It's Wednesday And You're Not Famous Yet

Listen, you remember the last time you had a great idea. You sat down and sketched it out, outlined the plot, and wrote treatment after treatment. Then some Bobby-Evans-type said, "Kid, I like your stuff," a year-and-a-half later Tim Allen signed on in the lead, and after the three-day crying jag you nearly drove off the Aurora Bridge.

Remember that? So do we.

That's why we think you might want to catch this month's Screenwriters Salon this evening, focusing on how a script changes from the written page to what ends up on the screen. Seattlest attended the last one of these and had a great time, without even being a screenwriter. (Not that Gigli didn't lower the bar to a level we're comfortable with.)

Hosted by Andy Spletzer (formerly film critic at the local weekly study guide to Camus) and local indie filmmaker Brian McDonald, the series is all about getting working professionals in a room to talk about real-life film experience. In this outing, The Filmmakers Journey: From Script to Screen:

We will provide script pages of selected scenes, and the filmmakers will talk about their artistic and technical challenges, and show how the scenes played out in the final films. The filmmakers: Kris Kristensen (Inheritance), Andy McAllister (Shag Carpet Sunset, Urban Scarecrow), Meg Richman (Under Heaven) and Lynn Shelton (We Go Way Back).

The Salon is held at Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave, on Capitol Hill in Seattle (which has a nifty cafe inside). A ticket is free for SIFF Group members; $2 for NW Screenwriters Guild members, students and seniors; and $5 for general public. It kicks off at 7:30pm. Tickets are available at the door beginning at 6:30pm.