As promised in Babz Buzz 18, Jason Bortz talks about subtext
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Jason worked onstage and on screen as an actor, director and writer for over 30 years, winning several awards for his craft both in front and behind the camera across the country; in Seattle, he was a core member of the Seattle Cinema Co-Op, workshopping scripts for such notables as Tom Skerritt, D.B. Sweeney, and Ned Beatty. In NYC he received a Certificate of Completion from the National Shakespeare Conservatory. In Los Angeles he coached stage-to-screen actors while a core member for the only state-sanctioned NPO to teach and perform Shakespeare in high-risk inner city schools.

Jason has produced and directed over a dozen short films, including the award-winning ’Scratching the Surface: A Journey with HEART’ which took he and his crew to Kenya, Africa, and has been featured in publications such as The Other Journal, Looking Closer and Christianity Today for his insights into the craft and culture.

A featured speaker/instructor at educational facilities such as the Art Institute of Sacramento and the Crocker Art Museum Filmmaker Series, Jason has also optioned two feature screenplays, provides script coverage and is represented by the WGA’s Silver Bitela Agency.

Jason currently sits as the Media Director for the 501c3 “Stand Out Talent” in Roseville, CA, where he and his wife Jennifer operate the historic Tower Theatre, providing a venue for live performance and media artists seeking exposure, instruction and an excellent venue for their work.

Jason was a guest on SimplyRadio in November 2010

Babz Buzz 18.

Each month Literary Agent, Babz Bitela of Silver Bitela Agency talks soup to nuts about screenwriting.

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In this installment Babz talks about…

• Craig Clyde
• A Christmas Wish
• Kids Write Right and Write Right by Jan Venolia
• Inanimate Short winner Pen Pal by Rebeka Hay
• Overthinking
• Writing on Spec
• Adaptations
• Jaws
• Why I stopped reading?
• Subtext
• Godfather II
• Big Bang Theory
• Buffy
• How stories grow

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Babz Buzz 17.

Each month Literary Agent, Babz Bitela of Silver Bitela Agency talks soup to nuts about screenwriting.

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In this installment Babz talks about…

• Pumpkin Nightmare
• Insidious
• The Crawling Eye
• Joe Downey
• Rhino
• Brett Martin
• Hip pocketting
• Wets
• Option Heaven/Hell
• Martin Lancaster
• Phil Clarke
• Mafia Dogs
• Tenacity
• Hate Mail
• Grammar
• Courageous
• Why I stop reading
• Contests vs Market-ready
• Writing the second act by Michael Halperin
• The B-story
• The Through-line
• Table reads
• Subtext

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Babz Buzz 16.

Each month Literary Agent, Babz Bitela of Silver Bitela Agency talks soup to nuts about screenwriting.

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In this installment Babz talks about…

• The Money Line
• Production Assistants
• indiecon.com
• LifeLock
• Simply Scripts
• Web Series (three minute shorts)
• Jim Breuer, I’m not High
• Craig Sabin
• G Anthony

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Babz Buzz 15.

Each month Literary Agent, Babz Bitela of Silver Bitela Agency talks soup to nuts about screenwriting.

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In this installment Babz talks about…

• Lynn Christensen
• Jeannie Bowerman
• Tenacity
• Market-Ready
• Taste
• Done Deal Pro
• Screenplay Readers
• Save the Cat Software
• George Clooney
• Horror
• Django Unchained
• Zombie Playground
• One Shot
• AMC Show Notes
• Layers
• Ryan Lee
• Martin Lancaster

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Babz Buzz 14.

Each month Literary Agent, Babz Bitela of Silver Bitela Agency talks soup to nuts about screenwriting.

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In this installment Babz talks about…

• Pitchfest
• Brett Martin
• Dories
• Some Writers Deserve To Starve by Elaura Niles
• How to Write It, How to Sell It: Everything a Screenwriter Needs to Know About Hollywood by Linda Palmer
• 500 Ways to Beat the Hollywood Script Reader: Writing the Screenplay the Reader Will Recommend by J Lerch
• How to Sell Your Screenplay: A Realistic Guide to Getting a Television or Film Deal by Lydia Wilen
• Fearless
• Theme and Alter Ego
• Kill Bill 1 and 2
• Revolutionary Road
• The Intent to Live: Achieving Your True Potential as an Actor by Larry Moss
• Hello, He Lied — and Other Tales from the Hollywood Trenches by Lynda Obst
• Trickle-down marketing

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Babz Buzz The Anniversary Edition. This is the first anniversary of Babz Buzz on SimplyScripts. Obviously, I want to thank Babz and Michael for allowing SimplyScripts to distribute this excellent podcast. I also want to thank all the folks who have listened, enjoyed and commented on the podcast. Your feedback very much fuels the topics and energizes Babz to continue.

Each month Literary Agent, Babz Bitela of Silver Bitela Agency talks soup to nuts about screenwriting.

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In this installment Babz talks about…

• SellingYourScreenplay.com
• WritingTreatments.com
• Lethal Weapon
• Shutter Island
• Dialogue
• Table Reads
• The Business
• Using Dreams
• How to win friends and influence people
• Inktip Pitch Summet – July 22 at the Marriott in Burbank, California, USA

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Babz Buzz is produced by Michael Cornetto and released under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives 3.0 license^*

Music provided by Incompetech

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^*In English, this podcast can be share with others as long as you mention the site and link back, but you can’t change it in any way or use it commercially.

Babz Buzz

Each month Literary Agent, Babz Bitela of Silver Bitela Agency talks soup to nuts about screenwriting.

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In this installment Babz talks about…

• Mock pitch
• Action
• Dirty Dozen
• Lee Marvin
• Tenacity
• Skeezer
• Characters
• Super 8
• Market-Ready
• Throw Mama from a Train
• Tower Theatre

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Babz Buzz is produced by Michael Cornetto and released under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives 3.0 license^*

Music provided by Incompetech

You can subscribe to Babz Buzz as well as SimplyScripts Radio and the occasional iScript on iTunes

^*In English, this podcast can be share with others as long as you mention the site and link back, but you can’t change it in any way or use it commercially.

Babz Buzz

Each month Literary Agent, Babz Bitela of Silver Bitela Agency talks soup to nuts about screenwriting.

Don’t forget to LIKE BabzBuzz on Facebook

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In this installment Babz talks about…

• Craig Clyde
• The Chinese General
• Rob Reiner
• Writer’s Digest
• Pigs are Pink
• Surprises
• Queen of the Mist
• Immigrant Immortal
• Documentaries
• The Kid Stays in the Picture
• Bob Evans
• Rosemary’s Baby – 7/24/1967 final draft screenplay
• Go ahead make my day
• “The Thread” (Discussion thread for this episode for Babz Buzz)
• Point Break and Hurt Locker – Point Break screenplay from AwesomeFilm The Hurt Locker screenplay from Hurt Locker Official Site
• Market Ready
• Story Editing
• Full Moon Morning
• Superman – Youtube clip
• Subtext

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Babz Buzz is produced by Michael Cornetto and released under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives 3.0 license^*

Music provided by Incompetech

You can subscribe to Babz Buzz as well as SimplyScripts Radio and the occasional iScript on iTunes

^*In English, this podcast can be share with others as long as you mention the site and link back, but you can’t change it in any way or use it commercially.