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Babz Buzz

25 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 8 years ago -

Each edition Literary Agent, Babz Bitela of Silver Bitela Agency*WGA talks soup to nuts about screenwriting.

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Babz Buzz 036

March 12, 2016 05:21 - 36.2 MB

Play Babz Buzz 036 In this edition Babz talks about: Script Hub Success stories Ladyhawke Music The Editor Surprise The Revenant Copyright Franchises Agents Like Babz on Facebook or Follow Babz on Twitter. Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Music provided by Incompetech Babz Buzz is produced by Michael Cornetto

Babz Buzz 035

July 19, 2015 05:01 - 34.6 MB

Play Babz Buzz 035 In this edition Babz talks about: What Babz wants The end game Editing Reverse Engineering Like Babz on Facebook or Follow Babz on Twitter. Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Music provided by Incompetech Babz Buzz is produced by Michael Cornetto

Babz Buzz 034

October 29, 2014 06:06 - 20.6 MB

Play Babz Buzz 034 In this edition Babz talks about: Year in Review Table reads Comedy Characters Songs Progress not Perfection Story Reading scripts Note from Babz: This show had to be a bit more personal for me. I'm a lot more comfortable with you, my wonderful friends, and thus I really wanted to just chat with you all and I hope that's ok. REMEMBER: if you need to talk very business specific, I'm here. But with all this business, there must be LIV...

Babz Buzz 033

May 31, 2014 04:00 - 18.8 MB

Play Babz Buzz 033 In this edition Babz talks about: Padre Mike Maples Spec scout Tracking board Jeanne V Bowerman Screenwriting tips Richard Botto Stage 32 Craft Voice Writer Arena Second act Three musketeers Adaptations Gay Comedy Tanya's Tips Discuss this show here. Joining Writer Arena is free and easy. You can use Facebook, Twitter, Google+ or LinkedIn for easy registering and login. If you are having trou...

Babz Buzz 032

March 24, 2014 03:58 - 16.4 MB

Play Babz Buzz 032 In this edition Babz talks about: Pitches Being an agent Wordsmiting Deals Public Domain Prequels Story Ideas Thrillers Drive Profanity Like...you know? Noah Discuss this show here. Joining Writer Arena is free and easy. You can use Facebook, Twitter, Google+ or LinkedIn for easy registering and login. If you are having trouble registering please contact me. Check out the current scripts Babz is looking ...

Babz Buzz 031

December 29, 2013 06:16 - 29.7 MB

Play Babz Buzz 031 In this edition Babz talks about: Pitches Jeanne Bowerman Ed Beach Vince Flynn * Babz apologizes for saying Vince Vaughn. Mitch Rapp Writing action Protecting your rights Getting Paid Agents Studio System Marketing Story structure Visual Screenwriting Winning the lottery Microbudget Discuss this show here. Joining Writer Arena is free and easy. You can use Facebook, Twitter, Google+ or LinkedIn for ea...

Babz Buzz 030

September 30, 2013 03:48 - 11.8 MB

Play Babz Buzz 030 In this edition Babz talks about: Steve Wells Coverage Wordsmithing Tracking Board Networking Press Releases Marketing Market-Ready Dollar Options Facebook Nova Chris Lockhart Scapple The Biz Discuss this show here. Joining Writer Arena is free and easy. You can use Facebook, Twitter, Google+ or LinkedIn for easy registering and login. If you are having trouble registering please contact me. Check out the current scripts Babz i...

Babz Buzz 029

August 04, 2013 20:47 - 17.7 MB

Play Babz Buzz 029 In this edition Babz talks about: Pitching Copyright Rules for writers Sci-Fi Tracking Board Wild Strawberry Films Micro budget features Why Agents? Notes Mission statement Transition and exposition Subtext Usual Suspects Pacific Rim Discuss this show here. Joining Writer Arena is free and easy. You can use Facebook, Twitter, Google+ or LinkedIn for easy registering and login. If you are having trouble registering please contact ...

Babz Buzz 028

June 02, 2013 04:52 - 15.2 MB

Play Babz Buzz 028 In this edition Babz talks about: Why? Morphine Cliché Finder Carson Reeves Plot Twists WGA Stats Coverage 43 ways to Finance Your Feature Film by John Cones Overview of Film Finance The Art of Adaptation: Turning Fact and Fiction into Film by Linda Seger How to develop script ideas Finding your voice for the page We see/We hear Tarantino Jack Reacher (One Shot) The Pot Thief Discuss this show here. Joining Writer Arena is...

Babz Buzz 027

May 05, 2013 01:17 - 14.5 MB

Play Babz Buzz 027 <br /> In this edition Babz talks about: Writer Arena* Plot Control 2.0 China Moon Safe Men Greg Williams Beats Contests to Market Ready Through line Super Objective Scene Objective Character Bios Tiara-based Editing Writing Subtext: What Lies Beneath by Linda Seger Bates Motel Hooks and how to find them Low Budget Sci Fi Marketing The Accomplice The Pot Thief Series by Jessie Michael Orenduff Seth Green Open Ro...

Babz Buzz 026

April 27, 2013 02:52 - 16.4 MB

Play Babz Buzz 026 <br /> In this edition Babz talks about: Monsters dressed as clowns Ego Rewriting Cliches Ted Newsome Robert Powers Script: Done Script: Handout Editing Know your monster Creating Unforgettable Characters by Linda Seger Rain Man Dangerous Liaisons Knights Tale Ryan Lee Discuss this show here. Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Music provided by Incompetech Babz Buzz is produced by Michael ...

Babz Buzz 025

April 27, 2013 02:48 - 15.3 MB

Play Babz Buzz 025 <br /> In this edition Babz talks about: The Dip by Seth Godin Christmas Mail Old School Hollywood “The movie business is not reality it’s a bizarre casino with terrible odds, and pretending that you can win regularly is foolish. Play if you want, but don’t blame yourself for the silly outcomes.” The Empire Strikes Back Dena (The Box) Wedding Band Nightmare on Elm Street The spell ???? challenge Act II Synopsis Adaptations Syd Field – ...

Babz Buzz 024

April 27, 2013 02:44 - 14.8 MB

Play Babz Buzz 024 <br /> In this edition Babz talks about: Scams Jason Bortz Stephen Wells Coverage Table-Read Read-Thru or iScript Agency Readers You’re the first person to tell me that… Q&A the working screenwriter Penitent Man Brother Mozart Long Shadow Woman Write the way you talk The ish word. 17000 days. How to know when to quit. Pia Cook Bret Martin Discuss this show here. Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Deri...

Babz Buzz 023

April 27, 2013 02:38 - 15.4 MB

Play Babz Buzz 023 <br /> In this edition Babz talks about: Beating things out Silver/Bitela agency Ryan Lee Pia Cook Sacred Romance The Artists Way Dialogue Michael Conelly Lee Child Late into scene Editing Craig Clyde How do you name your characters? page 1, 5, 12 Scriptshadow (The Master) Packaging The Descendants One Shot What scripts sell for… Discuss this show here. Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivat...

Babz Buzz 022

April 27, 2013 02:33 - 16.1 MB

Play Babz Buzz 022 <br /> In this edition Babz talks about: Team Viewer Business Statement How to win friends and influence people Career trajectory Pia Cook Screenplay Readers Andrea Sims I’m OK you’re OK What makes a great story? Die Hard Script Shadow screenwriter levels Mutant Goldfish The F Bomb Simply Scripts Discuss this show here. Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Music provided by Incompetech Babz ...

Babz Buzz 021

April 27, 2013 02:17 - 15.8 MB

Play Babz Buzz 021 <br /> In this edition Babz talks about: Brett Martin Ray Bradbury’s Kaleidoscope Story By Credit Great American Pitchfest Below Zero Signe Olynyk Faith-Based Two Handed Warriors The Disciple Program B-Story Tragedy and Comedy together Collateral Developing Ideas Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter Discuss this show here. Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Music provided by Incompetech Babz Bu...

Babz Buzz 020

April 26, 2013 02:14 - 20.8 MB

Play Babz Buzz 020 <br /> In this edition Babz talks about: A Doll’s Life Know your Theme Lew Hunter stage32.com Richard Botto sellingyourscreenplay.com The Black List Acts of Valor Blade Runner The Sixth Sense The B Story The Matrix Timing Craig Clyde and “Danny Ocean! LMAO Not Billy. Oh, I am so funny! Danny! knew there was a ‘y’ in there….” Discuss this show here. Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Musi...

Babz Buzz 019

April 26, 2013 02:12 - 19.8 MB

Play Babz Buzz 019 <br /> In this edition Babz talks about: Christmas Mail Screenwriter’s Cheat Book Midnight in Paris Captain America The Pot Thief Who Studied Pythagoras by Mike “Jessie” Orenduff It’s On the Grid Write what you know Top Production Locations The Help Exposition Backstory Scrooge Discuss this show here. Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Music provided by Incompetech Babz Buzz is produced by Mich...

Babz Buzz 018

April 26, 2013 02:08 - 13.1 MB

Play Babz Buzz 018 Play Jason Bortz talks about subtext <br /> In this edition Babz talks about: Craig Clyde A Christmas Wish Kids Write Right and Write Right by Jan Venolia Inanimate Short winner Pen Pal by Rebeka Hay Overthinking Writing on Spec Adaptations Jaws Why I stopped reading? Subtext Godfather II Big Bang Theory Buffy How stories grow Discuss this show here. Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Musi...

Babz Buzz 017

April 26, 2013 01:57 - 12.5 MB

Play Babz Buzz 017 <br /> In this edition Babz talks about: Pumpkin Nightmare Insidious The Crawling Eye Joe Downey Rhino Brett Martin Hip-pocketing Wets Option Heaven/Hell Martin Lancaster Phil Clarke Mafia Dogs Tenacity Hate Mail Grammar Courageous Why I stop reading Contests vs Market-ready Writing the second act by Michael Halperin The B-story The Through-line Table reads Subtext Discuss this show here. Creative Commo...

Babz Buzz 016

April 26, 2013 01:51 - 14 MB

Play Babz Buzz 016 <br /> In this edition Babz talks about: The Money Line Production Assistants indiecon.com LifeLock Simply Scripts Web Series (three minute shorts) Jim Breuer, I’m not High Craig Sabin G Anthony Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Music provided by Incompetech Babz Buzz is produced by Michael Cornetto

Babz Buzz 015

April 26, 2013 01:45 - 14.1 MB

Play Babz Buzz 015 <br /> In this edition Babz talks about: Lynn Christensen Jeannie Bowerman Tenacity Market-Ready Taste Done Deal Pro Screenplay Readers Save the Cat Software George Clooney Horror Django Unchained Zombie Playground One Shot AMC Show Notes Layers Ryan Lee Martin Lancaster Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Music provided by Incompetech Babz Buzz is produced by Michael Cornetto

Babz Buzz 014

April 26, 2013 01:06 - 14.3 MB

Play Babz Buzz 014 <br /> In this edition Babz talks about: Pitchfest Brett Martin Dories Some Writers Deserve To Starve by Elaura Niles How to Write It, How to Sell It: Everything a Screenwriter Needs to Know About Hollywood by Linda Palmer 500 Ways to Beat the Hollywood Script Reader: Writing the Screenplay the Reader Will Recommend by J Lerch How to Sell Your Screenplay: A Realistic Guide to Getting a Television or Film Deal by Lydia Wilen Fearless Theme and Alte...

Babz Buzz 013

April 26, 2013 00:50 - 12.6 MB

Play Babz Buzz 013 <br /> In this edition Babz talks about: SellingYourScreenplay.com WritingTreatments.com Lethal Weapon Shutter Island Dialogue Table Reads The Business Using Dreams How to win friends and influence people Inktip Pitch Summit – July 22 at the Marriott in Burbank, California, USA Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Music provided by Incompetech Babz Buzz is produced by Michael Cornetto

Babz Buzz 012

April 26, 2013 00:47 - 13.6 MB

Play Babz Buzz 012 <br /> In this edition Babz talks about: Mock pitch Action Dirty Dozen Lee Marvin Tenacity Skeezer Characters Super 8 Market-Ready Throw Mama from a Train Tower Theatre Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Music provided by Incompetech Babz Buzz is produced by Michael Cornetto

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