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		Screenwriter INT. SCREENING ROOM, MOVIE THEATER HOLYFIRE arrives at a special movie theater she has never been to before. She SITS down and is amazed to see an organ player actually PLAYING music by the stage for the AUDIENCE. Oversized red drapes stretch out in front of the screen, creating a special recreated Loew's theater appearance. The drapes move ASIDE, tassels DANCING, the chair RECLINES BACK, and HolyFire is spiritually invited to the movie screen. CUT TO: INT. BEDROOM, MASSACHUSETTS HolyFire SITS in front of a computer screen and types a blog, in script format, for a BrickFish contest during her vacation. HOLYFIRE I'm HolyFire here on BrickFish and I have a respectable passion for the Film Industry. BRICKFISHERS (shouts) What on earth makes you so different from people who dream of being rich and famous? HOLYFIRE I don't dream of being rich and famous. I dream of doing something I believe God wants me to do. I dream of working behind the camera, not getting jiggy with it at a V.I.P. party. BRICKFISHERS Ha! They all say that and what do you wanna do huh, direct? I bet you just want to boss people around and drink free coffee. HOLYFIRE Actually, I have a tremendous passion for screenwriting. (smiling) I absolutely love it and (confused) I don't drink coffee. BRICKFISHERS Yeah, I know what you mean. I have a huge dream of being a famous singer and dating Zac Efron. HOLYFIRE (afraid and leans back) Okay. BRICKFISHERS So, why screenwriting? That's so random. HOLYFIRE Well, I love it. Ever since I was a little girl and watched my first scary movie, I wanted to know what happened behind the scenes. For me it was The Sixth Sense written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. BRICKFISHERS Oh my gah! That little boy was so cute. HOLYFIRE I didn't watch it because Haley Joel Osment was in it. I actually wasn't allowed to watch scary films, but I did anyway in a very nice movie theater. My parents were surprised that I didn't get scared. Instead, I became fascinated with storytelling. I was amazed by the cleverness of twists, advertisements, and symbolic metaphores used by Shyamalan in the film. For the first time I understood that there were more to movies than just the popular actors that appeared on the screen. BRICKFISHERS So, what are you doing now to become a screenwriter and (raises eyebrows) what does it pay? HOLYFIRE I'm currently a Media Arts Major. I've studied films and audio production. I have experience on the field as a director, in the production room as a technical director, on the floor as a camera operator and in the editing room. I love it. I've also taken two creative writing classes and a screenwriting class. In high school, I wrote for the schools' news paper. I was also blessed, when I was fourteen, with a full scholarship to attend the Summer Science and Engineering program at Smith college to take a course titled Writing as Experiment and Exploration. It was like a dream summer camp. The experience was amazingly inspirational. BRICKFISHERS Yeah, yeah, but what about the pay? HOLYFIRE Brickfishers, completing Gods purpous for my life is success enough. I've found a passion and I'm doing it right now even though I'm poor. BRICKFISHERS I don't know. HOLYFIRE Look, right now as I'm writing this I'm on vacation. BRICKFISHERS You're a freakazoid! HOLYFIRE You're random! BRICKFISHERS Sorry, I just took a Flinstone vitamen. So, any special memories? HOLYFIRE (shaking) Ummm, well when I was sixteen I co-wrote a documentary titled Healthy Eating. I was blessed with the opportunity to direct it and it aired on the local channel where I live. BRICKFISHERS I acted beside Johnny Depp once. Yeah, he loves me. Are you making any movies or writing scripts? I can act! HOLYFIRE I've made a few short movies with relatives. One was The Dead Rose about a cheerleader who gets murdered and haunts a high school. BRICKFISHERS What about on your own? HOLYFIRE I made a short silent haiku movie titled Soko. It was a video noir about a youth tortured by demons. They basically set obsticales before her and tempt her to sin. In order to fight back with the enemy, she must reach a deep spiritual level, to get closer to God. It's a video that I wanted to engage the audience in a way that they could actually just picture their own personal battles on screen. I got an A on it. BRICKFISHERS I think I just saw Mrs. Poe. Anything less gloomy? HOLYFIRE Sure, I pitched and later co-directed Perfect Timing. It's about a convict who tries to steal a bag of money. Everything goes well until a different convict purposely sets off an alarm. Let's just say, one guy gets rich and the other goes to prison. Perfect Timing was very suspenseful. I loved the reaction from the viewers in class. BRICKFISHERS Are you working on any scripts now? HOLYFIRE Actually, I am. I'm currently writing a feature length script titled Serial Sleeper City. I'm sorry. I can't provide the synopsis mainly cuz it's not copyrighted yet. I will say, however, that this particular script is leaning towards generation-y and x audiences. It's a little rough with the violence aspect, but it still has faith elements to it. I wrote act one of it for a screenwriting class and received an A on it. I was so happy. I remember being terrified to look at the grade. I was afraid of reading notes by my screenwriting professor. I didn't want to have a dream and be told by a professional I have no future in this. I didn't want to get broken, but I overcame my fears, looked at my script, saw the A, smiled, almost cried, and began to thank Jesus. BRICKFISHERS Awww. Now just out of curiosity, how long is a feature length script? HOLYFIRE At least ninety pages. BRISKFISHERS Holy chicken! That's a lot o' pages. HOYLFIRE Hey, when you find something you love to do you'll never work a day in your life. BRICKFISHERS You quoted Harvey Mackay. HOLYFIRE That man knew what he was talkin' about. BRICKFISHERS Any future plans? HOLYFIRE I hope to begin interning either this January or June. If anyone in the film industry is reading this, (giggles) please contact me with internship opportunities. My mom and I are also seeking paid work, so that I could have my dream of being able to attend the film program in UCLA. We're going through a very rough time right now. Maybe some day I'll be able to afford to attend the New York Film Academy. I have faith that God will open doors. BRICKFISHERS So, getting back to your scripts. What kinds of films are you interested in writing? HOLYFIRE I'm into Christian films. I want to spread the Gospel through movies in a way that everyone could watch them. That being said, I think my style is leaning toward modern day, contemporary, Christian films. I'm into writing for the sole purpose of communicating messages. For me, it's writing scripts that have to do with real life problems. Being a youth, myself, exposing teenage and young adult problems along with the strengths of Gen-Y is important to me. I know how it's like to be a youth now and I'm taking advantage of that. I think a little bit of my experiences somehow get embedded into my scripts. I think as a screenwriter, that's important. You must have your own signature. You must be able to bring something to a script that, even though it's a love story or action film, the audience will still be able to tell your script apart from another writer without looking at the credits. BRICKFISHEERS So, you're into dramas? HOLYFIRE Drama, action, maybe epic. I hope to write a romantic comedy one day. My mom likes romantic comedies. It's also a dream of mine to write family films. BRICKFISHERS Ooo, I do too. Besides storytelling, have you developed a writing style yet? HOLYFIRE Wow, I'm still learning as I go along. I have been influenced by German expressionism and film nior. (giggles) Who hasn't, right? Films like The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and film nior like Double Indemnity pretty much sucked me into it. Most of all, however, I have this somewhat Indian writing system going on with my scripts. There can be some violence and pregnant women, but you will never actually hear cursing or see a sex scene. I think the public would be shocked. BRICKFISHERS Wow, you can't even watch a movie trailer on television without seeing someone making out. HOLYFIRE Yeah, it's gotten pretty bad. Your children can't even watch commercials anymore. I refuse to believe the only way to sell a movie is through a sex scene. I believe some filmmakers have just gotten out of hand with the issue. I believe viewers go to the movies to watch films that consist of great stories, well showed. I want to have complete faith in my writing and not rely on a porn scene to produce a great script. BRICKFISHERS How do you go on about your day with a screenwriter mentality? You must have to do mind exercises or something to stay creative. HOLYFIRE Oh my. Every day I come up with ideas for films. When my parents drive me around, I always get lost in meditation. I just sit in the back, look out the window, and randomly think of scenes that could be shot at the locations I see. I write dialogue on napkins. I observe way too much. I breathe screenwriting. BRICKFISHERS Were there any early hints or clues that you might have ended up liking screenwriting? HOLYFIRE My mother is just one of the eight girls my grandmother gave birth to. I have a multitude of cousins. When I was around six, all of us little kids would get stuck in my grandmothers' small bedroom during family reunions. For some reason, we all found making up ideas for movies and acting them out as a fun way to entertain ourselves. I remember I never acted. I was always one of the kids who liked to help come up with ideas and then direct. I got so into it that my little sister and I began putting on plays at home for my parents. (giggles) I also remember saying, "I wonder who came up with the idea for that movie" a lot. Other eleven year old kids would be into their favorite actors like Freddy Prince Jr. and I'd (giggles) be into Shyamalan. So there were actual hints there when I was six or seven, come to think about it. Those years were great. I actually have a relative who was one of those kids, who is now just entering college, and plans on majoring in Media Arts also. I enjoy the thought of being able to share this experience with him. BRICKFISHERS How old were you when you began writing? HOLYFIRE I was seven when I began writing immensely. I have a journal to prove it. I keep it very safe in a box with the rest of my journals. In total, my journals express thirteen years of my life. BRICKFISHERS What have you gotten out of being a Media Arts Major so far and having your experiences? HOLYFIRE They're just irreplaceable. I dream of my scripts getting produced by the bigs (giggles) like Universal or Gener8xion. It's a huge dream. A lot has been said about us "crazy" Media Arts Majors, but I'm glad I'm taking this risk. I'm learning a lot of life lessons. It's not all about improving my writing skills. I've grown personally. I was bullied a lot in elementary and high school. I pretty much grew up isolating myself from people and becoming anti-social. My mother is also extremely protective of me and kept me close to her side since childhood. I attend a Christian church where people constantly tell me, "God bless you." I love it. I'm not complaining. It's just that entering the film industry, nobody is going to be so sweet to me or at least in the beginning. For the first time, I'm meeting elders who are not so kind. For the first time, I have to audition in school. I was quiet. I was shy and timid, but now I'm slowly gaining my own voice. I'm stepping up and saying in my mind, "You know what? I don't wanna change for the world. I don't wanna change for Hollywood. Though I don't look like a model, that's okay. Cuz in the morning, I'm still beautiful in the eyes of God. I don't need to be accepted by man. I need to be who God created me to be and I believe He wants me to write." BRICKFISHERS I think an important question now is, why do you want to pursue screenwriting? What do you think your purpose would be in the film industry? HOLYFIRE It was prophesied to me years ago, in a small church, that my hands would be used by God to do His work. Of course, being this young newbie so thirsty to (giggles) become the next Billy Graham, I imagined God would use me to heal the sick or restore sight to the blind when I pray for them. I had no idea that years later, God would use my love for writing as a way to Glorify Him. I was so desperate to leave this country and just become a missionary. I wanted to evangelize. My parents, however, were not so excited at the time. I wanted to go to China and at that very time there were actually reporting's of Christians getting murdered during missionary trips. I have a friend who, at the time, told me many students from her Christian college were caught preaching in Israel and got arrested over there. If I would had went to China without the blessing from God and my parents right after high school, I might not had been here typing this today. My parents decided to guide me towards a public college to major in Media Arts. They told me, "After college you can go on missionary trips." They knew I loved writing and they knew I could use my writing to evangelize through film. I was just young and so confused at the time. I believe I do not have to travel across the world to preach the Gospel. I can evangelize through film. Who knows maybe God will even open doors for me to touch the lives of celebrities with Christ. I can be praying to God to use me as an anevangelist and God could be saying up in heaven, "You want to be an evangelist? Well, I need a Christian screenwriter in Hollywood." God works in mysterious ways and I believe writing contemporary Christian films is His will for my life. I'm not in this to convert the world at all, but to spread the love of Christ through film to all that are willing to watch. BRICKFISHERS Any last words? HOLYFIRE I'd like to add that this blog(interview) between Brickfishers and Holyfire was written by me (Holyfire). I answered my own questions. All of the answers are true. None of the answers are false. Thanks for reading. __________________________________________________ SAMPLES FROM My SERIAL SLEEPER CITY Script From PAGE 13: CLETO Shut up! Just shut up! I’ve gotta message from Tye Rios. Keep your filthy, rollie pollie, Jesus freekin', saints out of our territory and away from our buyers. They don’t need your help and if you don’t, you’ll wake up with machetes raining down on your “innocent” body and razor blades in your mouth. You can tell your Jesus freak peeps. From PAGE 18 POLICEMAN 3 The way I see it, if these uneducated fools want to join street gangs and throw their lives away let ‘em. They’ve got nothin' better to offer us then killing each other for entertainment. From PAGE 22 CLETO I hate to kill ya, but you know. Isa game o’ street. Act 2 TREVOR Me no need no e-d-u.

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Drummer199 0	10/13/2008 6:30 AM PT (+6)
	"Television is the first truly democratic culture - the first culture available to everybody and entirely governed by what the people want. The most terrifying thing is what people do want."
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	Mark 16:15 :D
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thevicagir l	11/13/2008 7:55 PM PT (0)
	I LOVE it! Such a creative way to enter.
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	The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881)
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	family's house burnt down crazy days have not been on much
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	Fabulous entry!!
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loxxx069	11/13/2008 7:44 AM PT (0)
	Wow this in very interesting! What an AWESOME dream to have! Great stuff. =)
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duaimei	11/13/2008 4:19 AM PT (0)
	“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.”- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
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jeanettef	11/12/2008 11:02 PM PT (+1)
	Hey! Goin' over the wl, good luck! www.tinyurl.com/glowpic
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lila221lil ac	11/12/2008 8:44 PM PT (+1)
	green girl is here to save the day. well, at least your entry, lol. 2 times a day!
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karenchamb ers	11/12/2008 3:56 PM PT (+1)
	A+++
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Sh34k4	11/12/2008 2:48 PM PT (+1)
	"Commitment leads to action. Action brings your dream closer." ~~Marcia Wieder ~~ 1-12
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	This is A SUPER ENTRY! Check out my brother in the Funniest Kid Competition!
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	5 stars!!!
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	Voting and supporting u all.
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lila221lil ac	11/11/2008 2:38 PM PT (+1)
	great entry. i didn't know u had it. be sure to update me if u enter another 1. awesome idea to use the script format 4 the blog. i don't drink coffee either, lol. anyway it's on my watchlist. good luck :)
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