Corrado Part II

taormina said:
Hilarious, Chip. I'd say monster trucks instead of 4x4s. You forgot Tractor pulls as well.....:beer:
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I agree it sounds silly but you might want to know your audience. Think about it, why do all these companies do exhaustive customer research, even to sell toliet paper? answer: so they can sell the right product to the right people and make a buck. Of course the alternative is that big debt starring you in the face and the realization it ain't ever going happen.
 
10s said:
I agree it sounds silly but you might want to know your audience. Think about it, why do all these companies do exhaustive customer research, even to sell toliet paper? answer: so they can sell the right product to the right people and make a buck. Of course the alternative is that big debt starring you in the face and the realization it ain't ever going happen.
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Actually Hollywood does screenings in front of a test audience to gage both reaction from the audience as well as to find out during the show if people are laughing or crying in the right places. How well did the roller coaster ride from the script translate to the screen? Many times things are changed from those pre-release screenings. Areas are tightened up, scenes removed etc.
 
Adam and those who have done the feature thing and sought funding, I have a question for you:

How have you gone about protecting yourself from anyone stealing your material when seeking funding? What are ways you've avoided having your work yanked?
 
craigbowman said:
Actually Hollywood does screenings in front of a test audience to gage both reaction from the audience as well as to find out during the show if people are laughing or crying in the right places. How well did the roller coaster ride from the script translate to the screen? Many times things are changed from those pre-release screenings. Areas are tightened up, scenes removed etc.
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Yes, I posted about this earlier, I agree screenings are a really valuable process for getting it right. The extras in the Final Destination DVD has a pretty good look into the process. For myself, putting forth the extra effort to nail down audience expectations is worth the effort. I don't trust distributors much. I tend to think distributors without skin in the game will simply take your money and say "yeah kid, we're pros, we're on it," and then just shove it through the assembly line. When it doesn't play out they'll put down their cigar and say "hey (rattles off a famous director) started out the same way, maybe next time kid."

The questions and comments I just posted speak to creating a game plan on where to play your film and how to fill seats. The questions also touch upon the foundational creation of the screenplay, things writers need to consider. There has to be that "something" that resonates with your audience otherwise they will simply choose something else to spend their money & time on. How are you going to know what resonates if you don't know your audience?
 
Kholi, are you talking about the script? Because if you are, the only thing you can do is WGA register it and Copyright it, which you'll have to do anyways for SAG if your film ever sees production. Actually, SAG does not care about WGA registration. I only mention it because it is easy and cheap and a good way to protect your work.

Honestly, I don't give much thought to others stealing my work. There's not much I can really do about it if they do, and all writing is a derivative of something else anyways, so basically get over it and don't be paranoid.
 
taormina said:
Kholi, are you talking about the script? Because if you are, the only thing you can do is WGA register it and Copyright it, which you'll have to do anyways for SAG if your film ever sees production. Actually, SAG does not care about WGA registration. I only mention it because it is easy and cheap and a good way to protect your work.

Honestly, I don't give much thought to others stealing my work. There's not much I can really do about it if they do, and all writing is a derivative of something else anyways, so basically get over it and don't be paranoid.
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Probably the most realistic advice you can give, I suppose. You really can't do anything about it and I could name quite a number of places my own feature could be pinned to another.

Oh well. Guess you just do what you can then get it done.
 
Oh, there's no hurry. My "Executive Producer" aka money guy has made certain of that.

Interesting factoid:

My money guy loaned me the money for Corrado with only two stipulations:

1. He had first right of refusal on loaning me money for movie #2.
2. He must review and approve all distribution deals.

That's it!

He has had no creative control whatsoever. To date, he has not even seen one frame of footage. He will not watch the trailer even. He just doesn't care about the film creatively, only his return. It's actually a great arrangement!
 
Sorry for being off topic but how is Tom Sizemore?

Are the rumors true about about how serious he is about his (most excellent) transitional period / come back?

Rumor has it he is onto great things! (Read a very nice article about him yesterday) and all I can say is WOW!

He has always been one of my favorite actors.

Favorite Sizemore movies.

-Black Hawk Down
-Pearl Harbor
-Saving Private Ryan
-Heat
-Natural Born Killers
 
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ChipG said:
Favorite Sizemore movies.

-Black Hawk Down
-Pearl Harbor
-Saving Private Ryan
-Heat
-Natural Born Killers
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Funny about that...it recently hit me 'hey - wasn't that Tom Sizemore playing the gangster in one of my favorite movies "Enemy Of The State?"'. I've seen the film about 10 times, but couldn't remember seeing his name in it.

So I looked it up on IMDB, and sure enough it was him, but for some reason *uncredited*. I'm sure there's a reason...

Great performance though - he played Pintero, the small-time, cocky mobster role, perfectly. All his scenes were excellent. Fun to find out it was him after all!

For anyone who hasn't seen the film, rent it now!
 
Tom is okay. He's had some scuffles with his probation officers over meetings and trivial items like that. He really is clean at this point (which doesn't necessarily make him normal!, lol)

He's working quite a bit lately, most notably he has become a series regular on the Starz series "Crash" (A Haggis show adapted from the film). So yeah he's back on the job.

He really killed it in Corrado. Had some amazing performances out of him. He is a very talented actor, I personally feel that he would have won an Oscar for something by now had he not been in and out of jail so often. Tom is a bit of an anomaly: He is touted as one of the few actors who has worked with all of the great directors. So far he has worked with:

Spielberg
Tarantino (who wrote True Romance and NBK that Tom was in)
Scorsese
Stone
Scott (Ridley and Tony)
Mann

Among others he's worked with Kasdan, Sonnenfeld and Bay.

The dude has also worked with every major movie star out there. And the roles he had in these films were big ones, so that's why he's so well rounded.



ChipG said:
Sorry for being off topic but how is Tom Sizemore?

Are the rumors true about about how serious he is about his (most excellent) transitional period / come back?

Rumor has it he is onto great things! (Read a very nice article about him yesterday) and all I can say is WOW!

He has always been one of my favorite actors.

Favorite Sizemore movies.

-Black Hawk Down
-Pearl Harbor
-Saving Private Ryan
-Heat
-Natural Born Killers
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taormina said:
Tom is okay. He's had some scuffles with his probation officers over meetings and trivial items like that. He really is clean at this point (which doesn't necessarily make him normal!, lol)

He's working quite a bit lately, most notably he has become a series regular on the Starz series "Crash" (A Haggis show adapted from the film). So yeah he's back on the job.

He really killed it in Corrado. Had some amazing performances out of him. He is a very talented actor, I personally feel that he would have won an Oscar for something by now had he not been in and out of jail so often. Tom is a bit of an anomaly: He is touted as one of the few actors who has worked with all of the great directors. So far he has worked with:

Spielberg
Tarantino (who wrote True Romance and NBK that Tom was in)
Scorsese
Stone
Scott (Ridley and Tony)
Mann

Among others he's worked with Kasdan, Sonnenfeld and Bay.

The dude has also worked with every major movie star out there. And the roles he had in these films were big ones, so that's why he's so well rounded.
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I first saw him in a small part in Point Break playing a cop undercover as a druggie surfer dude and even in that he blows keanu off the screen (I know not to hard).

Quick question Adam, has your money man ever invested in a film before?
 
it just sucks to think that you've "blown it" if you don't sell it. is that what it's really all about? i know it's your career (and i commend you on what looks like an action-packed film), but it's sad how "success" is so painfully tied to profit.

i'm asking this in the most "james lipton-y" way imaginable. adam, if you could walk away from this with the money to make another film OR the praise of having made citizen kane (or some other really critically acclaimed film), which would you choose? of course, they are not exclusive of each other, but, what i'm getting at is, would you prefer notoriety as a standout filmmaker or money to buy some cool stuff and live comfortably.
 
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