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Screenwriter Interviews
MovieBytes Interview:
Screenwriter Diana Kemp-Jones
An interview with screenwriter Diana Kemp-Jones regarding the Indie Gathering Writing Competition.
Q: What's the title of the script you entered in this contest, and what's it about?A: Bus-Stop took first place in sci-fi short category; Black Widow took second place; Arcade took third place and Desert Dreamer took fourth place. Winston 1 took first place in comedy-horror short; Cabbie took first place in suspense-thriller short; Voyeur took first place in crime-drama short and Blood Money took first place in horror short.
Detour and Bottle Blonde took honorable mentions in short scripts.
A: Indie Gathering had several categories available to short script writers. I've entered the scripts into several other competitions. So far, I have wins or acceptances in at least two other other venues. In particular, Bus-Stop will be stage read at the Toronto Wildsound Film Festival July event.
Q: Were you satisfied with the adminstration of the contest? Did they meet their deadlines? Did you receive all the awards that were promised?A: So far so good - will be attending the Indie Gathering in August.
Q: Were you given any feedback on your script? If so, did you find the feedback helpful?A: No feedback was provided.
Q: Has your success in this contest helped you market your script? Were you contacted by any agents, managers or producers?A: Hope to gain some attention to the projects.
Q: What's your background? Have you written any other screenplays or television scripts?A: Prolific! Loads of other completed scripts, novels, stories with others in progress.
Q: Do you live in Los Angeles? If not, do you have any plans to move there?A: I'm a resident of LA.
Q: What's next? Are you working on a new script?A: Editing one completed feature and halfway through another. Also have two shorts in progress.
Posted Tuesday, July 3, 2007
