Some days take a toll on one’s morale, and for me, this was one. It was a long day–on campus for eleven hours. It’s funny, as this morning I was contemplating the energy and bit of hope I felt, and wondering if it would survive the day. Some days it does survive–it only takes an … Read more
December 31st. The deadline for all scripts to be evaluated in the first round of the Amazon Studios contest. Questions and speculation regarding the nuts and bolts of the competition have been flying around the forums almost since the November 15 debut of the site. This week, AS helped end some of the back and … Read more
I’d originally intended to do a 3-week recap, but between final exams and a nasty cold, I lost my steam a little bit. Maybe because of this, I’m projecting, but I feel like the Amazon Studios site hit a lull, too. The number of entrants adding their work to the site seemed to stall in … Read more
The second week officially ended on Tuesday night, but Friday seems like a nice recap day. 1400 projects up on the site now. I also received an email linking to a PR piece/ blog post/interview with Roy Price, Amazon Studios chief. Among other things, he discusses is Amazon Studios’ decision to have a “bonus” contest … Read more
Housekeeping:It’s Wednesday night as I begin this blog post–approximately the end of the first full week at Amazon Studios. There are now 1094 entrants on the site. Also, just today, the displays of the films have been altered–from the front page you can now differentiate between movies and scripts, and the number of downloads has … Read more
Housekeeping: Amazon Studios Day…Six? It’s confusing because they launched at 5pm on Tuesday, but had such an onslaught of entrants right off the bat, that you pretty much need to count the day.Things seem to tapering off a little. They’re at 936 projects right now. Two of the first three that you see are actually … Read more
Some collected reading for you: John August turned my attention to this article at HITFIX. I have some reactions that I will deal with in more length after the weekend, but for the moment I was interested in this note that “the media is just swallowing it without digesting it or analyzing it.” It is … Read more
We’ve just passed 750 entries. I note that the entry that had boasted 2500 downloads has somehow had 2000 downloads “deducted.” It’s now gaining downloads at a pace more in keeping with the other frontrunners of the group. I have garnered four more reviews. One is a five star review from someone named Robert! This … Read more
The Amazon Studios experience continues. As of last night there 395 projects, and today before 5pm–less than 48 hours after launch–there were over 500. It gives you an idea of how many people see themselves as potential filmmakers and either don’t read or understand the terms of the contract, or are desperate enough for a … Read more
Day 2 of the Amazon Studios Experiment: After launching at 5pm last night, as of 9:30 this morning, the numbers of entrants has grown from the original seven to 110. The most “popular” script has about 300 downloads. No scripts have any comments or notes as of yet. My script, which, by the way is … Read more