SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: Ep. 505 – Writing a Script That Gets Made with Jon Garcia
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmaker Jon Garcia about his film ‘Summoning the Spirit,’ his highly successful ‘The Falls’ trilogy of movies that found niche appeal by having the Mormon Religion and LGBTQ as part of the stories, and on writing scripts that get made and how he works with different budget levels.
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmaker Jon Garcia.
Our guest Jon Garcia is the Writer/Director of many features including Summoning the Spirit (2023), a Bigfoot-themed Horror movie. He talks about that movie and his highly successful The Falls trilogy of movies that found niche appeal by having the Mormon Religion and LGBTQ as part of the stories.
Other topics include how Jon Garcia focuses on writing scripts that get made and how he works with different budget levels.
You can listen to the audio portion of the podcast by clicking here or through iTunes by clicking here.
You can also read a transcript of this episode.
Links mentioned in the show:
- Jon Garcia on IMDb
- Jon Garcia on Facebook
- Jon Garcia on Instagram
- Summoning The Spirit Trailer
- Summoning The Spirit on IMDb
- The SYS script analysis service
- Our free guide, "How to Sell Your Screenplay in 5 Weeks!"
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Ashley Scott Meyers is a screenwriter and blogger / podcaster. Since beginning his career as a screenwriter in the late 1990’s he’s optioned more than two dozen feature screenplays and sold a half dozen. And he’s done it all without an agent or manager, instead opting to use his pragmatic screenplay marketing guide which he teaches at SellingYourScreenplay.com.
