When I started this blog my original intention was for it to serve as a reminder of my goal of making it in the world of Film. A place to pledge my perogative in public with gratuitious alliteration. The mission statement - had I created one - would stipulate that any success or failure incurred on this path to glory would be posted here on this blog. A place to vent on loss or brag a win, preferrably the latter.
The following is the latest update in adherence to my non-existent mission statement.
So, I heard back from the crew at Zapruder, re: the TV producer gig I applied for on their new show.
Not. Interested.
They did atleast go into some detail on the result of my application. After recieving over 8000 applications I had apparently made it down into the top 120. My application was "reviewed repeatedly" but unfortunately there are only 60 positions available on the new show and I didn't survive the final cull.
Not to worry, I thought, I've yet to hear back from John Jameson Productions... and besides, thats the competition that I REALLY wanted to win.
Today I discovered that the reason I havent even a missed call or lost voicemail message from Jameson's is that they clearly dont contact the competition losers. A mad dash to the website proved that they have indeed settled on the final 3 winners.
I could take this opportunity to start on how Jameson Whisky tastes like cheap malt piss, but I'm taking the high road here. To be fair, the Jameson comp really is fantastic. It's the only competition I know of that gives amatuer screenwriters the opportunity to have their own script turned into a fully funded professional shoot with some real high profile talent behind the camera. This is only it's second year and these things never seem to last very long but I really do hope it sticks around to become an annual fixture on the amatuer comp calander.
At the end of the day, nothing lost on both counts. Still, I know you've "gotta be in it to win it" but damn it would be nice for that last part to come into fruition again sometime sooner or later.
The game continues...
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ReplyDeleteHi Kade,
ReplyDeleteThanks for entering your synopsis into the John Jameson Productions competition. This year we received over 800 entries, making the judging process extremely difficult. Thanks for your positive comments on the competition and we hope you enter again next year. Thanks for your suggestion to notify people personally about the final results. In the past we have posted the winners on the website, but have not sent out personal emails to each entrant. In future I think this would be a good practice for us to activate.
Hope to see you in the forums.
All the best,
Tamara
JJP Site Moderator