Selina Gerard-Sharp

Former digital publicity. Now writing for screen. MA Writing for Script & Screen. Making trouble politely - on the page. Aspiring professional sunbather.

[Selina Gerard-Sharp @Selina_GS_]

@shedntcare_ Wouldn't usually try this, I'm killing time thought ok, the killer line that had me has me chuckling is this: " And I suspect you've spent a significant amount of your life being praised for being "strong" while quietly being handed another fucking job." 😂

[FinishLineScriptComp @FinishLineScrip]

Just had a Zoom with a friend who is the Sr. Programming Exec at AppleTV+ for Spanish language.
They are looking for great shows - every genre except YA. This can be a Spanish-centric show or a format that can be adapted into a show for Spanish speaking counties (ala a Spanish 'Succession', for example). Apple+ has a high bar so, if you have something at that level, please reach out. And please RT.

[Jon Shaivitz @JonShaivitz]

TODAY is the day.

'ROSES ON THE VINE' is free to watch on @Tubi!

Also, for any filmmakers out there in need of a trailer, I cut this one myself—and love doing it.

Happy to offer my services for indie-friendly rates. 👇

[Selina Gerard-Sharp @Selina_GS_]

@TPictureshow Congratulations.

[Selina Gerard-Sharp @Selina_GS_]

It was my birthday yesterday, I am recovering today (as one does!) But still the best gift I have received in the past week was this:
Quarter finalist, Action & Adventure category, Emerging Screenwriters Contest. 🏆
May seem a really small thing to some, for me it's the first script I've ever submitted to a competition & right after I hit submit, I genuinely thought "what was I thinking?!"
Now? Still pinching myself. I'm super excited, ...already buzzing about it as a pilot & series. New year, new era - I'm officially in my screenwriting era. 🎬

[Selina Gerard-Sharp @Selina_GS_]

CARACAL is officially a Quarter-Finalist in the Emerging Screenwriters Action & Adventure competition.
My pilot script for an 8x60' thriller, about a woman who's spent 25 years building the case against the men who killed her mother. She's just getting started.
Quietly thrilled. More soon. 🐆
#ScreenwritingCommunity #AmWriting

[Stacey Russell @stacewrites_]

Hey all, as I start prepping for my crowdfunding campaign to make my proof of concept for THE OPEN AIR, please do me a solid and follow my Instagram page as well as the account I created for the movie 🤗
https://t.co/zPojaEnZlM
https://t.co/wkg6XdCto4

[Selina Gerard-Sharp @Selina_GS_]

@GoIntoTheStory I told my teenager I do this, or that I sometimes talk the phrases I can literally hear them say, I try out some of the lines, the arguments, the insults, see what fits, write it down. He looked at me across the table and said " Mum, that's Schizophrenia, are you ok?" 😂

[Selina Gerard-Sharp @Selina_GS_]

@JonShaivitz Wow, Thank you.

[Jessica Rojas 🇺🇸💪 @VoicesUnheard]

OK, this is creepy because what he says based on Classified documents DID occur or is occurring! I just read about a merger between the USA and another country 😳 David's final words are all making sense now.

All his blog posts are gone, his YT is gone and the only reason this video isn't gone is because I had it saved and archived. I remember thinking "this will get wiped, I need to secure it." And I'm so glad I did.

The original video is actually over 8 minutes long but I shortened it and added the archived blog posts at the end.

If you want to hear the entire 8 plus minutes, let me know and I'll post it in this thread. 👇

[nancycollet @nancycollet]

🎬 FILMMAKER OPPORTUNITY

The new Sofia Coppola Short Film Award from @DCP_Foundation is now accepting submissions!

Seeking emerging filmmakers with a distinctive cinematic voice & strong visual sensibility.

🌍 Open globally
📅 Deadline: June 30

[abdy @AbdalaMitski]

Olá cinefilia!!

Nas últimas semanas eu desenvolvi um site que é um arquivo de revistas de cinema antigas.

O foco é em fazer full-text search e facilitar a leitura (assim você não precisa ficar dando zoom em PDF).

https://t.co/7WgNn3KTaU

[Auteur House @auteurhouse]

Ridley Scott's advise to young directors

[Selina Gerard-Sharp @Selina_GS_]

Literally, same energy, me dancing around the kitchen. I have never been so happy with a piece of work, the re-write of my pilot episode is finished, I slept on it and I still LOVE IT! Not sure anyone else will, but for now, it's mine and I love it.

[Selina Gerard-Sharp @Selina_GS_]

@HNLGuy Congratulations. That's amazing.

[Jaynit @jaynitx]

David Lynch: "You're operating with a limited mind and don't realize it"

"If you have a golf ball-size consciousness, when you read a book, you'll have a golf ball-size understanding. When you look out, a golf ball-size awareness. When you wake up in the morning, a golf ball-size wakefulness. But if you could expand that consciousness, you read the book with more understanding. You look out with more awareness. You wake up with more wakefulness."

Lynch explains what lies beneath:

"There's an ocean of pure vibrant consciousness inside each one of us. It's right at the source and base of mind, right at the source of thought. It's also at the source of all matter. Modern physics calls it the unified field. All matter, everything that is a thing emerges from this field."

He describes what the field contains:

"This field has qualities like bliss, intelligence, creativity, universal love, energy, peace. It's not the intellectual understanding of this field, but the experiencing of it that does everything. You dive within, transcend, experience this field of pure consciousness, and you unfold it. It grows. The final outcome of this growth of consciousness is called enlightenment. And a side effect of enlivening this consciousness is that negativity starts to recede."

Lynch shares what happened when he started meditating:

"When I started, I was filled with anxieties. Filled with fears. Kind of a depression. And anger. I took this anger out on my first wife. After two weeks of meditation, she comes to me and says, 'What's going on?' I was quiet for a moment because it could have been any number of things she might have been referring to. I said, 'What do you mean?' She said, 'This anger, where did it go?' I didn't even realize it had lifted."

He explains why negativity kills creativity:

"Anger, depression, sorrow, these are beautiful things in a story. But they're like poison to the filmmaker. Poison to the painter. Poison to creativity. They're like a vice grip. If you're super depressed, you can hardly get out of bed, let alone think of ideas or have creativity flowing."

Lynch describes what grows when you expand consciousness:

"It's money in the bank to get that beautiful consciousness growing. Creativity flows. The ability to catch ideas at a deeper level. Intuition grows. This field is a field of pure knowing. You dive in there, and you just know how to go. You know how to solve problems. It's like an ocean of solutions."

He shares the ultimate benefit:

"The ultimate thing for me is the enjoyment of the doing. The enjoyment of life grows huge. I love making films now more than ever before. Ideas flow more. Everybody has more fun on the set. People look like friends, not like enemies. It's a beautiful, beautiful thing."

Lynch addresses the myth that you need anger to create:

"People say, 'You gotta have anger. You gotta have an edge to create.' No, you gotta have energy. You gotta have clarity to create. You gotta be able to catch ideas. You gotta be strong enough to fight unbelievable pressure and stress. And this gives you more and more ability. It just looks beautiful. It's way, way, way better."

On the nature of true happiness:

"They say true happiness isn't out there. True happiness lies within. I always wondered, where is this 'within'? And they don't say where it is. They don't even say how to get to it. But it's there. And when you're in it, you know you're in it. It's familiar. It's you. Right away, a happiness, but it's not a goofball happiness. It's a thick beauty. A thick beauty to appreciate life and living. And suffering starts to go."

[Rian Johnson @rianjohnson]

Reposting this because I revamped my site and the link changed. Added the script for Wake Up Dead Man to my site. This is the final shooting script, it has stuff that was cut and moved around, which I think is more interesting than a conformed cleaned up version. Enjoy! https://t.co/FrpvG92knK

[Selina Gerard-Sharp @Selina_GS_]

@LisaLueyLutes Well done for taking the leap. Great job. I will always hear "Goodtime share now" 😂

[Selina Gerard-Sharp @Selina_GS_]

@LisaLueyLutes Loving the journey!