The International Screenplay Competition known as Scriptapalooza based in Hollywood, California yielded a plethora of diverse talent when they announced their 12TH Year Quarterfinalists on July 23, 2010. Here, below is one of those Personalities,
JIM FARINA
a resident of Palatine, IL whose Script, MARTIN EDEN has won 2 worthy cinematic awards in 2010. He is currently seeking representation for this and other projects.
Jim's Logline to MARTIN EDEN reads as:
Martin Eden is a working class sailor who pursues self-education and fame as a writer in order to gain the affection of a woman far above his class. Martin soon discovers that fame is not all it’s cracked up to be and is compelled to embark on one final voyage.
Script: Martin Eden
Author: Jim Farina (Adapted from Jack London's novel)
For more info, his synopsis or to interview Jim at length regarding plot and circumstance, email him:
Email: jimfarina(at)att(dot)net
THE FARINA CHRONO-TIMETABLE:
Mr. Farina was also awarded second place in The Inkwell Opportunity competition that posted earlier this year:
http://www.theinkwellopportunity.com/home.html
2011 UPDATE: Kicking off the New Year in the Spirit of Creativity, Jim reports that:
Martin Eden was a finalist in
Sundance's Table Read My Script competition. http://www.tablereadmyscreenplay.com/#/top-100/4547294387
From Eden to Ebert, Jim definitely is the Personality behind 'The Story' that Roger Ebert may, wish and should interview for his new weekly half-hour film review program series kicking off in January of 2011 called:
"Roger Ebert Presents At the Movies,"
Posted by: ASK: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith
November 24, 2010 - 9:22 & 10:15 AM CST
January 26, 2011 - 11:45 AM Update
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
If you're a FAN of Tim Burton's & a Gifted Writer you'll definitely want to do this!
Chicago, IL USA
ASK’s RECO:
The Rage is BurtonStory.com. Now U can help out 1 of the great Storytellers & Producers of all time with his latest – what’s called a Cadavre Exquis. This person(ality) is none other than Tim Burton himself. And, simultaneouslyyou will hone UR Brevity Skills, as it’s a Twitteresque type Writing Experience using only 127 characters & +13 automatic hashtags.
This is all conveniently found online at: http://burtonstory.com/connect.php
I found out about this Screenwriting Opportunity by waking up @ the CoD: Crack of Dawn today, Tuesday, November 23, 2010 & watching Chicago’s NBC Channel 5 w/ Zoraida, Rob & Andy who aired the News.
Again, that’s: http://burtonstory.com/connect.php
Hurry: This Story Telling Experiment is scheduled from Monday, November 22 – Monday, December 6, 2010. We all get by with a Little Help from our Friends – online or off…That's about the best Moral any Fairy Tale can imply.
Posted by: ASK Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith
Screenwriter: iN THE COMPANY OF ANTS (C)2009-2010
Quarterfinalist: Scriptapalooza's Intl Screenplay Competition: 2010
Chicago, IL USA
askoopersmith(at)hotmail(dot)com
11-23-2010 - 1:24 PM
Also posted at:
1. Koopersmithin, The Blog
2. Writers Store Disccusion Board
3. Google Alert
ASK’s RECO:
The Rage is BurtonStory.com. Now U can help out 1 of the great Storytellers & Producers of all time with his latest – what’s called a Cadavre Exquis. This person(ality) is none other than Tim Burton himself. And, simultaneouslyyou will hone UR Brevity Skills, as it’s a Twitteresque type Writing Experience using only 127 characters & +13 automatic hashtags.
This is all conveniently found online at: http://burtonstory.com/connect.php
I found out about this Screenwriting Opportunity by waking up @ the CoD: Crack of Dawn today, Tuesday, November 23, 2010 & watching Chicago’s NBC Channel 5 w/ Zoraida, Rob & Andy who aired the News.
Again, that’s: http://burtonstory.com/connect.php
Hurry: This Story Telling Experiment is scheduled from Monday, November 22 – Monday, December 6, 2010. We all get by with a Little Help from our Friends – online or off…That's about the best Moral any Fairy Tale can imply.
Posted by: ASK Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith
Screenwriter: iN THE COMPANY OF ANTS (C)2009-2010
Quarterfinalist: Scriptapalooza's Intl Screenplay Competition: 2010
Chicago, IL USA
askoopersmith(at)hotmail(dot)com
11-23-2010 - 1:24 PM
Also posted at:
1. Koopersmithin, The Blog
2. Writers Store Disccusion Board
3. Google Alert
Friday, November 19, 2010
Campbell Appoints Kim Fortunato Director of Childhood Obesity + Hunger Program
Editor's Note: This is the best news on the International Food Front. More companies should follow Campbell's plan here:
Chicago, IL USA:
NEWS FLASH:
V8 – Campbell Appoints Kim Fortunato Director of Childhood Obesity and Hunger Program
I am so glad to hear that Campbell's is leading the way/weigh once again in helping people out - not only with nutritious food since 1869, but now with the hiring of Kim Fremont Fortunato as Director of its Childhood Obesity +Hunger program. Obesity has become a terrible social disaster for people to fall into and with all the Temptations we have 'out there,' I can easily see why this is so. Besides stuffing one's emotions with food, people find it satisfies them to stuff their 'mouths' - thus causing alarming medical problems to begin.
THE IRONY OF IT ALL: In a country so rich, so many people cannot get a grip of or handle on their eating habits, while other people across the world are living on $1 a day or less and are starving. These ironies and dichotomies surround us daily. I scratch my head and wonder why. Hopefully, Campbell's will be able to influence others who are caught up in this Eating & Food Frenzy, as I call it in my Eat-ventological writings.
I read Kim's Bio (as posted above) and wanted to comment further as to her 'Coat Drive' as I am the Creator of: The Great American Warm-up (C)1994 happening the 2nd full Weekend of November (Nov 12-14) whereby: Schools, Families, Religious Groups gather coats and distribute them to the Poor - Needy and Destitute. GAW falls under my Writings known as Eventology and was listed by McGraw-Hill Publishers in their Chase's Book of Events. It's a Holidate that anyone can 'buy' into -- as it's designed to be goodwill, humanitarian and altruistic in nature.
My general feeling is - being brought up this way by my wonderful Mother, Betty F. Koopersmith is this:
Being warm, well-fed and healthy are tantamount in being the most productive a person can be. Then, a person(ality) thrives.
There's no reason why everyone should not feel this way.
In closing now: I am very happy to see that Campbell's has instrumented a plan in which to get us (Americans) and hopefully those around the globe (via other corporations) to proceed on a healthier note.
My last comment is that I started:
ASK's V8 Before 58 Challenge
in May of 2010. It ran for 100 days -- through August 8 -- in time for my 58TH Birthday & 40th year class reunion from high school. Because I enjoyed 3 10-ounce glasses of V8 every day; biked and eliminated breads/pastas & sweets from my diet, I lost 2.5 belt notches & 12 pounds. I keep looking for those 12 pounds (wherever I go), but just can't find them. If I can do it, so can others and refreshingly so with V8 Vegetable Juice! This is wonderful news for 2011! If you need a satellite in Chicago - home of big shoulders & bellies, too, just give me a call! You go, KIM! I know you will do well and do US well!
Cheers, ASK: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith
America's Premier Eventologist & EAT-Ventologist
twitter.com/ASK_DRINKS_V8
Chicago, IL USA
Adrienne(dot)Sioux(dot)Koopersmith(at)gmail(dot)com
Posted: 11-19-2010 - 12:47 PM CST
Chicago, IL USA:
NEWS FLASH:
V8 – Campbell Appoints Kim Fortunato Director of Childhood Obesity and Hunger Program
I am so glad to hear that Campbell's is leading the way/weigh once again in helping people out - not only with nutritious food since 1869, but now with the hiring of Kim Fremont Fortunato as Director of its Childhood Obesity +Hunger program. Obesity has become a terrible social disaster for people to fall into and with all the Temptations we have 'out there,' I can easily see why this is so. Besides stuffing one's emotions with food, people find it satisfies them to stuff their 'mouths' - thus causing alarming medical problems to begin.
THE IRONY OF IT ALL: In a country so rich, so many people cannot get a grip of or handle on their eating habits, while other people across the world are living on $1 a day or less and are starving. These ironies and dichotomies surround us daily. I scratch my head and wonder why. Hopefully, Campbell's will be able to influence others who are caught up in this Eating & Food Frenzy, as I call it in my Eat-ventological writings.
I read Kim's Bio (as posted above) and wanted to comment further as to her 'Coat Drive' as I am the Creator of: The Great American Warm-up (C)1994 happening the 2nd full Weekend of November (Nov 12-14) whereby: Schools, Families, Religious Groups gather coats and distribute them to the Poor - Needy and Destitute. GAW falls under my Writings known as Eventology and was listed by McGraw-Hill Publishers in their Chase's Book of Events. It's a Holidate that anyone can 'buy' into -- as it's designed to be goodwill, humanitarian and altruistic in nature.
My general feeling is - being brought up this way by my wonderful Mother, Betty F. Koopersmith is this:
Being warm, well-fed and healthy are tantamount in being the most productive a person can be. Then, a person(ality) thrives.
There's no reason why everyone should not feel this way.
In closing now: I am very happy to see that Campbell's has instrumented a plan in which to get us (Americans) and hopefully those around the globe (via other corporations) to proceed on a healthier note.
My last comment is that I started:
ASK's V8 Before 58 Challenge
in May of 2010. It ran for 100 days -- through August 8 -- in time for my 58TH Birthday & 40th year class reunion from high school. Because I enjoyed 3 10-ounce glasses of V8 every day; biked and eliminated breads/pastas & sweets from my diet, I lost 2.5 belt notches & 12 pounds. I keep looking for those 12 pounds (wherever I go), but just can't find them. If I can do it, so can others and refreshingly so with V8 Vegetable Juice! This is wonderful news for 2011! If you need a satellite in Chicago - home of big shoulders & bellies, too, just give me a call! You go, KIM! I know you will do well and do US well!
Cheers, ASK: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith
America's Premier Eventologist & EAT-Ventologist
twitter.com/ASK_DRINKS_V8
Chicago, IL USA
Adrienne(dot)Sioux(dot)Koopersmith(at)gmail(dot)com
Posted: 11-19-2010 - 12:47 PM CST
Friday, November 12, 2010
ASK's THINK-A-DEEP-THOUGHT: A New Literary Task
Chicago, IL USA:
ASK's THINK-A-DEEP-THOUGHT: If there was only 1 Piece of Paper left in the World, what would U write on it, Y & who would it be sent 2?
Posted: Fri., Nov. 12, 2010 - 3:01 PM
on Twitter.com/ask_koopersmith
ASK's Facebook Account & here at Koopersmithin
ASK's THINK-A-DEEP-THOUGHT: If there was only 1 Piece of Paper left in the World, what would U write on it, Y & who would it be sent 2?
Posted: Fri., Nov. 12, 2010 - 3:01 PM
on Twitter.com/ask_koopersmith
ASK's Facebook Account & here at Koopersmithin
Koopersmith creates Logline 24/7 on Scriptube via ScripTV for all Movie Semi & Quarterfinalist Screenwriters world-wide.
Chicago, IL USA
Current Twitters as of November 12, 2010 include:
scriptubescrptv via Adrienne Koopersmith
Ask me about my Story. Theres no sweeter Words ever said or spoken when it comes 2 having a Stranger want 2 know about UR recent Production
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If everyone has a Story & there R only 24 hours in a Day, who sez UR Script will be advanced? @ Scriptubescrptv We respect & promote UR Work
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Calling all Qtr & SemiFinalists in global Screenwriting Contests: In 140 Characters list UR Winning Script here 4 FREE thru Dec 31, 2011.
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twitter.com/scriptubescrptv now up & running, designed 2 aid Qtr & SemiFinalists who won Intl Screenplay Contests in their quest 2 break in.
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SKiN: Sacred Kinship in Nature™
How 10 Beloved Plush Toys Redefine Race ©2009
&
iN THE COMPANY OF ANTS ©2009-2010
Friday, November 12, 2010 - 1:42 PM CST
ASK: All Rights Reserved.
Current Twitters as of November 12, 2010 include:
scriptubescrptv via Adrienne Koopersmith
Ask me about my Story. Theres no sweeter Words ever said or spoken when it comes 2 having a Stranger want 2 know about UR recent Production
scriptubescrptv via Adrienne Koopersmith
If everyone has a Story & there R only 24 hours in a Day, who sez UR Script will be advanced? @ Scriptubescrptv We respect & promote UR Work
scriptubescrptv via Adrienne Koopersmith
Calling all Qtr & SemiFinalists in global Screenwriting Contests: In 140 Characters list UR Winning Script here 4 FREE thru Dec 31, 2011.
scriptubescrptv via Adrienne Koopersmith
twitter.com/scriptubescrptv now up & running, designed 2 aid Qtr & SemiFinalists who won Intl Screenplay Contests in their quest 2 break in.
Posted by: ASK: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith
Creator: Logline 24/7 on Scriptube via Scriptv
SKiN: Sacred Kinship in Nature™
How 10 Beloved Plush Toys Redefine Race ©2009
&
iN THE COMPANY OF ANTS ©2009-2010
Friday, November 12, 2010 - 1:42 PM CST
ASK: All Rights Reserved.
Monday, November 8, 2010
November 8, 2010: V8 DAY INTERNATIONAL ©2010 arrives right on Time. Eat, Drink V8 & be merrier.
V8 DAY INTERNATIONAL ©2010
The Official EVENTOLOGICAL Proclamation / The Formal Announcement
Whereas, V8 is a complex but nourishing Drink that Generations have enjoyed and continue to do so;
Whereas, V8 unites People in the(ir) shared Quest to be healthy;
Whereas, V8 provides 8 essential Vegetables that fortify the average Human with the Nutrients needed in his or her Day as a means to maintain Optimal Heath;
Whereas, V8 aids the Modern Consumer in meeting their required Allotment of Vitamins without any of the unnecessary Toil or messy Clean-up Efforts of Preparation.
Whereas, V8 is the Healthiest Alternative to Sodas, Chips & Junk Food(s) that lead to Faulty Eating and Habit-forming Addictions as well as a complicated Array of Life-Altering Ailments, Complications and Diseases.
Whereas, V8 comes in 6 specific Variations including Low Sodium, High Fiber, Heart Healthy, V-Lite®, Essential Antioxidants & Spicy Hot, able to quench all Thirsts in a single Serving or Helping, although more V8 equates to better Nutrition in the Human Diet.
Whereas, V8 is available in 4 specific Sizes (6.55 fluid oz. to 11.5 fluid oz. to 46 fluid oz. to 64 fluid oz.) and 2 Types of Containers (namely Tin & Plastic) for easy Carrying and Storage Means.
Whereas, V8 can be readily purchased at Grocery, Convenience, Discount Stores, Food Lockers and other Retail Outlets where fine Beverages are marketed.
Therefore, when The Clock strikes 11:08 AM and 11:08 PM on Monday, NoVember 8, 2010 (deemed as the 11TH Month and 8TH Day of The Year), Campbell’s V8 Vegetable Juice Customers (both near and afar; young and old; meek and sleek) will raise a Glass or Goblet of V8 Vegetable Juice to mark the Celebratory Launch of The Premiere EVENT (HOLIDATE) and toast their Health and Wellness for Today & the Future as Campbell’s planned it to be.
Signed, Sealed, Proclaimed & Delivered by:
ASK: ADRiENNE SiOUX KOOPERSMiTH
on The 15TH of October, 2010 @ 11:40 AM CST
‘America’s Premier Eventologist’ – INSIGHT MAGAZINE – Washington, DC – August, 1997
&
‘The Premier Eventologist in The History of The World’ – THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE – Chicago, IL – January, 2001
©2010. Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith. All Rights Reserved.
Posted on 11-8-2010 - 11:35 AM by: ASK: Founder of V8 Day Intl ©2010
The Official EVENTOLOGICAL Proclamation / The Formal Announcement
Whereas, V8 is a complex but nourishing Drink that Generations have enjoyed and continue to do so;
Whereas, V8 unites People in the(ir) shared Quest to be healthy;
Whereas, V8 provides 8 essential Vegetables that fortify the average Human with the Nutrients needed in his or her Day as a means to maintain Optimal Heath;
Whereas, V8 aids the Modern Consumer in meeting their required Allotment of Vitamins without any of the unnecessary Toil or messy Clean-up Efforts of Preparation.
Whereas, V8 is the Healthiest Alternative to Sodas, Chips & Junk Food(s) that lead to Faulty Eating and Habit-forming Addictions as well as a complicated Array of Life-Altering Ailments, Complications and Diseases.
Whereas, V8 comes in 6 specific Variations including Low Sodium, High Fiber, Heart Healthy, V-Lite®, Essential Antioxidants & Spicy Hot, able to quench all Thirsts in a single Serving or Helping, although more V8 equates to better Nutrition in the Human Diet.
Whereas, V8 is available in 4 specific Sizes (6.55 fluid oz. to 11.5 fluid oz. to 46 fluid oz. to 64 fluid oz.) and 2 Types of Containers (namely Tin & Plastic) for easy Carrying and Storage Means.
Whereas, V8 can be readily purchased at Grocery, Convenience, Discount Stores, Food Lockers and other Retail Outlets where fine Beverages are marketed.
Therefore, when The Clock strikes 11:08 AM and 11:08 PM on Monday, NoVember 8, 2010 (deemed as the 11TH Month and 8TH Day of The Year), Campbell’s V8 Vegetable Juice Customers (both near and afar; young and old; meek and sleek) will raise a Glass or Goblet of V8 Vegetable Juice to mark the Celebratory Launch of The Premiere EVENT (HOLIDATE) and toast their Health and Wellness for Today & the Future as Campbell’s planned it to be.
Signed, Sealed, Proclaimed & Delivered by:
ASK: ADRiENNE SiOUX KOOPERSMiTH
on The 15TH of October, 2010 @ 11:40 AM CST
‘America’s Premier Eventologist’ – INSIGHT MAGAZINE – Washington, DC – August, 1997
&
‘The Premier Eventologist in The History of The World’ – THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE – Chicago, IL – January, 2001
©2010. Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith. All Rights Reserved.
Posted on 11-8-2010 - 11:35 AM by: ASK: Founder of V8 Day Intl ©2010
Friday, November 5, 2010
ASK's Faux Fur Fridays begins Today!
Chicago, IL USA:
Dressing up in your best Faux Fur is the gist of this Haute Couture Holidate that I began in October of 2008 when I placed as one of the top 20 winners of the Chicago Portion of She's Got The Look. Stylist Robert Verdi went gaga over my Leopard Street Coat and even tried it on, on-air. Getting that kind of a reaction was indeed hilarious. That helped spur the creation of this Event plus the fact that Faux Fur saves a creature's precious life; makes a person look especially sexy and makes a fashionable, pop-style statement about who you are.
ThereFUR, with all that in mind, won't you join me for the FUR-st offical FAUX FUR FRIDAY of NovemBURR for 2010. Get dressed up and on the count of 3:
FLAUNT!
Posted by: ASK: Founder of Faux Fur Friday (C)2008
Chicago, IL USA
11-5-2010 - 11:15 AM CST
Dressing up in your best Faux Fur is the gist of this Haute Couture Holidate that I began in October of 2008 when I placed as one of the top 20 winners of the Chicago Portion of She's Got The Look. Stylist Robert Verdi went gaga over my Leopard Street Coat and even tried it on, on-air. Getting that kind of a reaction was indeed hilarious. That helped spur the creation of this Event plus the fact that Faux Fur saves a creature's precious life; makes a person look especially sexy and makes a fashionable, pop-style statement about who you are.
ThereFUR, with all that in mind, won't you join me for the FUR-st offical FAUX FUR FRIDAY of NovemBURR for 2010. Get dressed up and on the count of 3:
FLAUNT!
Posted by: ASK: Founder of Faux Fur Friday (C)2008
Chicago, IL USA
11-5-2010 - 11:15 AM CST
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