I am very happy to say that the screenplay for “A Portrait of a Young Artist” has been finalized, and we are now going forward with tech and character casting within the next few months.
To celebrate this progression, new artwork featuring “John’s Lullaby” has been released.
Also, a new facebook page has been added to help garner support and help during the pre-production process.
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I love you,
but you are not what you seem.
A rock on the road will not be the end.
You are my one and only,
and I have put everything behind me
in order to pursue you.
I made an apostasy in order to be with you.
I gave up too much to leave.
I am here for you,
nothing that anyone can say will separate us.
I finally feel like I have a place,
and no one can take that away.
I stand by you,
and no one can change,
no one can end.
No one can strangle this but myself.
You took my heart,
and I do not want it back.
Vindictive or pleasant you may seem,
you are mine.
Successful you may not be to them,
but to me, oh yeah.
Ostensible pretentious views that make you,
make you,
and you would be an empty bottle without it.
Don’t change for them.
I am happy with you the way you are,
and I won’t let them get to you.
Don’t let them strangle you.
Since you are me,
and I am you,
we are one.
And if we go down,
we go down together.
But I’ll keep fighting for you.
My love,
my voice,
my art.
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Here is a new image for “A Portrait of a Young Artist”. It is a continuation off of the first promotional picture.
A great thanks to Kristen Glaser for inspiring and formulating this image.
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A Portrait of a Young Artist is a mural depicting an artist’s coming of age. John, an Oxford University student, quits college in order to pursue a life as an artist in revolutionary 1968 Paris, France. With backdrops of self doubt and student protests, will John be able to find his voice that he left the prestigious university in order to find?
With original poetry, living paintings, and numerous art installations found within text, A Portrait of a Young Artist pays homage to the history and progression of all forms of art.
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Go to http://www.buffaloniagarafilmfestival.com/index.html to officially see “A Portrait of a Young Artist” listed as a 2010 BNFF Screenplay Finalist.
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“A Portrait of a Young Artist” has been selected for the Buffalo Niagara Film Festival!
Thank you so much to those of you who believed in me, those of you who have helped and pushed me, and those of you who doubted me. Without any of your help, I would not be able to start realizing my dream. I can’t believe that I got into my first festival! Thank you thank you so much!
More information to come in the future!
“A Portrait of a Young Artist” has been officially edited, and submitted to the Buffalo Niagara Film Festival. Wish it luck! The dates of the festival are April 16-25. This is Seth Tyler Black’s first feature length screenplay that he has submitted to a festival.
Update:”A Portrait of a Young Artist” has also been submitted to Rhode Island International, Toronto Independent, and Nantucket, Film Festivals.
Instead of waiting for the “Portrait”‘s success, Seth Tyler Black is working on his next feature length screenplay: “The Madder the Hatter”. It is an adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, but from the mad hatter’s perspective and 150 years later. This will not be a retelling of Carroll’s legendary tale, but a different angle and position reguarding a character from his novel, the Mad Hatter. Why is he mad? How long has he been in Wonderland? What does he do? Does he like being in Wonderland? All of this, and more, will be answered in the new screenplay, “The Madder the Hatter”. Keep your eyes peeled for a more definitive logline and preview excerpts in the near future.
At 104 pages, and nine months of strenuous work, “A Portrait of a Young Artist” screenplay is now complete!
As of today, it is being handed over to a friend for editing, and has its eyes set on the 2010 Buffalo Niagara Film Festival Screenplay Contest, where it will get the chance to possibly find and agent and garner support. The submission deadline is fast approaching (last day of January), so be sure to stay tuned in order to see what happens with it from here on out.
As for the author, I am taking a two week break in order to learn how to write again. After that, I will be starting my next screenplay, “Cloud 9”.
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