FilmmakerIQ.com » John August http://filmmakeriq.com Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:43:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 What do Producers do exactly? http://filmmakeriq.com/2011/12/what-do-producers-do-exactly/ http://filmmakeriq.com/2011/12/what-do-producers-do-exactly/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:51:11 +0000 John P. Hess http://filmmakeriq.com/?p=10139 John August and Craig Mazin discuss what the job of a producer is (or should be). John looks at the four different roles a producer can take on: The general, The diplomat, The creative or The bulldozer.

Via JohnAugust.com

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Here’s a cheat sheet they created to follow along with the terms:

]]> http://filmmakeriq.com/2011/11/how-movie-money-works/feed/ 1 25 minutes with Screenwriter John August http://filmmakeriq.com/2011/05/25-minutes-with-screenwriter-john-august/ http://filmmakeriq.com/2011/05/25-minutes-with-screenwriter-john-august/#comments Sat, 14 May 2011 12:21:05 +0000 Dennis http://filmmakeriq.com/?p=6842 John August sits down to talk screenwriting, directing and making it in Hollywood.

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You may want to check the before-and-afters posted on his site here: johnaugust.com

VIA: John August

]]> http://filmmakeriq.com/2010/09/john-august-writing-better-dialogue/feed/ 3 Using the Net to Advance Your Writing Career http://filmmakeriq.com/2010/08/using-the-net-to-advance-your-writing-career/ http://filmmakeriq.com/2010/08/using-the-net-to-advance-your-writing-career/#comments Thu, 05 Aug 2010 09:39:06 +0000 Dennis http://filmmakeriq.com/?p=3039 Presented by the WGAW Publicity and Marketing Committee, this March 27, 2010 all-day seminar offered Writers Guild members tools to help them get online, promote their careers, raise their industry profiles, build their brands and distribute and monetize their work.

Panelists included WGAW Board member Aaron Mendelsohn (Virtual Artists), screenwriter John August (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), new media producer Doug Cheney (Big Fantastic), writer Jeff Zedlar, web site producer Michael Berman (TheBerminator.com), Google’s Sunil Daluvoy, Facebook’s Matt Jacobson, WGAW New Media Project Manager Tamara Krinsky, YouTube’s Danielle Uhlarik, writer Peter Hyoguchi (Strike.TV), The Bannen Way’s Bailey Williams and Mark Gantt, Blip.tv’s Rafi Mamalian and agent David Tochterman (Innovative Artists).

To find out how to get your new media project covered by the Writers Guild, go WGA.org/newmedia.

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…In movies, TV, and actual conversation it’s by far the most frequently quoted dollar figure to mean “rich,” despite inflation. The top-shelf reality competition shows (Survivor, The Amazing Race) use that as the prize figure. But it’s not just a lot of money. It’s been mythologized as the transformative tipping point between the life we have and some mythological Good Life in which profound satisfaction is possible.

- John August | Read The Full Article

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VIA: Synthian Sharp

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VIA: wgadotorg

In this segment, Variety.com editor Dana Harris and L.A. Times “Scriptland” columnist Jay Fernandez explain how to pitch a feature story.

In this segment, screenwriter John August (Go, Big Fish) and United Talent Agency’s Chris Day explain how you can help your publicist help you.

In this segment, United Talent Agency’s Chris Day and World Trade Center writer Andrea Berloff describe how writers can choose and help their publicists.

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