Story Department Production Jobs

Hi There. Looking for Story Producers and Story AP's only local to San Antonio, Tx. Those that are locals will only be considered. Thank you!

Hello Applicants!

THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF INFORMATION, FOUND IN CAPS AT THE BOTTOM, IS: IF, AFTER READING THIS, YOU ARE TRULY INSPIRED, AS IN IT REALLY RESONATES, AND YOU HAVE AMPLE EXPERIENCE WITH THIS KIND OF SCREENWRITING, THAT YOU COMPOSE A 1-ISH PAGE COVER LETTER SHOWING THAT TO ME, GIVING EXAMPLES ILLUSTRATING HOW YOU WOULD APPROACH WRITING THIS MEMOIR DOCUMENTARY?

OK, so I have a very strange claim to fame.

I have the world's largest collection of answering machine messages.
16 years. 1988 to 2004.

Let's do the math. 70 (eighty) cassette tapes, each tape being 90 minutes.
That's 6300 minutes. Of course, there are some gaps and space as usual, so we'll say
6000 minutes. That is, of course, 100 hours of messages. Which is about 4 days worth, if one listened without sleeping.

What about number of days in 16 years? About 5,800 days.
And there were some vacations when I did not record, and other reasons for gaps.
So we'll say that on 5000 days, at about 10pm when I went to bed, I pressed the record button so save that day's messages.

Richard Linklater took 12 years to make "Boyhood".
The Tim Robbins character in Shawshank Redemption took 19 years to dig his way out of prison.
OK, I'm being silly, but it gets the point across. Unheard of, long term decision.

Documentary gold.

Any good film will address questions like "Is that weird, or obsessive? And we'll have fun with that.

But mostly it was an incredible process, one of the most amazing things that has happened to me, and I want to tell this story of saving them, and then re-discovering them, to the world.

I seriously don't know how I managed to keep them from being lost stolen, burned, destroyed by dust or water, etc.
It's just crazy that I now have a rare time capsule of the voices of a bunch of friends and family from the 90s.

Before cell phones. No voicemail, no texting, no Internet, not a single luxury (bonus if you know my silly reference).

Side note: my outgoing messages were drawn from 70's TV jingles, famous songs, and movie lines, with the intention to elicit interesting messages. And it worked!

These messages range from hilarious to heart-breaking to romantic, to bizarre, to capturing historical random events.

Now that you know WHAT I did, not for the WHY?

I have no idea.

That's not true, I have a lot of guesses. Yet it still being a bit of a mystery to me, and wondering what to make of my intense nostalgia and coming to terms with these voices from the past, well that is the central notion of my story: explaining the back story, my parents got divorced when I was 5, being heartbroken from missing my dad, him being a singer and storyteller who left long messages, his years living in Laurel Canyon, and my decision just after high school to start saving his messages and all those from my fascinating, weird, entertaining UC Berkeley friends.

The main emotional punch of this film will be that now, upon listening to the messages, I finally understand a lot more about my friends, girlfriends, family, etc. And I reflect on it. And will contact some of them 30 years later!

Hence the title "I Can Be Here Now: Please Leave a Message"

Finally, two other bodies of info are relevant:

1. My grandfather, whom I never knew, was a diplomat who had a letter from Steinbeck and several from LBJ and Humphreys.
2. I just spent the last 5 years getting priceless, authentic, incredible footage of my dad slowly dying from Alzheimer's.

Will you help me conceptualize, strategize, write, and edit this into an award-winning memoir documentary?

Hourly rate will depend on your background, experience, and the nature of how we frame how we work together.

If you feel drawn to this, and this is IMPORTANT: WRITE ME A PAGE-LONG COVER LETTER SHOWING ME THAT THIS IDEA/CONCEPT/STORY IS SUCH A GREAT MATCH, THAT IS SO INSPIRES YOU, THAT YOU HAD A BURST OF IDEAS/INSPIRATIONS ABOUT IT, WHICH ARE...(PUT IN COVER LETTER).

I already have a team of 3 *amazing* people, and I want to create a 5 to 6-person team, a writer's room if you will, so that we can workshop it together.

Finally, just so you get more of a sense for me, this is something I put together 9 years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcTJq9QrTa4&t=237s

Thanks!
Scott

Looking for freelance scriptwriters / copywriters for entertainment forward branded content agency.

Hi There. Looking for Story Producers and Story AP's only local to Toronto, Canada. Those that are locals will only be considered. Thank you!

We are looking for an experienced Script Supervisor who is local, or willing to work locally, to the Houston, TX area. This job is non-union, capturing short-form digital content.

Shoot Days: Mon 6/10
Rate: $600/12
Job Type: Non-Union

We are looking for an experienced Script Supervisor who is local, or willing to work locally, to the Hazleton, PA area. This job is non-union, capturing short-form digital content.

Shoot Days: Wed 6/5 and Thursday 6/6
Rate: $600/12 (hourly rate based on 14 hours to account for OT)
Project: Amazon low budget social video
Crew: Ability to work as Non Union
Local to Hazleton, PA or willing to work as a local (has local accommodations)
Project location: Hazleton, PA

Dates are Approximate - Employment Dates range from 5 weeks to 20 working through Post Production and will begin mid-late May.

-Experience working on multiple large reality/dating shows in an International location.
-Have a love for story and working in the Field.
-Job may begin in Los Angeles, but will travel Internationally when in the field.
-Valid Passport Required for up to 4 - 6 weeks in the field.

**Spanish language not required but would be a bonus.

THIS IS A POST POSITION - AVID MEDIA COMPOSER

Looking to staff several Post Story Producers with experience in competition/process-driven content to prep story string outs for editors on Avid for a longstanding hour long competition show.

Need to be able to track and weave story, pull great interview bites, and be able to sort through hours of raw material and make decisions on the timeline to give the editors thoughtful and tight string outs.

Communication and organizational skills are key - multiple producers/editors will be working on the same episode, so need to work with a team in a remote setting.

NY-based production company, but can work from anywhere.

Seeking crew for "Real Work," a short film about an elderly getting scammed. The audience will see how the relationship between the scammer and elderly man builds through the story.

Ensures continuity and accuracy throughout the production. They meticulously track script details, including dialogue, actions, and props, to maintain consistency across scenes. Working closely with the director and editor, the Script Supervisor plays a vital role in preserving the narrative coherence and integrity of the film.

Looking for a story producer with home reno background for a new HGTV series.

This will be a story heavy show and candidate needs to work out of our los angles office.

SAG Low Budget Horror film is looking for a script supervisor for run of show in Chattanooga.