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> Dear All, > > Great question/s Hugo. (And -- great answers, Dave!) - And, Hugo - > Thanks for the very inspiring Steve Jobs quote. > (In fact, arguably, Steve Jobs himself has `changed screenwriting', as > I see /Final Draft/ software is on iPhones now.) > We have indeed come a long way from "typewriters made by gun > manufacturers", as per Helen Grace's excellent keynote at the 5th SRN > /Words & Images /conference. > (So: here's to the Evolution of Screenwriting.) > > Also - this may well be a good opportunity for me to (tentatively) ask > for some feedback, from the SRN community, here on the list...? > > I have 2 (proposed) Academic Screenwriting Field surveys that I plan > to conduct next year (2013), as part of my doctoral research: > > This is: proposed online survey #1 (approx 5 minutes - quick and easy) > *Identifying Significant Issues/Questions (and/or Unsolved Domain > Problems) in Screenwriting - A Field Survey (Survey #1 - 2013)** > *https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHNQaEFiN3BYaDQxZWRPa0d4UURUOWc6MQ > > And - this is: proposed online survey #2 (approx 30 minutes - > complicated, and controversial) > *Key Domain Problems in Film/Screenwriting - A Field Survey (Survey #2 > - 2013)** > *https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGdiUUVOQmgwQjhMWldVNHVoLXp6M0E6MQ > > (Of course - I may well scrap both of them, and come up with a 3rd > survey altogether: /Why the Academic Field of Screenwriting Doesn't > Need Any More Surveys/) > > I am not conducting either of these surveys yet (until 2013), but > meantime, would welcome any feedback, on the questions/surveys, > themselves. > > You can send feedback/thoughts/comments (and, abuse?) direct to me, > off-list ([log in to unmask]), > Or, more than happy to discuss here, on the SRN list - whatever you > desire/prefer... > > I very much look forward to any thoughts/feedback, from anyone here on > the SRN list. > > > Best, > > JT > > PS - If you do look at either of the surveys, please make sure you > scroll up, to the top of the webpage/online form, itself. > (They sometimes load, halfway down - at the beginning of the questions > - meaning: the `Instructions' are then above, offscreen) > > PPS - And Hugo - when I read this: /"Here’s to the crazy ones, the > misfits, the rebels"/ it reminds me of Kerouac's line from `On The Road': > > > “the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to > live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the > same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but > burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like > spiders across the stars.” (Jack Kerouac, /On The Road/) > > > (also: I have been watching with interest, as Coppola was trying to > make `On The Road' as a film, for about 30 years, and I see now, he > finally, did. Yay!) > > > > ----------------------- > > JT Velikovsky > Transmedia Writer-Director-Producer: Movies, Games, TV, Theatre, Books, Comics > > Transmedia Writing Blog:http://on-writering.blogspot.com/ > Free Screenwriting TextBook:http://www.lulu.com/shop/joe-velikovsky/feature-film-screenwriters-workbook/ebook/product-20376941.html > Transmedia Comic-Fantasy Novel:http://am-so-as.webs.com/ > > Email:[log in to unmask] > Also:[log in to unmask] > Skype: joe.tee.vee > Twitter: @joeteevee > > Imdb:http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2853350/ > Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Velikovsky > YouTube:http://www.youtube.com/joeteevee > > aka: JT Velikovsky > Research Student & Filmmaker > Doctorate of Creative Arts - Feature Film / Screenwriting > School of Humanities and Communication Arts > University of Western Sydney > > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please [log in to unmask] > This footnote also confirms that this email message has been checked for known viruses > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > We're right here Hugo!, trying to change the world, going from conference to conference, writing papers, shouting out loud (sometimes literally) "the SCREENPLAY exists and it is worth your attention" and for all of us that write as well as research we are most defiantly the 'crazy ones'. > > David Moorhead > > On 16/11/2012 12:59 AM, Vercauteren Hugo wrote: >> >> Normally I avoid remakable citations. This one though, I like. >> >> Most problably, most of you know the following citation of Steve >> Jobs (you know who he is). >> >> >> http://barbadosfreepress.wordpress.com/2011/10/07/steve-jobs-heres-to-the-crazy-ones-misfits-the-rebels/ >> >> >> Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels. The trouble >> makers, the round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things >> differently. >> >> They’re not fond of rules and they have no respect for the status >> quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. >> About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them… because they change >> things, they push the human race forward. >> >> While some may see them as “the crazy ones”, we see genius. Because >> the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world – >> are the ones who do. >> >> >> >> So, may I ask you, where/who are the crazy ones between us: >> screenwriters, teachers. People who change screenwriting. >> >> >> >> Hugo >> >> > > -- > > ----------------------- > > JT Velikovsky > Transmedia Writer-Director-Producer: Movies, Games, TV, Theatre, Books, Comics > > Transmedia Writing Blog:http://on-writering.blogspot.com/ > Free Screenwriting TextBook:http://www.lulu.com/shop/joe-velikovsky/feature-film-screenwriters-workbook/ebook/product-20376941.html > Transmedia Comic-Fantasy Novel:http://am-so-as.webs.com/ > > Email:[log in to unmask] > Also:[log in to unmask] > Skype: joe.tee.vee > Twitter: @joeteevee > > Imdb:http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2853350/ > Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Velikovsky > YouTube:http://www.youtube.com/joeteevee > > aka: JT Velikovsky > Research Student & Filmmaker > Doctorate of Creative Arts - Feature Film / Screenwriting > School of Humanities and Communication Arts > University of Western Sydney > > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. 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