FM003 - High Concept - Friend or Foe?

In this episode we get technical and dive into the ideas of High Concept, Log Lines and the Strange Attractor. We talk about how to decide when your script is ready to shoot, if it has the elements needed to draw an audience. Here are some web sites we mention in the show: Wordplayer.com - The website of Academy Award-nominated writers Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, Zoetrope.com - A submission destination and collaboration tool for filmmakers, and TiggerStreet.com - Formed by Kevin Spacey as a web-based filmmaker and screenwriter's community. Here are some of the movies mentioned in this episode: "The Puffy Chair", "The Blair Witch Project", "ET - The Extra Terrestrial" and "Back To The Future". E-mail us with your comments. Our e-mail address is "show at filmmakerone dot com".