K here.
Looks like KarmaCritic has a new look, and I like it, a lot! It's much lighter than the older version, and it's easier to read, which I'm sure everyone else loves, too.SUBLIM, the screenplay contest held by the good folks at KarmaCritic, seems to be getting a fair number of scripts, but from the loglines, I wonder how distinct they will be from one another? So far, we've got a couple of romances, some comedies, some fantasy, and (at least) 2 supernatural screenplays.
Interesting. At any rate, neither M nor I have joined KarmaCritic, but I'm going to try to join today or sometime soon when I get the chance to get everything together.
The deadline is October 2007. I wonder if more people are going to wait until then to submit? They won't get very many votes, though.
Showing posts with label Karmacritic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Karmacritic. Show all posts
Friday, August 31, 2007
Monday, July 2, 2007
Can We Make a Community With You?
K here.
We've been hearing a lot of rumors about the "On The Lot" community/forums, not just from KarmaCritic, but from other writers and filmmakers as well.
It seems that if you use certain words, or talk negatively about the show, your post is censored, the offending words *bleeped* out.
According to this Aint It Cool article:
"Even to this day, if anybody, no matter how established or respected, posts the words "karmacritic" over there... the words first turn automatically into "BLEEP". Within 5 minutes the post is deleted, within 10 minutes the user's account is banned, and in 15 minutes his whole IP is banned (so he wont make new accounts). Then all the posts that person EVER made, go byebye too. OTL uses drupal, like you do in aintitcool.com, like I do in karmacritic.com, so you know all these things are possible with Watchdog triggers. They do it."
Hmm...I wonder...?
Expect an update soon.
We've been hearing a lot of rumors about the "On The Lot" community/forums, not just from KarmaCritic, but from other writers and filmmakers as well.
It seems that if you use certain words, or talk negatively about the show, your post is censored, the offending words *bleeped* out.
According to this Aint It Cool article:
"Even to this day, if anybody, no matter how established or respected, posts the words "karmacritic" over there... the words first turn automatically into "BLEEP". Within 5 minutes the post is deleted, within 10 minutes the user's account is banned, and in 15 minutes his whole IP is banned (so he wont make new accounts). Then all the posts that person EVER made, go byebye too. OTL uses drupal, like you do in aintitcool.com, like I do in karmacritic.com, so you know all these things are possible with Watchdog triggers. They do it."
Hmm...I wonder...?
Expect an update soon.
Friday, June 29, 2007
KarmaCritic, Fox and Screenwriters
K here.
This showed up in the comments section of "On The Lot" Members Move Out.
From KarmaCritic:
"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"
Hmm. More updates later when I read and review what happened...
UPDATES!!!
Going through all the information, it seems rather cowardly that those affiliated with FOX would try to censor wikipedia. I mean, it's a free encyclopedia, for Chrissakes, calm down, Fox. You've got an entire station to manipulate.
Regardless of whether or not On The Lot lied about how it does business is one thing, but to repeatedly erase truthful posts on wikipedia simply because you're pissed that your show isn't as hot as you thought it would be is seriously crossing the line.
And House is such a good show, too.
This showed up in the comments section of "On The Lot" Members Move Out.
From KarmaCritic:
"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"
Hmm. More updates later when I read and review what happened...
UPDATES!!!
Going through all the information, it seems rather cowardly that those affiliated with FOX would try to censor wikipedia. I mean, it's a free encyclopedia, for Chrissakes, calm down, Fox. You've got an entire station to manipulate.
Regardless of whether or not On The Lot lied about how it does business is one thing, but to repeatedly erase truthful posts on wikipedia simply because you're pissed that your show isn't as hot as you thought it would be is seriously crossing the line.
And House is such a good show, too.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
"On the Lot" members Move Out
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.
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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