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CREATING A PRODUCTION COMPANY

Have you ever wonder what it takes to form your own production company? There aren't any real classes on this till now. Monika Skerbelis and I have created a six week online workshop that tackles this subject via ESE FILM WORKSHOPS ONLINE. It's not a how to produce class, but rather one that helps you set up your company with systems and strategies -as well as gets you to think outside the box on who you should contact, and how to do it. We discuss pitching and how to find talent and material. Above all by the time your done with Creating a Production Company you will be on your way to actually creating one!

The best thing about Rona and Monika’s “Creating a Production Company” class was its emphasis on the practical. They didn’t simply lecture about what we ought to do in order to create a company and put its best foot forward—they obliged us to actually DO it, step by step. Each week’s homework assignment was harder than the one before it, but in a good way—by the end of the class I had lists of real people to contact at real studios, precisely targeted to real projects I’m really working on. And all without ever leaving my desk at home (or changing out of my pajamas, for that matter:)"
--Robert Toombs,(Creating a Production Company Student, 2007)
Lightwheel Entertainment, Inc.
Zenmovie, LLC

It begins this week and it's totally online - so you get to read the lectures and download the assignments on your own time, any time! There's still time to sign up for this popular course. The first week's lecture and handouts will reveal themselves Wednesday, June 18th - and each Wednesday after that for 6 weeks. So join us won't you? And best of all you get Monika and I as your mentors during those six weeks so you can ask us anything you like on the discussion boards. The cost is only $350 and you can sign up via our website, ESE Film Workshops Online where we accept Paypal or you can sign up via the Writers Store.

It's not too late to learn everything you need to know about Creating a Production Company and you can be anywhere in the world to take this innovative course!

Looking forward to seeing you online

Best,
Rona

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RONA EDWARDS TAKES TOTHE STAGE -

Hi Friends

This is something different. You may not know this but I started out as an actor and a singer and I'm returning to the stage for two nights at The Gardenia in Hollywood, June 13th and June 14th. (That's a Friday and Saturday Night) - You are all welcome to come. Join me for a night of laughter and music as I sing The Songs That Got Away. You can RSVP directly to the Gardenia to reserve a table and specify which night you will attend. Starting out as an actor has given me a different perspective towards my day job as a producer and a writer - I approach everything from that angle - come see why and how I do it!

Here's the details:

The Gardenia
7066 Santa Monica Blvd.
Hollywood

June 13th & June 14th 2008
Showtime: 9 pm
Dinner served from 7 pm

Dinner/Show Reservations:
(323) 467-7444
Reservations a Must!

Cover Charge: $12
Plus Dinner or
Two Drink Min.

June 6, 2008 11:19 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | Add Comment

RONA TAKES THE STAGE AT THE GARDENIA

Hi Friends

This is something different. You may not know this but I started out as an actor and a singer and I'm returning to the stage for two nights at The Gardenia in Hollywood, June 13th and June 14th. (That's a Friday and Saturday Night) - You are all welcome to come. Join me for a night of laughter and music as I sing The Songs That Got Away. You can RSVP directly to the Gardenia to reserve a table and specify which night you will attend. Starting out as an actor has given me a different perspective towards my day job as a producer and a writer - I approach everything from that angle - come see why and how I do it!

Here's the details:

The Gardenia7066 Santa Monica Blvd.
Hollywood

June 13th & June 14th 2008
Showtime: 9 pm
Dinner served from 7 pm
Dinner/Show Reservations:
(323) 467-7444
Reservations a Must!

Cover Charge: $12
Plus Dinner or
Two Drink Min.

May 20, 2008 9:31 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | Add Comment

FREE EVENT = FINDING & DEVELOPING NEW IDEAS

FINDING & DEVELOPING NEW IDEAS
WRITERS STORE - FREE SEMINAR
taught by the authors of
"I Liked It, Didn't Love It: Screenplay Development from the Inside Out"
Rona Edwards and Monika Skerbelis

Saturday, May 3, 2008
11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Edwards and Skerbelis present “Finding & Developing New Ideas.” This free seminar will offer an introductory overall view of finding ideas and developing them into cohesive stories. The lecture will be followed by a Q&A with Edwards & Skerbelis. PLUS One lucky attendee will win Gorilla's Pro Budgeting and Scheduling Software courtesy of Jungle Software(a $399 value). So come early and enter the drawing.

In order to have success at finding and developing your ideas, you need to know how to look for them and then how to structure them on paper. This course will provide valuable tips and resources to help you organize and develop your ideas and get them out of your head and on paper. Knowing how to do this will also help writers, producers and filmmakers alike have a place from which to pitch their ideas and/or jump to the next step: writing the screenplay.

With their upcoming ESE FILM WORKSHOPS ONLINE course, students will work with articles, ads, newspapers and magazines, in order to find new ideas and develop them into pitches and potential ideas for motion pictures that flourish in this 4-week online course.

“Finding & Developing New Ideas” will begin its online workshop on May 14, 2008. The cost for this 4-week workshop is $275 and will cover such topics as:

· Where to find ideas;
· Developing the genre, logline, theme and hook;
· Structuring the idea in a 3-act structure;
· Things to think about before pitching the idea.

SEMINAR DATE:
Saturday, May 3, 2008 (11am - 12:00 pm)
The cost is free! BE SURE & RSVP EARLY – ALL ESE EVENTS ARE USUALLY SRO!

Please RSVP for the Writers Store event by calling one of their friendly product consultants at (800) 272-8927or emailing RSVP@writersstore.com or online at www.StoryLink.com/

SPECIAL WRITERS STORE EVENT DISCOUNT!!
10% off the book, "I Liked It, Didn't Love It: Screenplay Development from the Inside Out" by Rona Edwards and Monika Skerbelis or any other books at the Writers Store for those attending the event. Authors will stick around to autograph copies of their book. PLUS one lucky participant entered into the drawing wil win Gorilla Budgeting and Scheduling Software courtesy of Jungle Software!

ESE FILM WORKSHOPS ONLINE, provides professional instruction in film without leaving your home. Offering user-friendly web access, students need only know how to “click, type, download and read.” For more information on the 4-week online course, "Finding New Ideas” beginning May 14 thru June 4th, and other ESE Film Workshops Online, visit www.esentertainment.net or www.writersstore.com

About the Instructors:
A graduate of California Institute of the Arts, Rona Edwards was Vice President of Creative Affairs for Emmy-winning actor, John Larroquette, Emmy-winning producer, Fern Field and Oscar-winning producer, Michael Phillips. With seven movies to her credit, including Out of Sync (VH1) and The Companion (USA/SciFi), she recently set-up up a feature Matchmakers at Warner Bros. as well as the movie Blind Trust which aired in 2007 on Lifetime Television.

Monika Skerbelis has fifteen years of studio executive experience working in the story department at Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox and running the story department at Universal Pictures. She is the Artistic and Programming Director for the Big Bear Lake International Film Festival. She is a producer with Edwards Skerbelis Entertainment (ESE).

TOGETHER:
Rona Edwards and Monika Skerbelis are the authors of the book, “I Liked It, Didn’t Love It (Screenplay Development from the Inside Out)” published by Lone Eagle. This spring, they kicked off ESE FILM WORKSHOPS ONLINE, offering comprehensive film courses without leaving your home. Currently, they teach "Introduction to Feature Film Development" at UCLA Extension both on campus and online as well as "Story Development Process" at Riverside Community College and "Basic Screenwriting" on campus at Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film & Media Arts. Recently, they formed Edwards Skerbelis Entertainment (ESE) a company dedicated to nurturing filmmakers and screenwriting talent. Their Web site (www.esentertainment.net) offers more conclusive information on how they can help with careers in the entertainment industry.

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