This is a transcript of SYS 466 – The Do’s and Don’t of A TV Writers’ Room With Katie White .
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with writer Katie White.
Our guest, Katie White worked her way up from being a writer’s assistant on the popular CBS series, NCIS to writing two episodes of the show and joining the WGA. Katie White talks about working in television, the do’s and don’t of a Writers’ Room and the struggles of first moving to Los Angeles and working odd jobs to get by.
This is a very fun and inspiring interview, that should remind writers and artists that the key to success is to just keep going. Katie White talks about her future plans and spec script writing, a skill that started her on this writing journey but she never left.
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This is a transcript of SYS 465 – Action Movies On A Budget With Gregory Lamberson .
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Filmmaker Gregory Lamberson. They talk about Guns Of Eden (2022), an Action movie about a group of campers who end up being hunted by an armed Militia.
Gregory Lamberson is the Writer/Director of Guns Of Eden. He talks about how they made an action film on a budget, including helicopter shots.
Guns Of Eden has a talented cast, which includes Alexandra Faye Sadeghian, Peter Johnson, Lynn Lowry and Brooke Lewis Bellas.
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This is a transcript of SYS 464 – How Crypto and NFTS Will Change The Film Business Forever.
This week we have a very special episode of Selling Your Screenplay.
To end the year, your host, Writer/Director Ashley Scott Meyers talks about all things Crypto and NFT’s. He is the first filmmaker to release every frame of his feature The Rideshare Killer (2022) as an NFT.
Ashley Scott Meyers covers all the pros and cons of Crypto and NFT’s, including the risk of fraud, lack of oversight and the FTX scandal. The benefits, being an unregulated system and much lower cost per transactions.
What is the future of Crypto and NFT’s, and how can these tools be helpful to filmmakers and other artists? This episode explores all of that.
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- Ashley Scott Meyers on IMDb
- The Rideshare Killer Trailer
- The Rideshare Killer on IMDb
- BUY A THE RIDESHARE KILLER NFT HERE
- SYS Select – Includes the SYS Select Screenplay Database, our monthly newsletter to producers, and paid screenwriting leads.
- Our free guide, “How to Sell Your Screenplay in 5 Weeks!”
This is a transcript of SYS 463 – Making Taurus (Colson Baker, Megan Fox) With Tim Sutton.
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmaker Tim Sutton.
They talk about Taurus (2022), a movie about a music star struggling with fame starring rock star Colson Baker (Machine Gun Kelly), Megan Fox and Ruby Rose. Tim Sutton is the Writer/Director of the movie, a modern take on A Star Is Born.
Topics also include how he approaches working on higher and lower budgets over the years.
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This is a transcript of SYS 462 – CSI: How To Write True Crime With Jennifer Dornbush .
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Author Jennifer Dornbush.
From a very young age Jennifer Dornbush was exposed to True Crime and the Forensic’s world as a daughter of a medical examiner. Jennifer Dornbush is the author of Forensic Speak: How To Write Realistic Crime Dramas, a guide book for writers to get these details right.
They talk about the balance between being true to reality and the need to write entertaining stories. This is sure to be a helpful interview for authors and screenwriters, so dig in.
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