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Podcasts

SYS 443 – Making It Big In Shorts With Kim Adelman

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Movie Producer and Author Kim Adelman. Our guest, Kim Adelman is the producer of the feature Just Friends (1996) which stars Anita Barone…

Podcasts

SYS Podcast Episode 189: Writer/Director Sonny Dyon Talks About His Thriller Short Film, The Grove

Writer/Director Sonny Dyon talks about how he wrote, directed, and produced his latest thriller short film, The Grove. The Grove is currently playing for free over at ScreeningNow.com (see link…

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SYS Podcast Episode 189: Writer/Director Sonny Dyon Talks About His Thriller Short Film, The Grove (transcript)

This is a transcript of SYS Podcast Episode 189: Writer/Director Sonny Dyon Talks About His Thriller Short Film, The Grove.

Podcasts

SYS Podcast Episode 182: Filmmaker Ritchie Greer Talks About His New Short Film, Lost And Found

Filmmaker Ritchie Greer walks us through his entire process of making the short film, Lost and Found. The podcast is available in iTunes, YouTube, Stitcher (for Android users), the Windows…

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SYS Podcast Episode 182: Filmmaker Ritchie Greer Talks About His New Short Film, Lost And Found (transcript)

This is a transcript of SYS Podcast Episode 182: Filmmaker Ritchie Greer Talks About His New Short Film, Lost And Found.

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SYS Podcast Episode 039: An Interview With New York Film Academy Screenwriting Chair Melanie Oram

In this episode of The Selling Your Screenplay Podcast I talk with New York Film Academy Screenwriting Chair Melanie Oram. Our discussion covers a lot of ground including the differences…

Podcast Transcripts

SYS Podcast Episode 039: An Interview With New York Film Academy Screenwriting Chair Melanie Oram (transcript)

This is a transcript of SYS Podcast Episode 039: An Interview With New York Film Academy Screenwriting Chair Melanie Oram.

Online Classes

Online Class #4 – How To Write And Sell (or Produce) A Short Film, With Jacob N. Stuart

In the SYS Podcast Episode 004 I talked about how to get your first few credits as a screenwriter. The core of what I recommended was that you write and…

My Screenplays

A short film I wrote, Double Agent, is premiering at the Dances with Films festival in Hollywood this Saturday, June 1

A short film that I wrote, Double Agent, is an official selection of the Dances with Films festival. It’s playing this Saturday, June 1 at 12:30PM at the Chinese Theater…

SYS Services to Help Screenwriters

  • SYSs Six-Figure Screenplay Contest
  • SYS's Script Analysis Service
  • SYS's From Concept to Completion Screenwriting Course

Screenplay Contests:

  • SYS's Six-Figure Screenplay Contest
  • Wondering which contests to enter? Check out our list of recommended screenplay contests.

The Budget List

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  • The best low budget, unproduced screenplays of 2020
  • The best low budget, unproduced screenplays of 2019
  • The best low budget, unproduced screenplays of 2018
  • The best low budget, unproduced screenplays of 2017

Ashley Scott Meyers’ Films

  • Man Overboard
  • The Pinch
  • The Rideshare Killer

Everything You Need To Know To Sell Your Screenplay

  • Selling Your Screenplay (in a nutshell)
  • How do you protect your work? Screenplay copyrights and WGA registration
  • Writing A Screenplay Logline
  • How to write a professional query letter for your screenplay
  • Building a Database of Agents, Managers and Producers
  • Sending Your Screenplay Query Letter to Your Database of Contacts
  • What to Expect From Your Query Letters
  • How do you get an agent for your screenplay? (And why you don’t need one!)
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SYS Podcast Episode 534 – Disney, James Cameron and Animation with Pietro Schito

Podcast Transcripts

SYS Podcast Episode 534 – Disney, James Cameron and Animation with Pietro Schito (transcript)