Blog Tour: THE SCRIPT IS NOT ENOUGH by Jamison LoCascio
The Script is Not Enough
by Jamison LoCascio
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GENRE: Non-fiction (How-to)
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BLURB:
The Script is not Enough takes a unique look at the making of fourdifferent independent feature films. The author takes you through every stagein development from writing, to financing, and to distribution and marketing.Find out how you can learn from the hard experiences and challenges that facethe filmmaker along the way.
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Excerpt One:
Life and filmmaking do not often mix well
I offer a detailed look at my journey of making fourdifferent feature films for the brand-new filmmaker out there. I am trying towrite the book that I could have used in the very beginning. This is a bookabout what it means to be a filmmaker with little to no industry connections,“ins,” magic tricks, or otherwise.
My “rules,” which are in bold throughout the book,are just some things I keep in mind for myself. Based on my own experience readingbooks on making films, I want to try to avoid burying what is of value—theinformation—into a sort of “life story.” That’s boring.
It's very upsetting to see how many people sitaround talking about how they never got a chance to make a film in their life,and now they are married, divorced, single, too old, too young, too poor, toocomfortable…too anything besides “ready.” There are so many excuses not to makea film, so it’s best to just make one before your time’s up.
Life and filmmaking do not often mix well; you needto make movies and also live your life. “Life” and “Movies” are two separateand severe challenges. So, make movies and make life, even when everything isagainst you, and it certainly will be. A poignant moment of “The Empire StrikesBack” comes to mind…
“Are you afraid?” asks Yoda.
“No,” answers Luke Skywalker.
“You will be. You will be,” says Yoda, his eyeswidening, in a very creepy way.
Your first feature film is simply a difficult butattainable milestone. I now know now why that is. Lack of experience andopportunity to grow is more harmful to new feature film producers and directorsthan anything else. When you can try and fail at something, or succeedmoderately, you can grow, adapt, and overcome. The problem with making featurefilms is that many do not get a chance to ever make one or, even worse, theymake one and never get a chance to try again.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
JamisonLoCascio is an award-winning feature film director. In 2012, Jamison LoCasciobegan to write the screenplay for his first union short, "MidnightCatch," which garnished much acclaim at the New Jersey International FilmFestival and Manhattan Film Festival. LoCascio decided to form his productioncompany, Halcyon Valor Productions Incorporated. Graduated from Montclair StateUniversity with honors winning the “Excellence in Filmmaking” award for hisnumerous successful productions which premiered in film festivals around theworld. LoCasio's short films have since been honored by the Screen Actors Guildand screened at such festivals as the Los Angeles International Short FilmFestival, Montclair Film Festival, and NewFilmmakers New York. LoCascio'sshorts "Track 3," "A Stranger's Confession," and "Powerless"were all official selections of the Festival de Cannes Short Film Corner. Hisfilms have been anthologized in the prestigious Anthology Film Archives inManhattan, distributed worldwide on DVD, picked up for online distribution byFilm Bay. DIRECTV & AT&T distributed 6 of LoCascio's short films ontheir new International short film platform. LoCascio's first feature film,"The Depths," starring Michael Rispoli and Patch Darragh won BestFeature Film at the 2017 Manhattan Film Festival and had a strong criticalreception. The film also won Best Feature Film and Best Director at the 2017Los Angeles Film Awards and received domestic distribution with Sony Picturesand The Orchard releasing on all major platforms including Amazon, Itunes, DVDand more. LoCascio's second feature film "Sunset" starring acclaimedactor Austin Pendleton received rave reviews and won multiple awards includingBest Dramatic Feature Film at the 2018 Manhattan Film Festival, Best Ensembleat the 2018 Los Angeles Film Awards, Best Leading Actor (David Johnson)International Independent Film Awards. "Sunset" also receiveddomestic distribution with Sony Pictures and The Orchard. LoCascio and AdamAmbrosio have recently launched their latest initiative by filmmakers forfilmmakers called Film Valor, a youtube channel with over 3,000 worldwidefollowers and over 250,000 views, a behind the scenes look at their filmmakingprocess. "Know Fear," his latest feature film, received criticalacclaim and stars Amy Carlson. The film had a limited theatrical release. Hisnext feature film "How Dark They Prey," a unique horror anthology,has been released on major streaming platforms including Amazon Prime, Tubi,Plex, Udu, Mometu and many more with critics hailing the film as "Horrorat its best". His latest feature film release “7x7” is a collection ofmany of LoCascio’s award-winning short films brought together for one viewingexperience on major platforms including Tubi and Amazon Prime.
JamisonLoCascio’s Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/filmvalor
Amazon BuyLink: https://www.amazon.com/Script-not-Enough-Jamison-LoCascio-ebook/dp/B0C3J9GDB2/ref=sr_1_1
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