The Real Lance Brown

Filmmaker Magazine has a cool interview with industry pro Peter Broderick, where he outlines the many options available for independent filmmakers who want to get their stuff out there. It’s 14 minutes long, so he has time to really explain his take on the currnt playing field. Good stuff. Look for his excellent analogy comparing the changes in the industry to the New World pioneers breaking away from England/Europe.

Broderick and interviewer Scott Kirsner are offering a workshop on all this in LA in November; see the article with the video for details.

Angel Group Likes Lights, Camera And Action Of Indie Films – Venture Capital Dispatch

As an experienced tech entrepreneur and angel investor, Rizwan Virk was happy to see a solid return on one of his recent investments after just one year.

But the exit didn’t come from a software start-up or social media company finding a corporate acquirer. Instead, Virk’s quick payoff came from an independent film.

Virk is a member of FilmAngels, a Silicon Valley group whose members back film productions – mostly small, independent projects. Founded in 2005, Film Angels is made up mostly of tech executives and investors who apply their business and venture capital experience to the filmmaking world.

Read the full story at the WSJ blog

Madhouse Entertainment is a TV & movie management/production company which accepts script queries by email. From their site:

“We’re always one the lookout to work with new writers. If you are looking for representation and/or for producing partners we’d love to hear from you.

Please send a paragraph description of the script you’d like to send us to: query@madhouseent.net.

Please note that we receive thousands of query emails and cannot possibly answer them all. You will hear from us if we want to read your material.”

Check out their site to get a sense of what kind of projects they work on. They appear to be connected with a number of known and notable Hollywood talent/projects.

P.S. – If you open their site in a tab and forget about it, and end up wondering what that clicking sound is that you keep hearing, it’s their slideshow.

Mandy’s Film and TV Production Directory – television – video – broadcast.

Cool site where you can connect with film distributors, among many other things. Hat tip to Angelo Bell for telling me about it.

Poetry Magazine pays $10 per line for poems, with a $150 minimum.

Submissions : Poetry Magazine

Images of America – Greeting Card Writers Wanted

We are looking for greeting card writers and designers to supply cards for our online mall. If you can write verses or currently have existing pre-formatted greeting cards we would like to hear from you.

“Please pitch only COMPLETED SPECS by filling out the form below. NO OTHER WAY OF PITCHING SCRIPTS IS ACCEPTED.”

Pitch your script to Gallagher Literary Management

These folks publish a quarterly publication consisting entirely of stories and articles that start with the same predefined first line. They accept submissions, and they even pay (a rather small amount).

The First Line: It all starts the same but….

The Huffington Post Contagious Festival

Problem Solvers Lessons Submission Guidelines

intro:

All About the Problem Solvers Curriculum
The Problem Solvers© Curriculum is a multi-discipline supplemental curriculum for classroom teachers, after-school programs, summer camps and home school teachers. The Problem Solvers curriculum takes students on a one-hour adventure to solve a real life problem using skills from a particular career field

¨ Complete a take-home project

And here’s their Writers Wanted! page.