http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thedevelopmentexecutive http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thedevelopmentexecutive.jpg Top Secret Hollywood Development Executive talks about making movies Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:02:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en That’s right – I’m BAAACK! Miss me? Here’s one more rant because some things require anonymity…   Could you imagine going up to a stranger on the street – someone you have never met or said a word to – and asking him to be your friend?  Of course not – he’d ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thedevelopmentexecutive/2009/08/31/how-facebook-made-me-an-asshole/ Hello, trusty readers! I’m very sorry that I haven’t posted for a while. It’s been a crazy summer, and sadly I don’t mean that in the good way. I left my development job a while back and in case you haven't noticed, the job market sucks. There’s nothing out there. Unless ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thedevelopmentexecutive/2009/07/28/the-economy-the-edd-and-other-things-that-suck/ Whether we are meeting a new writer at a pitchfest or in a meeting or technologically like through virtualpitchfest, the biggest fear that every development executive has is – is this person going to play nice? Is this person speaking to me going to be someone that I am want ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thedevelopmentexecutive/2009/06/29/how-to-play-nice-with-othersespecially-execs/ Our whole industry is based on a Bugs Bunny Cartoon. That silly wabbit was constantly being led around by a carrot on a stick placed strategically just out of grasp, though it seemed so close. This is the very essence of Hollywood and why thousands of people – from the ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thedevelopmentexecutive/2009/06/07/the-carrot-in-front-of-your-face/ If you were wondering when I would write a blog that might piss a bunch of people off…wait no longer. For those of you who missed it, there was an article published in the New York Times Fashion and Style Section on March 20 (yes I realize this was a ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thedevelopmentexecutive/2009/05/19/if-the-world-was-a-fempire/ As a development exec and producer, I always tell writers that when it comes to taking notes, if you aren’t willing to kill their babies and make whatever changes I suggest, which are always in the efforts to make the script the best and most commercial and sellable version of itself, ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thedevelopmentexecutive/2009/05/07/killing-your-babies-why-beats-pride/ If I wanted to become a doctor, but I didn’t really want to go to school for it or do it full time, so I just joined up with a handful of other people who wanted to be doctors and twice a month we talked about what we would or ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thedevelopmentexecutive/2009/04/26/is-your-writers-group-worth-it/ So, I wouldn’t normally write a blog in response or in connection to another blog on this site, especially one written by someone I personally know, respect, love and work with.  But after reading Rachel Miller’s blog that mentions how often the situation arises where an assistant is promoted to ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thedevelopmentexecutive/2009/04/20/from-assistant-to-president-a-different-take/ I am asked all the time by writers who want to get their script made if it’s worth it to enter all the screenwriting contests they can find and my quick answer to them is NO.  Because here’s the thing about screenwriting contests - in general, the scripts that usually ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thedevelopmentexecutive/2009/04/14/the-grand-prize-is%e2%80%a6a-script-you-can%e2%80%99t-sell/ First let me apologize for not posting sooner. It's been a crazy couple weeks, but ive got some great blogs set up for the next couple weeks... And let's start with a new theory I've come up with....   I’m pretty sure the term high concept was hatched years ago by studio execs that ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thedevelopmentexecutive/2009/04/02/increase-in-add-good-weed-high-concept-movies/