Greeting fellow DCFCPUG members and A-List Screenwriting guests:

The weekend two day workshop, despite the rain and road closures from the Marine Corp Marathon, was well attended and we even had the treat of two professional actors stopping in to read lines for greater emphasis on character.

Here is a picture of the class and the instructor reviewing a major film:

After detailed review and script analysis, the screenwriters consider the alternatives presented by the master script consultant:

Then the fun begins, the reading of the draft script to bring the scene alive for the class…

If you are reading this and have a interest in joining us for the next class, drop me a line at rodney@dcfcpug.org

We could not be there the second day of the workshop because we got caught in the traffic snarls created by the Marine Corp Marathon.  So after 3+ hours of sitting idle in freeway traffic (that looked more like a freeway parking lot), we cut our losses and drove back home so we could at least pull the raffle winners and post the winning names below and the winners need to email me (rodney@dcfcpug.org) with your mailing address so I can send your prize via mail!:

Sonya Dunn – Montage – Professional Screenwriting For MacOSX -(1 copy)
“Create, Write, and Submit Scripts for Film, TV, and Theater”  valued at $100 retail

Sonya Dunn – Desktop Poet – “Fridge Poetry for your Mac” valued at $20 retail -(1 copy)

Steven Barnvard – Desktop Poet - “Fridge Poetry for your Mac” valued at $20 retail -(1 copy)

Have a great Halloween next week and don’t forget to sign up to a free membership at DCFCPUG.org and Jim’s free newsletters and scheduled appearances updates at A-ListScreenwriting.com

Warm regards,

Rodney – DCFCPUG

THIS WILL SERVE AS THE OCTOBER MEETING FOR DCFCPUG in conjunction with this SPECIAL EVENT and new relationship with the APPLE store – Tyson’s Corner!

THE APPLE RETAIL STORE EVENT IS FREE SO SIGN UP EARLY BOTH HERE AND AT THE APPLE RETAIL STORE SCHEDULE OF WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT IN THE ONLINE RAFFLE and increase your odds in the raffle prizes! It will be the best $5 investment you’ve made in a long time

Arlington Independent Media (AIM), DCFCPUG & A-List Screenwriting presents a Film Analysis & Scene Workshop on Saturday and Sunday, October 24-25, 2009. First half of Saturday’s class will be an analysis of the film popular films such as The Dark Knight and other top grossing films.

The remainder of the class will be spent evaluating student’s scenes. This class is invaluable for screenwriters, playwrights, directors, actors and all storytellers even FINAL CUT PRO editors!

Use the discount code DCOCT by October 1 to save $80 and by October 10 to save $40.

A limited amount of seats will be sold to people who do not want their scenes analyzed.

Use discount code NOSCENE by October 1 to save $100 and by October 10 to save $60.

EVENT TICKETING: http://a-listscreenwriting.com/
RAFFLE TICKETING – http://dcfcpug102425.eventbrite.com

Screenwriter Speaker: Jim Mercurio
WHEN: 24-25 October 2009
WHERE: Arlington Independent Media
TIME: 9AM – 5PM

CONTACT DCFCPUG CO-SPONSOR: 703-327-6459

http://www.dcfcpug.org/

CONTACT VENUE HOST AIM @ 703-524-2388

http://arlingtonmedia.net/

Don’t miss an awesome opportunity to hear a world-class teacher with billion dollar A-List clients talk about filmmaking. It will change the way you view the art of storytelling in film making.

Rodney
DCFCPUG

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Read the interesting back story on how Gorilla was born (by filmmakers!)

http://www.junglesoftware.com/company/about_us.php

Mariner Software – develops and publishes professional and personal software for the writing and creativity markets
Link: http://www.marinersoftware.com/
Key products – Montage, Contour, StoryMill, MacJournal, Desktop Poet + more

O’Reilly Book Publisher – many great titles to choose from.. Snow Leopard and iPhone app books will be won by lucky attendees
Link: http://oreilly.com/

Check back often for daily updates….

Rodney – DCFCPUG