THE STORY SPOT

As seen on the Mandy.com Weekly Production Job Alert:

Vacancy: Writer

Employer: Top Dog Films, Inc.
Location: Los Angeles
Duration: TDB, starts ASAP

Top Dog Films, Inc.

Top Dog Films, Inc. is currently looking for feature film scripts for a slate that we are putting together. This is a low budget independent film project. If you or your clients have a script that fits the following criteria please go to www.topdogfilms.com, and follow the submission process. If you have submitted to us already please do not submit the same script again.

SCRIPT CRITERIA:
1. Low Budget script of $1 million dollars or less.
2. Must have minimal characters (less than 10 in total)
3. Minimal Locations (less than 10 in total).
4. Scripts should be story & character driven
5. No special make-up, stunts, or effects
6. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Psychological Thriller
Below are examples of films in the genres that we are looking for that have both strong characters and story lines. This should give you an idea of the type of films that we enjoy. We do NOT want scripts that copy the below films. Simply use this as a guide to our taste while also meeting our criteria requirements.

THRILLER: “Sea of Love”, Jagged Edge”, “Fatal Attraction”,
“A Perfect Murder”, “Misery”

DRAMA: “Steel Magnolias”, “Kramer vs. Kramer”, “Boys Don’t Cry”,
“One Flew over Cuckoo’s Nest”, “The Visitor”, “Frozen River”,
“12 Angry Men”

COMEDY: “The Goodbye Girl”, “The Forty Year Old Virgin”,
“Best in Show”, “The Odd Couple”

Once we have read your script we will contact you if we are interested. Given the volume of material that we receive it is impossible for us to respond to calls/emails regarding the status
of your script.
Thank you so very much!
Apply to: Maria

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This just in via InkTip, the membership-only site that provides “24/7 access to the best selection of screenplays and writers anywhere on the Internet. Access is free to qualified producers, directors, agents, managers, and name actors.” (From the InkTip site).

Byron A. Martin Productions Inc. – Comedies from Canadian Writers

We are looking for completed feature length-comedy or dramedy scripts from Canadian writers. Please note that, due to funding purposes, this lead is only open to Canadian citizens. Please do not submit horrors, thrillers, or scripts in any other genre with elements of comedy; we are only open to comedy or dramedy submissions. Submissions must be for contemporary material with no scenes requiring large numbers of extras, no stunts, special FX or visual FX.

Budget must not exceed $2.5 million Canadian. WGC and non-WGC writers may submit.

Our credits include “Wild Cherry” and “Phantom Punch.”

To submit to this lead, please go to: http://www.inktippro.com/leads/

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NOTE: Please only submit your work if it fits what the lead is looking for exactly. If you aren’t sure if your script fits, please ask InkTip first.

THE STORY SPOT does not endorse any particular product or service; we simply pass what we find on to you. CYA is totally up to you.

This seems to be ideal for you LA-based novelists out there who have asked about learning screenwriting or for someone entirely new to the game who wants a bit of low-stakes experience.

From the Mandy.com Weekly Production Job Alert:

SCREENWRITER ASSISTANT – Buce Films, Silver Lake.
Starts: Possibly Monday the 14th Sept (About three months.)

I’m a professional Italian screenwriter who is looking for a screenwriter assistant. The candidate needs to be a native English speaker with a MFA in Screenwriting or Creative writing. The perfect candidate would be someone who has recently graduate and he is looking for experience.

The script we’ll be working on is an original drama with a flavor of Once. You’ll write on my laptop connected to a big screen using Movie Magic Screenwriter. I’ll dictate to you actions and dialogues. I will retain the copyright and full credits for the script.

I’m looking for someone for at least 20 hours per week during the morning or early afternoon. The perfect time would be between 9AM to 1PM. If we work well together, I will pay you hourly based on your experience and attitude. Please email me your resume at bucefilms@gmail.com and I’ll get back to you.

Please note that THE STORY SPOT simply passes these tidbits of info on to you as they are found. We have not verified any of the information nor do we vouch or anyone connected to it. Use your own best judgment and please do not respond to us about positions posted. Thank you all and good writing.

Industry staple Variety has launched VarietyMediaCareers.com, its entertainment industry-focused job search site. They’ve transformed TheBiz, their effort at social networking, into a Monster.com for the industry.

Where else but in Hollywood will you see these four jobs posted right next to each other reminding us all that it’s one tiny flopped feature from the corner office to the commissary.

Need a job? Why not give it a try?
www.varietymediacareers.com

We’re not big on promoting contests and pitch festivals in general but this one is noteworthy if for no other reason than for good use of technology to collaborate.

FADE IN Magazine is hosting their first online pitch fest. Essentially, you register, get your webcam warmed up, wait for your list of preferred execs to be confirmed then, for 10 minutes, you go to town pitching your project. The event is capped at 100 participants and boy would we love to hear from some of them post-fest.

Don’t call us, people. We’ll call you.

FADE IN Magazine’s 1st Annual Online Hollywood Pitch Festival
When: February 13, 14 & 15
Quanto: $325.00 or save $50 by registering by Jan. 10, 2009
Where: Wherever you are
How: Register at FADE IN or 800-646-3896