So You Wanna Make Movies??

So you want to make movies??? Welcome to my world. The world of storytelling. The world where your eyes and ears are always ready to receive inspiration to your next project.

I swear, I don't even have emotions anymore. Not because I'm heartless or don't care but because I want to save the emotions for the story. Everything is a story. Hahaha! Twisted, but oh so true.

Recently, someone I mistaken as a friend decided to alter the status of our friendship by luring me to his home under the pretense of script writing. Once there, he gave me some pointers on writing and we had a short discussion, then he quickly exposed his real motives. This left me shocked and angry, so angry I couldn't wait to write about it. When I finally emerged from this hypnotic writing spell, what I ended up with AMAZED me. I had just wrote my first psycho thriller and it was hot! I had never wrote anything like this before, NEVER! So when I say there is a story in everything, there is. And I have trained myself to find it. So thanks to Mr. Fake Friend aka Sneaky Creep, I'm scheduled to shoot my new film "Do You Know Who I Am" in September.

So,  if you still want to make movies your first task in to get a script! Stories are everywhere, as I demonstrated earlier, lol. If you are going to make a film, you have to have a great story and then be willing to run with it.  You can write it or hire someone to write it. If you're budget is extremely tight like most independent filmmakers then check out Fiverr.com http://www.fiverr.com/sayfivenow/write-a-short-story-film-or-sitcom-for-you 

On this site you can get a short film script for just $5. I kid you not! So many useful gigs, you just have to go see for yourself. 

Whether you write it yourself or hire someone, be careful not to fall in love with every word. It's far easier to pick dialog (and discard the rest) when it's written by someone else and there's no personal attachment. A beautiful line is of no use to you if it doesn't move the story forward. Screen writing is, to some extent, minimalist, so you can expect to make some significant cuts from what you've written in the process of getting it down to a shootable script.

Now go get a script!! Write it, buy it or even borrow it. After you secure a script you believe in, you'll be ready for the next phase and I'll be here to assist you.

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Check out "Love, Mary" Movie Trailer. A short film created in 48 Hours, from writing to rendering.

From Atlanta to Miami Herald

Film Vet Ashaine Briscoe Enters the Spotlight with Quirky, Heartfelt New Shorts

ATLANTA, GA, December 09, 2013  -- Filmmaker Ashaine Briscoe has just made her debut as a screenwriter, director, and producer--but to call her a novice would be an incredible oversight. In reality, Briscoe has been working in film for years, developing an almost preternaturally accomplished and diverse resume that includes credits as a Production Assistant, an Art Director, and more. She has worked on TV commercials and music videos, and her keen eye and visual flair have landed her design spots in leading glamour magazines. Now, however, it is Briscoe's time to shine, and to unleash the full extent of her creative vision, with a new short film called Roadside Assistance.

Just released via digital film service Distrify, Roadside Assistance is available for purchase or for rental; the film offers a surreal, comedic take on modern relationships that is, according to Briscoe, based loosely on her years of living in Atlanta. "Like a lot of cities, this one has a lot of people who are searching for love and fulfillment, but it also has a lot of pretenders," the filmmaker notes. The movie, which Briscoe describes as a "dramedy," is almost a parable for the modern world; the action centers on a woman whose car breaks down, but as different men stop to lend a hand, she finds fault with each one, shooing them away.

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Ashaine Briscoe is No Stranger

Ashaine Briscoe is no stranger to the cinema. For years she’s developed her eye as a wardrobe consultant, makeup artist, and production assistant, starting with magazine spreads and album covers before making the shift into music videos. But if fashion was her gateway, her final push into the world of film directing came from an unlikely source: The iPhone. “It just cut through all the red tape,” she says with a laugh. “Anyone with a smart phone can make a movie these days, so for someone like me, with a real drive to create films, there are no more excuses left.” 

Not that Ashaine is plugging Apple products, mind you. She’s a lot more interested in enthusing about her short film debut, a quirky piece called Roadside Assistance. The movie may be borne of an eye for fashion and an affinity for handheld technology, but Briscoe’s true muse is her current city of Atlanta, and the complex issues she sees play out in her community every single day.

“Atlanta is a city full of seekers, but, like any city, it’s also got a lot of pretenders,” says the Jamaica-born director. That dynamic plays out as a tremendously entertaining but penetratingly deep dramedy in Roadside Assistance. The film is about a lady whose car breaks down; men stop to help her but she shoos them away. “They’re not who she’s looking for,” says the director, who also wrote the screenplay. Finally, the man of her dreams rolls up and offers to give her a hand—but it doesn’t take our protagonist long to wonder if maybe she was looking for the wrong thing all along.

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The Official Trailer for Roadside Assistance. WATCH NOW!

Ashaine Briscoe is being featured in an upcoming fashion documentary by veteran Miami filmmakers.

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