Fifth Annual SATO48 Awards Ceremony Rocks The Gillioz

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The fifth incarnation of the annual SATO48 Awards Ceremony pointed tonight to the progress and development of the event. More importantly it reflects the impact that founders Jeff Clinkenbeard and Kyaw Tha Hla have had on the local film community. By attracting almost 90 teams to participate with 77 completing the 48 hour challenge and [...]

Screenwriting Workshops At Missouri State on Saturday

On Saturday, March 20, 2010, American screenwriters Paul Guyot and Jack Snyder will participate in afternoon workshops, a film showing, and an evening lecture. Free and open to the public, these events will take place on the Missouri State University campus. Screenwriter Paul Guyot will lead a student workshop on writing for television. His workshop [...]

Screenwriters to Speak, Show Film, Lead Workshops at Missouri State University

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On Saturday, January 30, 2010, American screenwriters Paul Guyot and Jack Snyder will participate in afternoon workshops, a film showing, and an evening lecture. Free and open to the public, these events will take place on the Missouri State University campus. Screenwriter Paul Guyot will lead a student workshop on writing for television. His workshop [...]

SATO48 Gears Up For 2009 With Screenwriting Workshop

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Kyaw Tha Hla and Jeff Clinkenbeard, gearing up for the 4th edition of the Springfield and Ozarks 48 Hour Film Challenge (SATO48) put on a screenwriting workshop for three dozen participants on Saturday April 4th.

The event was designed as a hands-on experience

Screenwriting Workshop April 4th

Seminar2009 is a hands-on experience that explores practical and aesthetic aspects of creating stories for moving media. Using a Lecture/Lab format, attendees will discover some of the many ways ideas flow into (and out of) a script. Seminar2009 is followed immediately by NetworkingMixer2009 so be sure and stick around! BOTH events are Open to Everyone [...]

Springfield’s Motion Media Expo This Friday October 10th

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SPRINGFIELD’S FIRST ‘MOTION MEDIA EXPO’ TO BE HELD OCTOBER 10TH AT KEYES ART GALLERY, DOWNTOWN SPRINGFIELD SPRINGFIELD, MO (October 1, 2008) – Springfield’s first MOTION MEDIA EXPO will be held at the Keyes Art Gallery, 229 South Market Avenue, Friday, October 10th, 8:00 to 11:00 PM. This Motion Media Expo has been organized for producers, [...]

Write Rhyming Words

Are you stuck? Then check out this website – write rhymes. Hat tip to The Graphic Mac

Submit Your Script to “Springfield 417 – Periods of Revelation”

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Springfield 417- The Movie project for 2009 Friends, writers, gather ‘round… We’re still gathering scenes from different writers to put together into a vignette movie of Springfield, Missouri. The working title is: “SPRINGFIELD 417— Periods of Revelation.” We’re looking to do several 5 to 7 minute shorts that can be filmed somewhere in Springfield, Missouri, [...]

Springfield Little Film Festival Tuesday At Springfield Little Theatre!

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APOLLO – Official Trailer from Apollo on Vimeo. On Tuesday, June 17th at 7:30pm, and in cooperation with the Springfield Little Theatre, filmmakers from Missouri State University will showcase four short films including “…Or Not To Be,” “Nothing Rhymes with Orange,” “The Death of Alfred Bailey,” and “Apollo.” The filmmakers’ proceeds from the festival will [...]

Writers Workshop To Feature Marilyn Quigley

Marilyn Quigley will be the presenter at the Springfield Regional Arts Council’s Creamery Writers’ Workshop from 7-8:30 p.m. May 8 in the Creamery Arts Center, 411 N. Sherman Ave. For more than 20 years, Quigley has served as director of freshman composition at Evangel University where she teaches all levels of writing, from basic grammar [...]

Daniel Woodrell To Speak At MSU Friday March 14th

The College of Arts and Letters is very fortunate to host acclaimed author Daniel Woodrell. Woodrell comes from a long line of Ozarkers that stretch back before the Civil War and currently lives in West Plains, Missouri. His first novel, Under the Bright Lights, brought him high praise and recognition from fellow writers. His book, [...]

Missouri State Students Win BEA Screenwriting Awards

From the Missouri State Standard: Two Missouri State University students recently placed in the Broadcast Education Association Festival of Media Arts, a national student media competition. Junior Aric Abraham, a digital media production major, placed second in the television spec script competition. Senior Haeli Dunstan, a media operations major, placed second in the short film [...]

Screen Writer Chris Vogler At Missouri State Monday

Screen writer Chris Vogler will present a lecture based on his latest book, “The Writer’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers.” A book signing and reception will follow the lecture. Vogler is a writer and story consultant who wrote his book while analyzing scripts for the Walt Disney Company in the 1980s. He is writing a [...]

FEATURE FILM SCRIPT CONSULTANT COMES TO OZ

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS RELEASE Hollywood’s Loss Is Midwest’s Gain Horton, KS – July 25, 2007 – Veteran script consultant and story analyst Elizabeth Stevens has relocated from Hollywood to the Midwest, where she’ll continue to uncover promising feature film screenplays, give advice to directors and producers, and coach screenwriters. Stevens’ nine years in the [...]