I'm already cringing

[newb]

http://www.scifi.com/gryphon/


I'll have to set my DVR.

[Roderick Usher]

did you see the cast?

Willow's Girlfriend (Amber Benson), Dr Giggles (Larry Drake) Ursa from Superman 2 (Sarah Douglas) and one of the upcoming 300 Spartans (Andrew Pleavin)

[Vodstok]

Originally Posted by Roderick Usher

did you see the cast?

Willow's Girlfriend (Amber Benson), Dr Giggles (Larry Drake) Ursa from Superman 2 (Sarah Douglas) and one of the upcoming 300 Spartans (Andrew Pleavin)

Reminds me of Lisa Simpson's nightmare about being 2nd fiddle

Announcer: And now, Avis Rent-A-Car is proud to present the second best band in America. Will you welcome Garfunkel, Messina, Oates, and Lisa singing their number two hit, "Born to Runner-up". [Audience boos]

Lisa: Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?

[urgeok]

Originally Posted by Roderick Usher

it's the LAST of my SciFI Trilogy

won't be doing this kind of work again... unless I'm broke again

ahhh a trilogy ..

so will this eventually be available in a box set with Squid bookends ? :D

[Roderick Usher]

Originally Posted by urgeok

ahhh a trilogy ..

so will this eventually be abailable in a box set with Squid bookends ? :D

See what I can do for ya:)

[urgeok]

abailable ??

all of a sudden i'm one of the Fat Albert Kids...

[novakru]

Rod...did ya ever consider writting something truly horrendous and fucked-up and selling it to Sci-Fi?
Then, you have nothing to get butchered and hammered by the jackals, but still get a nice fat paycheck:D

[Roderick Usher]

Originally Posted by novakru

Rod...did ya ever consider writting something truly horrendous and fucked-up and selling it to Sci-Fi?
Then, you have nothing to get butchered and hammered by the jackals, but still get a nice fat paycheck:D

Unfortunately it doesn't work like that. I've never sold anything to SciFi Channel. They decide what they want a movie to be about (whatever creature effect the designers think they can render) and they hire writers to make it. They don't "buy" scripts, they commission them.

For the SciFi Channel gigs I'm a contractor working with a very specific formula. Actually a repeating 12 page formula in which the monster must be shown and someone has to die every 12 pages.

And the paycheck ain't exactly fat. They hire exclusively non-union writers to do the work for less than scale. I made bupkiss, but I now have produced credits, which are far more valuable than the cash I was paid.

[Vodstok]

Originally Posted by Roderick Usher

Unfortunately it doesn't work like that. I've never sold anything to SciFi Channel. They decide what they want a movie to be about (whatever creature effect the designers think they can render) and they hire writers to make it. They don't "buy" scripts, they commission them.

For the SciFi Channel gigs I'm a contractor working with a very specific formula. Actually a repeating 12 page formula in which the monster must be shown and someone has to die every 12 pages.

And the paycheck ain't exactly fat. They hire exclusively non-union writers to do the work for less than scale. I made bupkiss, but I now have produced credits, which are far more valuable than the cash I was paid.

How does one get into said loop? I have plenty of old ideas that they would probably eat up.

[Roderick Usher]

Originally Posted by Vodstok

How does one get into said loop? I have plenty of old ideas that they would probably eat up.

I fell into it. A friend had directed 2 SciFi Channel flicks and had landed a gig writing one for them (Gryphon.) He was completely blocked and against a deadline so he asked me to help. I wrote it with him in 4 days.

He continued to employ me as ghost writer for the other gigs as well. Fially the network decided to give me credit...and as fate would have it - sole credit on Gryphon.

If you want to get in with these guys, I'd go to the individual production companies that sub-contract the jobs from SciFi. UFO Films, Active Entertainment, Pliny Minor and a handful of others do the lion's share of these movies.