BLURB:
The Script is not Enough takes a unique look at the making of four
different independent feature films. The author takes you through every stage
in development from writing, to financing, and to distribution and marketing.
Find out how you can learn from the hard experiences and challenges that face
the filmmaker along the way.
Excerpt:
I won’t tell you the names, places, and legal entities, but I’ll tell you the truth...this was simply one dark moment in a full schedule of (intentionally?) disheartening Film Lab events on my schedule for the day. I was realizing how dark this hole was, and I needed to climb out of it, but first I had more to mine here. I was already in the hole, so I had to keep looking around. It was giving me a sort of courage too, as I realized I also had nothing much to lose in a place where there was little or nothing to gain, it was a place that was only designed to remind you that “no one cares.” It was the beginning of a positive feeling in me though, the feeling of needing to chart my own course and not rely on others to give the secret map to success. It did not exist anyway.
I had bought a pass to a prestigious event, a sort
of convention for both new and established filmmakers alike (I will not name it
as I do not know that they are directly to blame for this negative atmosphere,
though many of their guests are). Major studios, distributors, actors,
filmmakers. Interviews, panel discussions, audience questions, stages filled
with people giving both bad and good advice alike, sometimes at the same time.
This was all happening around me. It was very impressive looking, but once you
saw behind the curtain the magic was lost. You name a distribution company (out
of Hollywood), they had something happening here but what that something was,
was not really much value to the individual filmmaker who could attend. Tickets
were also expensive.
Now, in a very funny turn of events, we wound up
with the very distribution company that had laughed in my face. What a
coincidence. If only quality producing was the barometer for success and doors
opening. It truly is not. So, I went home that day without a “deal” but
instead, gained a much better understanding of the wall that existed. It needed
to be gotten around, to distribute. There was always another, hopefully less
insane, way.
In many chapters I have listed each film we have
made thus far, and explained how each process went per the film given. For this
chapter I will instead tell how it happened in sequence and the reader will
hopefully piece together their own take away, their own “lesson” if applicable
to them.
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Jamison
LoCascio is an award-winning feature film director. In 2012, Jamison LoCascio
began to write the screenplay for his first union short, "Midnight
Catch," which garnished much acclaim at the New Jersey International Film
Festival and Manhattan Film Festival. LoCascio decided to form his production
company, Halcyon Valor Productions Incorporated. Graduated from Montclair State
University with honors winning the “Excellence in Filmmaking” award for his
numerous successful productions which premiered in film festivals around the
world. LoCasio's short films have since been honored by the Screen Actors Guild
and screened at such festivals as the Los Angeles International Short Film
Festival, Montclair Film Festival, and NewFilmmakers New York. LoCascio's
shorts "Track 3," "A Stranger's Confession," and "Powerless"
were all official selections of the Festival de Cannes Short Film Corner. His
films have been anthologized in the prestigious Anthology Film Archives in
Manhattan, distributed worldwide on DVD, picked up for online distribution by
Film Bay. DIRECTV & AT&T distributed 6 of LoCascio's short films on
their new International short film platform. LoCascio's first feature film,
"The Depths," starring Michael Rispoli and Patch Darragh won Best
Feature Film at the 2017 Manhattan Film Festival and had a strong critical
reception. The film also won Best Feature Film and Best Director at the 2017
Los Angeles Film Awards and received domestic distribution with Sony Pictures
and The Orchard releasing on all major platforms including Amazon, Itunes, DVD
and more. LoCascio's second feature film "Sunset" starring acclaimed
actor Austin Pendleton received rave reviews and won multiple awards including
Best Dramatic Feature Film at the 2018 Manhattan Film Festival, Best Ensemble
at the 2018 Los Angeles Film Awards, Best Leading Actor (David Johnson)
International Independent Film Awards. "Sunset" also received
domestic distribution with Sony Pictures and The Orchard. LoCascio and Adam
Ambrosio have recently launched their latest initiative by filmmakers for
filmmakers called Film Valor, a youtube channel with over 3,000 worldwide
followers and over 250,000 views, a behind the scenes look at their filmmaking
process. "Know Fear," his latest feature film, received critical
acclaim and stars Amy Carlson. The film had a limited theatrical release. His
next feature film "How Dark They Prey," a unique horror anthology,
has been released on major streaming platforms including Amazon Prime, Tubi,
Plex, Udu, Mometu and many more with critics hailing the film as "Horror
at its best". His latest feature film release “7x7” is a collection of
many of LoCascio’s award-winning short films brought together for one viewing
experience on major platforms including Tubi and Amazon Prime.
Jamison LoCascio’s Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/filmvalor
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4 comments:
this looks like a good book
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Sounds like a great story.
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