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At San Diego Comic-Con

Friday, July 23, 2010

Hey folks, a quickie, I’ll be here in San Diego all weekend at Comic-Con. Don’t be a stranger.

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Write On Online Interview

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Over the weekend at The Great American Pitchfest I hosted Screenwriter Karaoke. Debra Eckerling of Write On! Online of wrangled me for a couple of moments during the Screenwriter Karaoke set-up and posted this video. http://writeononline.com/2010/06/28/speaking-with-merrel-davis-creator-screenwriter-karaoke/

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Screenwriter Karaoke: 1 Year Anniversary

Saturday, June 19, 2010

June is a very exciting month! Screenwriter Karaoke marks its birthday with a bang at The Great American PitchFest. Screenwriter Karaoke is proudly sponsored by  CoverMyScript.com, Final Draft, Inc, Script Magazine, The Writers Store, L.A. Sings Karaoke, Sardo’s Bar, Coffey Sound, and our friends at #ScriptChat. More details here.

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Roberta Munroe’s “The Best Short Film Workshop Ever”

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

This Saturday I’ll be at WGAw in Los Angeles for another “The Best Short Film Workshop Ever” hosted by filmmaker, author and former Sundance programmer Roberta Munroe. I’ve been both an attendee and speaker at previous workshops, and have met a great slew of filmmakers and industry folk. Saturday February 27th, 2010 Los Angeles The [...]

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Gaining Traction With Your Short Film

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Back in September, I was invited to speak on a panel about different aspects of short filmmaking at Roberta Munroe’s “Best Short Film Workshop Ever.” It was a great workshop, filled with wonderful discussion about writing, production and distribution of short film. (You can read my notes on the workshop, and notes from Roberta Munroe’s [...]

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Roberta Munroe’s “Best Short Film Workshop Ever” – Twitter Transcripts

Monday, September 28, 2009

This past Saturday, I was a special guest of Roberta Munroe’s “Best Short Film Workshop Ever” — It was a great event, and despite also being a speaker, I took some time to live tweet the event for all those who couldn’t make it. Here is a twitter transcript of the event. Look for a [...]

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The Best Short Film Workshop Ever with Roberta Munroe [NYC Sept 26th]

Monday, September 21, 2009

Good news folks! I’ve been invited as a special guest to Roberta Munroe’s Best Short Film Workshop Ever, this weekend September 26th in NYC. I will be speaking with Roberta about short film script structure, things like how to creating characters that are immediately engaging. You may recall Roberta put on a great workshop at [...]

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How Not to Make a Short Film: Notes From the Event

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

For those keeping score, I attended a DCTV/Shooting People event  “How Not to Make a Short Film” with Roberta Munroe former Sundance Film Festival programmer. Here are my notes from the event. I’ve tried to faithfully re-create my chicken scratch. Enjoy! UPDATE: Roberta Munroe has linked this post on her website. UPDATE 2: Roberta Munroe [...]

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