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Screenwriter Interviews
MovieBytes Interview:
Screenwriter Ken Mora
An interview with screenwriter Ken Mora regarding the 20/20 Writing Competition.
Q: What's the title of the script you entered in this contest, and what's it about?A: A Light Before The Darkness
Q: What made you enter this particular contest? Have you entered any other contests with this script? If so, how did you do?A: The novel "First 20 pages judged for $20.00" philosophy appealed to me. After all, you know if a script is good enough after the first 20 pages. Also, the fact that no other fee was required for the next round seemed forthright.
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: They were good explaining their growing pains due to both the high number of submissions and the quality of submissions. For a first-time contest I have no complaints. Considering it got me WGA Affiliated Representation, and a reading at Dreamworks and BBC productions (so far), I can't really complain.
Q: Were you given any feedback on your script? If so, did you find the feedback helpful?A: I found the 20 point checklist very instructive in its own right. It was elegantly concise and let me know on what criterea my submission was evaluated.
Q: Has your success in this contest helped you market your script? Were you contacted by any agents, managers or producers?A: So far it has been to Dreamworks who unfortunately gave it a pass, but are now open to future work of mine. It is now on its way to BBC productions, which is more open to period pieces. It is also being reviewed by a name actor that my agent approached shortly after signing me. One unexpected bonus: My agent hooked me up with one of L.A. longest establihed writing groups.
Q: What's your background? Have you written any other screenplays or television scripts?A: This is my first screenplay. As an exhibiting artist and painter I was inspired by the dramatic life and death of the artist Caravaggio. Since finishing that script I find I cannot stop. I'm working on my second and third concurrently.
Q: Do you live in Los Angeles? If not, do you have any plans to move there?A: I do. Though for this contest and the opportunities that sprang from it, I needn't have been.
Q: What's next? Are you working on a new script?A: Two more screenplays: 1) A psycho-sexual thriller in the vain of Fatal Attraction, but with a futuristic twist. 2) A near-future Action-Adventure involving the implications of Time Travel and the pandora's box that is technological discovery.
Posted Friday, January 16, 2004
