Another Neat Thing From Anime Expo

[queenoftheskies]

My daughter brought me home a flyer that UC Irvine's extension school had placed.

It's for a class this fall.

Anime Screenwriting

Isn't that TOO cool?

I want to take the class.

Irvine is kind of a long haul, but it's only for 5 weeks, I think.

I really want to take it.

Comments

[navicat.livejournal.com]

Take it!! That would be amazing :)

[nycshelly.livejournal.com]

Go for it. :)

[kmkibble75.livejournal.com]

You should take it!

[irishninja.livejournal.com]

Too awesome.

Once again, I'm jealous. ^_^

[cathellisen.livejournal.com]

Ooh take take take it!

It sounds very cool. If you do go, please tell us (er, me) a little about it. :)

[zellandyne.livejournal.com]

That's farther than Santa Anna. That's a ridiculously long haul (I know, I make it constantly). See if UCLA's extension has anything comparable. And keep in mind, the people they hire to teach extension are generally not that well qualified. I googled the instructor they're touting and he does have some credentials, but he's still listing his commercial making credentials, pitches he's sold (not screenplays), and the fact that he has an agent as a big deal. He may be upcoming, but he ain't there yet. So far as I can tell, he's never written a screenplay for anime, or sold one if he has written it. Now if Neil Gaiman were doing it, that I'd say was worth the drive.

(I will add the disclaimer that I am feeling tremendously cynical about the world today)

On another note - are you going to WorldCon? You really should if you can manage it. It's in Anaheim this year, which is a spectacular opportunity to meet the people who actually do the manga and sf screenwriting, as well as novelist, short story writers, etc.

[cynarion.livejournal.com]

Wow! That rocks! : D

I'd have to travel around a thousand kilometres to get to my nearest anime con, in Sydney once a year. Pity they haven't started something in Melbourne--I'm sure there's a bigger anime fanbase here than there is in any other Aussie city. : )

Will you share your secrets with me if you go? : ) : ) : )

--Mike