent...
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First-time Semifinalists Offer Their Take on...
The semifinalists for Amazon Studios’ March script and test movie contests include several first-timers, like Carl S (that’s Carl S “of Scenic New Jersey”). His semifinalist script, Glacier, is the story of a small Alaskan tourist town that’s facing a freshly defrosted beast on a rampage. And now it’s poised to get more attention, plus at least one badge on the site.
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