"On Empty"

Here is a mockumentary comedy webseries about two Los Angeles transplants, who have little knowledge on how the industry operates, and their efforts at making it as actors in Hollywood.

The Z-lister's guide to making it in Hollywood.

In 2009 Vince Foster and Tyler Haines met and began to video record their journey to superstardom in Hollywood, California. The result is On Empty.

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Helen Mirren at MOMA

In a doco made by Lost & Found Films, Helen Mirren speaks about her relationship with art and the work of Vasily Kandinsky, her father, story-telling, beauty, acting, and the Museum of Modern Art.

How close should one stand to a painting in a gallery?

And why does she make museum guards nervous?

"Space Janitors"

This is post #400.

Space Janitors is a comedy webseries about a group of intergalactic misfits employed on an Imperial space station.

It was written by Geoff Lapaire and Andy Hull, and directed by Geoff Lapaire.

In episode one, Mike Chet and Darby Richards ponder their roles as janitors aboard a space station while under rebel attack.

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"Inbox"

Inbox is an award-winning Tamil language, Indian short film, with no dialogue. But you'll have no trouble following the story.

Sometimes silence speaks more than words.

Written and directed by Madonne Ashwin, cinematography by Ravi Varma, editing & sound design by Abhinav Sunder Nayak, music by Balamurali Balu and post production at Nayak Cinema.

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Steven Spielberg - advice

Here's an interesting talk by Steven Spielberg. 

He tells his own story from age six, when he was living in New Jersey. It's about circuses and train wrecks and the limits of parental tolerance.

And how these things led to certain choices, and fed an appetite for collective feedback and affirmation.

"Voyage Trekkers"

Here's another sci-fi webseries which owes absolutely nothing to Star Trek. Written and directed by Nathan Blackwell, Voyage Trekkers is a product of Squishy Studios.

Episode One: Captain Sunstrike is in the vile clutches of the evil Draudis lizard men and only his faithful crew can rescue him.

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A new Screenwriting Group in Adelaide

Ed Love, and one saved cat

A new screenwriting group is forming in Adelaide, via the Meetup website. The group, called South Australian Screenwriters, will be led by Ed Love, who seems to be a fan of Blake Snyder!

Meetings will be held monthly—starting from Thursday 18 October 2012—at Brunelli Café, 187 Rundle Street, Adelaide.

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