Home Again, Home Again, Jiggity Jig

Posted by Troy DeVolld at 7/26/2007 8:29 PM
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Spent the week in Florida visiting family, revving up the hunt for my next gig, and guest speaking at Full Sail on Wednesday.

Here's a snap of me with some of the future titans of media I had the pleasure of addressing on the subject of writing for reality television, traditional scripted television, and film:



Full Sail's changed a lot since I graduated ten years ago.  They've added multiple soundstages, annexed a neighboring shopping plaza to house their expanded campus and even erected an honest-to-god backlot.   Here's me checking out the latter with my old set design instructor and current Program Director for Film, Dave Franko, and Director of Career Development Jay Noble:



Thanks to the students who made my visit so memorable.  I wish you all the best.

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  • 7/29/2007 9:39 AM Troy DeVolld wrote:
    A few students have asked me again for websites I suggested they check out about writing for film, since I'm a tv guy for the most part. Those sites are Craig Mazin's artfulwriter.com, Terry Rossio and Ted Ellliot's wordplayer.com, the WGA's wga.org, and John August's johnaugust.com.

    Learn from these guys. 
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    1. 7/29/2007 4:17 PM Troy wrote:
      Also, Lorelai Armstrong has a site at lorelaiarmstrong.com that offers some fine, if sobering, advice on screenwriting.

      Some trivia: Lorelai is one of the first people I ever personally witnessed write a complete feature draft in under 24 hours.
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  • 8/1/2007 7:37 AM andrew wrote:
    Troy
    I met you during your Full Sail visit - in the Ken, Garry meeting in the afternoon. I caught an episode of "Flipping Out" last night on Bravo. It was brilliant. Great show! Absolutely hilarious. Best line: "Technically, you are trespassing!". Great work!
    Andrew
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  • 10/11/2007 5:03 AM James Barnes wrote:
    Wow, that certainly IS a big change from when we attended. I can't believe Dave Franko is still there!
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  • 7/1/2010 5:06 AM Melbourne Apartments wrote:
    Hey Troy I am sure you would have been nostalgic going back to your old school, you look pretty happy to be their.
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  • 7/1/2010 5:07 AM Moving Overseas wrote:
    Full Sail has changed a lot since your were their 10 years ago, they now have a lot of facilities for the students, they have added multiple sound stages now.
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  • 7/1/2010 5:08 AM roller blinds wrote:
    Hey Troy , my son is attending Full Sail and he is a big fan of yours, he must have been pretty excited about you visit.
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