K. here.
It seems we weren't the only ones disappointed with the way "On the Lot" has turned out. The disgruntled-ness (is that even a word?) has spilled on to the forums, where a secret friend of another secret friend informs us (and other Zoe members) that there have been mass "...deleting or editing of our blogs, our posts, film comments...", with a deactivation list that reads "like a who's who ".
Enter KarmaCritic, a website created by filmmakers that got together in the "On the Lot" online community.
Also, from the website:
"This is KarmaCritic's 1st Annual Screenwriting Development Contest. Round 1 starts with a simple 1-page synopsis and the first 5 pages of your screenplay. Round 2 moves on to a treatment and the first 30 pages, round 3 is the full feature-length script. Judges are high powered hollywood producer Tova Laiter (Die Hard 3, Glory, Evita, etc), Jon Brown (represents De Souza, Orr, T.J Scott and Kevin Lund), as well as a special figure too high to disclose publicly at this time. The prize is a professional relationship with them!"
Cheesy references to a high up "mystery judge" aside, it sounds like a really good venture, should you be interested.
The only drawback to this "community" is that only filmmakers--that is, people who have already made a film--are allowed to join.
I wasn't aware that screenwriters weren't a part of the filmmaking industry, but however they want to run it, that's cool.
Funny enough, there's a screenwriting competition: SUBLIM. Check it out.
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Just discovered your blog. I'm glad I did! I'm surprised you picked up on our contest after just one day of publishing the promo, but that's why the blogosphere has its reputation :)
I concede the comment about the mystery judge was cheesy... hollywood types dont like a lot of risk, and this trend seems to go up proportionally with how high they are in the totem pole. Its a "if it flops, no one knew I was in it, if it succeeds, I'll come out and jump the bandwagon" kind of thing.
And screenwriters -are- filmmakers! We take anybody who has ever worked above or below the line in any production, studio or indie. If there's no film to enter in the application, any reference to anywhere film that credits you is enough. Thanks for this post, I'm enjoying the rest of your blog, we agree a lot about On The Lot, obviously. Did you know the VP of FOX Branded Media was engaged with us in hand-to-hand combat in Wikipedia? It was fun:
http://www.karmacritic.com/node/276
It's almost too obvious that the Fox hounds would try to censor Wikipedia, but what can you do?
Hopefully they don't start doing a total overhaul of blogs, or else we're in trouble.
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