I’d like to have the screenwriting Q & A / chat / hootenanny this upcoming Wednesday, March 5, at 9:00 PM EST.
If you don’t know what I’m talking about — and believe me, it happens lot when I say or write anything — click HERE.
In happier days: Corbett working on the script for ACCORDING TO JIM: THE MOVIE.
I’ll work on whatever questions you post for about two hours, and then as time permits later pick up a few of the ones left unaddressed. That’s assuming there’s enough to answer — it’s possible I’m making an ASS out of U and ME, here. (Well, ME. But “assme” doesn’t work, at least in polite company.)
In the meantime, here’s a dramatic re-enactment of my last Hollywood meeting. It’s been altered thusly to protect the innocent. me, from lawsuits:
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1) Myself and the producer are now British, and have different names. I am also wearing a wig.
2) The scene has been transported to a book publisher’s office in London. But don’t be fooled, it’s really the Fox Studios lot. OR… is it? (Yes, I just told you it was. Come on!)
3) Everything makes a lot more sense than in most Hollywood story conferences. It had to be slightly believable, after all…
Outside of that, it’s an EXACT record of the meeting:
25 responses so far ↓
1 Walter on Mar 2, 2008 at 10:30 am
Thanks, I can’t wait!
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2 Eric Fell on Mar 2, 2008 at 11:22 am
Huzzah to you, sir, on discovering the awesomeness that is Mitchell and Webb.
In a bizarre coincidence, I sent this exact video to my girlfriend to help her understand the meetings I’ve been having with the producer of a comedy show that I’ve been writing.
Glad to know I’m in good company.
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3 Yanni on Mar 2, 2008 at 11:40 am
Is it just me, or does that Barton Fink picture look like Egon Spengler from Ghost Busters?
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Reply from Virginia Corbett on March 2, 2008:
That’s exactly what I thought!
Reply from SEISMIC on March 3, 2008:
and he’s hot!! Sorry-I got a geek crush on Egon!
Reply from Megan B on March 10, 2008:
Actually, the guy who played Egon, actually co-wrote the script with Dan Akroyd for Ghostbusters and also wrote the script for another comedy of which I have totally forgotten the name. But I totally thought it was Egon myself.
4 R.A. Roth on Mar 2, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Finally, the perfect encapsulation of my dialectic process posted on the Internet(s) for all the see and ridicule.
Or not.
Randy
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5 Beautiful Houndstooth on Mar 2, 2008 at 1:05 pm
Sounds like fun! Can’t wait to watch the conversation unfold
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6 Kyle on Mar 2, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Bill, did you see that David Duchovny movie that recently came out called: The TV Set. You might like it.
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7 SaucyRossy on Mar 2, 2008 at 5:56 pm
Bill, thank you very much for offering to do this.
I am more interested however, in the oddly horrifying ad that has appeared on the blog
Picture of
” Zac Effron”
then “Who’s hotter?”
picture of
“Jonas Bros.”
Now I don’t know who either of these people are but do you know how that add could be better?
I think you do know.
If it was for Bacon of course.
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8 Rufus T. on Mar 2, 2008 at 6:45 pm
I’ll kick things off a little early. How do you write a screenplay? Just kidding of course. I am looking forward to this Q&A.
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9 Take5 on Mar 2, 2008 at 7:11 pm
Bill! You looked so much like Barton Fink in your younger days… and the Jesus Quintana for that matter… and Bernie Bernbaum. Huh.
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10 Mr. Slick on Mar 2, 2008 at 7:30 pm
I hope I can get to this one. I want to see how to keep a possiblely great Ben Hur type of movie concept from becoming a Howard the Duck or Young Einstein.
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11 amanda on Mar 2, 2008 at 7:53 pm
Wow. Studio audiences are everywhere, aren’t they? Even producer’s offices.
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12 To_Servo_Man on Mar 2, 2008 at 8:14 pm
But what of Joey Pants?
Or, alternatively:
Where of Joey Pants?
When of Joey Pants?
How of Joey Pants?
Why of Joey Pants?
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13 Roper on Mar 2, 2008 at 8:45 pm
ACCORDING TO JIM: THE MOVIE. I wonder if Jims charm and vulnerability will translate to the silver screen.
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14 Artist Aaronius, Formerly Known as Aaron on Mar 2, 2008 at 9:08 pm
Now i know this makes me sound like a fool, but could someone give me a summary of what screen writing is, like what is the difference between that and a script. but be gentle….i cry easy
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15 Rufus T. on Mar 3, 2008 at 7:44 am
Does Eddie Murphy fall in love with a pebble in Starship Dave?
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Reply from Bill Corbett on March 3, 2008:
With a paper clip, actually.
Reply from Rufus T. on March 3, 2008:
Excellent choice Bill. As a man of the pen, or word processor, your choices are sound and wise.
Reply from bob the hog on March 3, 2008:
Oh God, not Clippy.
Reply from SEISMIC on March 3, 2008:
Hey Rufus
are you a naked mole rat by chance?!?!?
Reply from Rufus T. on March 3, 2008:
I am not now, nor have I ever been a commu……naked mole rat.
Reply from SEISMIC on March 3, 2008:
oh!! = (
16 BoB3K on Mar 3, 2008 at 10:15 am
To add a little flavor from my profession, you need to have Henry have sex while dying with Sarah, who has fallen in love with a shark, a pebble, and a squid, all while keeping their Time-Sold up. Actually, they could all just sit on the floor of a subway and drool, just as long as their Time-Sold is up. We’re talking at least 95% people. Okay, now I’m off to have some more meetings about keeping our Time-Sold up that will be charged to Overhead (i.e. not Direct, i.e. not toward our Time-Sold).
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