Comments on: How to handle a meeting http://johnaugust.com/archives/2009/how-to-handle-a-meeting A ton of useful information about screenwriting. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:18:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: bjoern http://johnaugust.com/archives/2009/how-to-handle-a-meeting/comment-page-1#comment-174616 bjoern Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:58:41 +0000 http://johnaugust.com/?p=3705#comment-174616 <p>Go dressed as you would dress working there, simple. Don<code>t do wrong color matches, or mistakes with stripes and squares. Read up on that. And find your color, usually it</code>s a few colors you just can<code>t do. Never fall in love with those. Or go to almost any James Bond movie for perfect references. I</code>m very interested in how the intern system works for screenwriters. please share. It<code>s important what to wear! But in this society it</code>s more important knowing what not to wear. If you don`t have a smashing product not tied up to your personality in spesific. Style is just knowing what store to use, and when to move on to the next one. Is Hollywood all about your personality?</p> Go dressed as you would dress working there, simple. Dont do wrong color matches, or mistakes with stripes and squares. Read up on that. And find your color, usually its a few colors you just cant do. Never fall in love with those. Or go to almost any James Bond movie for perfect references. Im very interested in how the intern system works for screenwriters. please share. Its important what to wear! But in this society its more important knowing what not to wear. If you don`t have a smashing product not tied up to your personality in spesific. Style is just knowing what store to use, and when to move on to the next one. Is Hollywood all about your personality?

]]> By: JP http://johnaugust.com/archives/2009/how-to-handle-a-meeting/comment-page-1#comment-174602 JP Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:12:43 +0000 http://johnaugust.com/?p=3705#comment-174602 <p>I have been going on a lot of these meetings lately and I find they go best when I have absolutely no expectations other than to meet some nice people.</p> <p>If I can communicate to them that I'm not (too) nuts, and probably won't blow up their hit show with my anti-social antics, all the better.</p> <p>It's frustrating though, because here you are at ABC or HBO or whereever and instead of saying what you want to say ("For the love of god, I'm starving...give me a job already") you're talking about where you bought your pants. I get itchy and impatient just thinking about it.</p> I have been going on a lot of these meetings lately and I find they go best when I have absolutely no expectations other than to meet some nice people.

If I can communicate to them that I’m not (too) nuts, and probably won’t blow up their hit show with my anti-social antics, all the better.

It’s frustrating though, because here you are at ABC or HBO or whereever and instead of saying what you want to say (“For the love of god, I’m starving…give me a job already”) you’re talking about where you bought your pants. I get itchy and impatient just thinking about it.

]]> By: Taye http://johnaugust.com/archives/2009/how-to-handle-a-meeting/comment-page-1#comment-174527 Taye Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:04:12 +0000 http://johnaugust.com/?p=3705#comment-174527 <p>John...</p> <p>Was hoping for some further insight on the "worst-dressed person" tip for personal reference if you don't mind... :)</p> <p>I've often wondered if it is an accepted practice for writers to don the <i>Eric Murphy/Entourage</i> jeans/t-shirt/kicks ensemble when going into Hollywood meetings with designer suits sitting across the table... Or perhaps is this considered a faux pas that's just played up for the sake of our entertainment?</p> <p>Obviously we don't all roll up in Aston Martins (lol) and the vapidness is a given, but I've always wondered if the wardrobe depictions of the agency/studio scenarios on Entourage are at least somewhat representative of how things actually go down in real life situations?</p> John…

Was hoping for some further insight on the “worst-dressed person” tip for personal reference if you don’t mind… :)

I’ve often wondered if it is an accepted practice for writers to don the Eric Murphy/Entourage jeans/t-shirt/kicks ensemble when going into Hollywood meetings with designer suits sitting across the table… Or perhaps is this considered a faux pas that’s just played up for the sake of our entertainment?

Obviously we don’t all roll up in Aston Martins (lol) and the vapidness is a given, but I’ve always wondered if the wardrobe depictions of the agency/studio scenarios on Entourage are at least somewhat representative of how things actually go down in real life situations?

]]> By: Jo http://johnaugust.com/archives/2009/how-to-handle-a-meeting/comment-page-1#comment-174482 Jo Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:35:17 +0000 http://johnaugust.com/?p=3705#comment-174482 <p>I have a pair of Floral dr martens that I practically live in. I wear them to all my meetings - without fail someone always comments, it breaks the ice and sets a friendly sunny tone for the meeting. Also, because i'm so comfortable in them, I always feel comfortable in them, and I guess I just feel like me - which is like Dave says, what they're interested in.</p> I have a pair of Floral dr martens that I practically live in. I wear them to all my meetings – without fail someone always comments, it breaks the ice and sets a friendly sunny tone for the meeting. Also, because i’m so comfortable in them, I always feel comfortable in them, and I guess I just feel like me – which is like Dave says, what they’re interested in.

]]> By: Dave Morris http://johnaugust.com/archives/2009/how-to-handle-a-meeting/comment-page-1#comment-174471 Dave Morris Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:02:37 +0000 http://johnaugust.com/?p=3705#comment-174471 <p>If I could go back and give my 20 year-old self some advice on how to handle meetings, it would be not to fixate on specific projects. Long term, they are not so much interested in any one golden egg as they are in you, the goose - well, <em>a</em> goose - that lays 'em to order. So go in loosened up for improv rather than expecting to follow a script. The meeting is a success if they are interested enough to want another meeting.</p> If I could go back and give my 20 year-old self some advice on how to handle meetings, it would be not to fixate on specific projects. Long term, they are not so much interested in any one golden egg as they are in you, the goose – well, a goose – that lays ‘em to order. So go in loosened up for improv rather than expecting to follow a script. The meeting is a success if they are interested enough to want another meeting.

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