Sean Kanan Friends

 JIM AND SEAN ON THE SET 

WHILE FILMING MARCH

Photograph by Sean's Mom

Michele Perelman

Thanks for visiting my site.  You can go directly to my services pages or check out some of my free newsletters below.  Mention Sean when you order and you can receive a 10% discount from my Professional or Comprehensive Analyses or $100 discount from Coaching or Mentoring.  If you sign up for Coaching or Mentoring, you can attend a four-day class in Sarasota in April.

 Save $50 with the discount code "SEAN" when you

 preorder my new 10-hour multi-DVD set.  Here's the trailer.

PREORDER TODAY!

Offer good for one week Only!

Email me with any questions. 

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Current Deals Through January 2012 - Discounts for Champion Entrants

Dear Writers,

Happy New Year!

I will be reading 100 quarter-finalist scripts for the Champion Competition in January, so if you sign up now and can wait a few weeks, here are some current deals.

All Entrants to the 2011 Champion Screenwriting Competition can have a 5% discount on my Professional or Comprehensive Analysis Services.  Quarterfinalists can have 10% discount since I will be reading their script anyway.

Also, I will be offering any extra seats in the Champion Lab to quarterfinalists and entrants as soon as I announce the dates.  There will be a huge discount for those who know they want to attend and sign up immediately after the announcement.

For All Potential Coaching and Mentoring Clients

Sign up for Coaching or Mentoring and you can attend the Champion Lab or the Ellen Sandler TV lab that will probably be in February.  (2011 Champion Entrants who sign up for coaching or mentoring will receive a $100 travel reimbursement/stipend if they attend.)

Or you can receive one of the first produced copies of my multi-disc Screenwriting DVD set I am finishing up.  It will have 6-10 DVDs, a minimum of 10 hours or material and a retail price between $259-$399.

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Champion Development Notes are always available.  Just email us at info@champ...iting.com.  Fill in the blanks (ionscreenwr).

Visit my site or email me with any questions.

Peace,
Jim Mercurio

Notes on Shorts

Notes on Shorts

A Champion entrant asked me about a notes service on shorts.  We didn't have one, but I made one up.  Here are the details.

A PAGE OR SO OF NOTES FROM MY DEDICATED CHAMPION SHORTS READER
Six pages or less: $65
Fifteen pages or less: $80
Email me at info@champio---eenwriting.com.  Paypal is Jim@a-lists---enwriting.com

NOTES FROM ME FOR 15 PAGES OR LESS
Comprehensive Shorts Analysis: $200
Professional Shorts Analysis: $400
Take a 5% discount if you were a 2011 Champion Entrant, take another 5% if script is less than seven pages.  Discounts are cumulative.

Q: OMG!  Why are the prices 30% of what a feature costs when the page count is only one-tenth?

A: The set up for the notes, the discussion of style and story takes just as long for shorts.  I gave 12 pages of notes on the last 3-page script I read. I would imagine these notes would be in the range of three to ten pages.

Contact me through my consulting site: www.jamespmercurio.com.  Paypal is Jim@jamespm---urio.com

Experimental YouTube/Facebook Online Scene Class

Cheap, Fast and Good!

Sign up for my online scene class and you can apply the entire $39.99 toward my Pro or Comp Analysis within 30 days.  Or just take the class.  Send a short scene in by Monday and then watch some Youtube clips and read the feedback whenever you can.

http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs040/1102444973224/archive/1105248988186.html
See the above link for all of the details.

Peace,
Jim

Scene Writing Analysis - Temporary Service

I got a two-month extension on the scene writing book and because of copyright issues, I am going to have to use scenes from unknown writers, so not only am I offering a service for below my hourly rate, I may be checking to see if some of you want to have your scene(s) included in the book for a modest licensing fee.  It would be completely optional.

Since I am in the scene-writing zone, I am offering a 10-page analysis of the scene writing craft in your script.  I will focus pretty intensely on as many scenes as I can and then summarize the areas and principles on which you should focus. 

This will help intermediate and advanced writers hone their craft with micro-level analysis that is special in two ways: no one else offers this sort of feedback and I am exceptionally good at it.

My background as a filmmaker is part of the reason I am suited for this sort of criticism.  I have watched the same scene performed 400 times in one week during auditions.  I have wrestled with a scene for a month as a filmmaker.  I have rebuilt sets from scratch a year later to pick up the one thing we missed from the original scene.  I have my Malcom Gladwell 10,000-hour Certification on scene writing.  ;-)

I did an extensive analysis of a scene here but this was from a novice writer's very first script.  I think this service is more suited to intermediate and advanced writers who have written a few scripts and want to find a new way accelerate their craft.

Use the same Paypal address at jamespmercurio.com (jim@) and send script in FD or a form where I can put notes in the document itself and make cuts and changes for the sake of rhetoric.  Actually, PDFs work well.  The rate is $500.

Topics: subtext, subtexting (my word), getting in late and out early, blocking, action description, beats, the event, importance, moment before, what am I fighting for?, theme tweaks/reframes, props, motifs, role-playing, use of setting, exploitation of concept, humor, making the movie castable and a zillion other things...

SIGN UP BEFORE APRIL 25 AND GET FREE SCENE WRITING CLASS TOO! See below or above.

Valentine's Day Special - 10% Discount on Love Stories

10% discount on Coverage or Comprehensive Analysis for all love stories if you sign up between now and Valentine's Day!  Subplot, Friendship, Rom-Com, Revenge-against-the-ex....I am flexible...if you say there is a love story in there somewhere, I will believe you.

Friends of Sean Kanan Promotion

Hey,Thanks for checking out the site.  Mention where you saw the promotion and you can have a 10% discount on any of the following services at my site: Coverage, Professional Analysis, Comprehensive Analysis,  Coaching.  The first two who sign up for Coaching will also get a free seat in the next Champion Lab where, schedule permitting, Sean will be reading with us again.

If you are willing to get an audio version of the notes (not coaching) instead, you can have a 15% discount.

Click the "Story Analysis" link to the right or click here. The offer is good till the end of the month.  You can book the deal now and then send me the script when you are ready.

Here is a photo of me and Sean on the set of March. I directed, he produced and was the star, and our high school friend Dean wrote it. And Sean's mother took the photo!
 

Email me with any questions.  Thanks for your support of Sean!

Consulting - Monthly Payments

This has come up a few times in the past year.  I know the economy has been brutal lately.  For Professional Analysis, Coaching and Mentoring, I am open to discussing making installments.  My coaching clients and I jump into the trenches together for months to improve their script.  It's a big commitment from me and you, so I want to make it a bit easier.

Check out the link in the post below to a testimonial from a current coaching client.

20% Discount for Champion Quarterfinalists

2010 Champion Screenwriting Quarterfinalists receive a 20% discount on any of these services: Coverage, Professional Analysis, Comprehensive Analysis or Script Coaching on their Quarterfinalist script.

All entrants in the contest receive a 10% discount on any of the above services on any of their features.

This offer is only good until either I receive ten scripts from entrants or the end of the year.  I expect that it will be closed by early December.

My coverage service, with this discount, is one of the best deals I offer.  These will be the only 10 scripts I read in the next year as a consultant for this price.  Quarterfinalists receive an additional benefit: my affiliation with the contest allows me to incorporate ideas/comments from other readers and judges.

Email me if you have any questions.

Peace,
Jim

FREE CLASS FOR COACHING AND MENTORING CLIENTS

Sign up for Coaching or Mentoring this month and you can come to your choice of classes in Los Angeles next month.

Don't compare the Mentoring service to "a set of notes" -- compare it to like a year in the UCLA Professional Program.  You will have 30-40 hours in class with me, several hours working on your individual scenes and then up to 40 hours of one-on-one time with your script via phone, Skype, email, written notes and in-person.  We will also spend time analyzing similar movies and discussing the market for your work.  This is like a private class spread out over six months or a year.

I know it's a big step, so email me with questions or to set up a quick pressure-free phone call.