Sample Film Treatment

A sample film treatment is a document by a film treatment writer to showcase their writing skills. New film script writers have to prove their ability to write film treatments and scripts. In order to get your foot in the door of films script writing, it is essential to write a number of samples, which can be shared. It is a self marketing strategy, which is part of the writer's portfolio.

The screenwriter should ideally prepare samples to suit every conceivable situation that may arise. This is done to show potential customers that the writer can accomplish the task of compiling extraordinarily-brilliant film treatments and movie scripts. Copies of the sample film treatment are distributed to people in the film industry as well as literary agents and those seeking to hire a ghostwriter. Agents represent the writer to the film 'insiders'. When production houses, studios, individual producers, or directors are hunting for someone to author a screenplay or treatment, they can pull out the spec samples submitted by different writers. Another option is for them to approach agencies, which are in direct contact with writers seeking work.

By evaluating the sample treatment, the potential client can pick and choose a qualified writer. Wisdom dictates that screenplay writers prepare samples in many genres and different types:

1. Original draft treatment - Slightly longer and more detailed manuscript
2. Presentation treatment - A much shorter and crisper version of a screenplay
3. Adaptation treatment - A treatment based on adapted work of another novelist.

Certain precautionary measures must be taken before doling out copies of a sample film treatment, including the following:

• Get your work registered with WGA so that your idea is never stolen.
• Give complete contact information on the front page of the treatment.
• Ensure that your work is absolutely flawless to make a great impression on the reader.
• Accompany the treatment with a cover letter highlighting your expertise, awards and credentials.
• If possible, attach a self addressed stamped envelope for ease of communication.
• Follow the industry norms regarding the format as closely as possible.

Since treatments are considered "easy reads," it is important to keep your sample film treatment brief without sacrificing any important element of the story. This makes the treatment seem incomplete or distorted. Sometimes it is more difficult to compile articulate treatments than full-fledged screenplays. Make reading a sample a pleasure. Include enough white space so that the reader does not cringe from going through it from cover to cover. If the readers begin to lose interest or feel overburdened, they are likely to fling it aside hastily. Your aim should be to induce the reader to go on until reaching the end, setting it aside with satisfaction. A well-written film treatment has improved chances of being read and the writer propositioned to write the full-length film script.

The Role of an Online Business Manager

Many business owners are a little confused between an Online Business Manager and a Virtual Assistant - they think they're one and the same. To some extent they are, but there is a role for both types of virtual support professional in your business. And it very much depends on where you're at in your business.

To put simply, I equate an Online Business Manager with the traditional Office Manager / Executive Personal Assistant in the corporate world; and a virtual assistant with an administrative assistant. I think most people understand these concepts. So in an online business, the Online Business Manager and Virtual Assistant fulfill these same roles.

When you first start out in your business, you typically have very few clients; your marketing strategies are simple; and you have a limited budget. In this situation a Virtual Assistant can fully support you and take some of the basic day-to-day tasks off your plate, leaving you to build and grow your business.

But as you do your job in growing your business - you get more clients, your income increases, you start to offer products and programs - then typically you'll find yourself not only growing the business and working with clients, but also managing a lot of the day-to-day activities that you should not really be managing. This shows up in ways such as:

• Knowing that you do not have enough systems in place, but not having the time to put them together.
• There's so much going on in your business that you do not know what's getting done and what is not.
• Delegating work between your Virtual Assistant, your web designer, your graphic designer, or your affiliate manager, and having to constantly check in with them.
• Not having the technical expertise (either yourself or your team) to get your Infusionsoft or 1ShoppingCart account set up properly.

And as a result you become frustrated and overwhelmed, and all the fun goes out of running your projects. A lot of those projects you want to implement, which you know will generate additional revenues for you, are getting put on the back burner because you're spending most of your time putting out fires.

This is when you need ... an Online Business Manager!

Visuzalize an organizational chart, the Online Business Manager will sit between you and your team members. They can see the Big Picture for your business (because they're big thinker strategists), but they are also able to break down that picture into step-by-step projects to delegate to your team.

Your Online Business Manager will take responsibility for:

• Project Management - setting up that new online program or membership portal.
• Operations Management - ensuring that your Infusionsoft or 1ShoppingCart account is set up correctly to deliver your automated marketing plan, programs, and products.
• Metrics Management - tracking your stats so you know exactly what's working in your business and what is not.
• People Management - managing the day-to-day tasks of your team members so that you do not have to.

And your time is freed up to focus on growing your business. The result ... your Big Picture gets implemented and your goals are achieved!

Understanding how these various roles fit into an online business will help you determine the best needs for your business. You'll be able to hire the right team member, at the right time.

And when you have this level of support - someone who understands both business strategy and is very detail oriented - you have a winning combination for growing your business from five figures into six figures and beyond.

(c) 2013 Tracey Lawton

Look for These Important Aspects in Your Synastry Compatibility

These are the aspects to look for when comparing charts

for a couple's astrological compatibility.

Let's look first at the harmonic aspects you would like to have between these planets.
These aspects are the Trine, Sextile, and sometimes the Conjunct.

* Sun and Moon (represents man / woman)

* Sun and Sun (natural affinity)

* Sun and Chiron (trustworthy)

* Moon and Moon (Emotionally attuned)

* Moon and Ascendant or Descendant (a soul kinship)

* Moon and Mars (Adds some heat - conjunction can be too combative)

* Venus and Mars (sexual, affectionate
vibe)
Venus and Moon (warm caring feelings)

* Venus and Mercury (conversations are
more agreeable)

* Venus and Jupiter (Fun, Fun, Fun, Plus
good money aspect)

* Venus and Sun (Love and appreciation of that person)

* Venus and Ascendant / Descendant (Attracted to the physicality of the person)

* Venus and Chiron (Very positive for
relationships)

* Venus and Saturn (long term
relationship)

* Venus and Uranus (exciting,
spontaneous

* Venus and Neptune (dreamy
romanticism)

* Venus and Pluto (intense love
feelings)

* Mars and Ascendant / Descendant

* Mars and Jupiter (Adds a lot of energy in
whatever you choose to pursue)

* Mars and Chiron (Fertile aspect!)

* Jupiter and Chiron (fortunately and blessed
union)

* Jupiter and Sun (Rose colored glasses -
benefactor)

* Jupiter and Mercury (common spiritual
beliefs)

* Jupiter and Ascendant (beneficial)

* Saturn and Moon (stability,
commitment)

* Saturn and Ascendant (adds stability and security)

* Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and any point in the chart is fine.

The most important harmonious aspects to look for in a long term relationship and synastry compatibility are the Sun and Moon aspects, Venus to Mars / Sun / Ascendant, and Chiron to Venus / Sun / Moon / Jupiter, and Neptune. So look for these first.

Now the reason some of the conjunct aspects are good "sometimes" is because it depends on the individual. With Saturn, it delays, teachings and limitations - but it can also be a source of dependability and stability. If you are someone who needs a lot of freedom in your relationship and does not like to be depended on too much, this aspect can feel too restrictive. On the other hand if you are looking for a companion who can be bringing much needed stability to your emotions (moon), self expression (sun), or
to a relationship (Ascendant / descendant) you might prefer this aspect.

Neptune on the other hand can be quite dreamy - to a fault. Disillusionment and victimhood could have brought out a relationship with this aspect (not to mention substance abuse). With Uranus, a conjunction could indicate many separations (say your partner was a pilot or traveled a lot on business this would not be so bad) however, if you were someone who preferred a 9 to 5 partner, this could cause many problems. And then there's Pluto well, intensity is good for some things and not always good for others .....

Next we'll look at the aspects in synastry compatibility to LOOK OUT FOR! YIKES

Look for squares, oppositions, and sometimes the conjunct between you and your partner's planets, especially between the outer planets (saturn, neptune, uranus, and pluto) to your personal planets (sun, moon, mercury, venus, mars). The missing planet, Jupiter, is a mixed bag. At a square or opposite aspect it more or less adds arrogance, exaggeration, laziness, and overdoing. Nothing too bad, but could add an annoying element to the mix.

The most challenging (to say the least) aspects to look for are from Saturn to Venus, Moon, and Chiron. It is called the "heartbreak aspect" in some astrology books. So look out for these! The next most difficult are from Uranus because of the reversal or separation effect. Pluto to your personal planets can be bring you manipulation / possessiveness / jealousy / over-controlling. And Neptune again, can lead you down the road to dissolution and disillusions.

So as you can see squares and oppositions mostly denote a problem area in a relationship. However, it can also have a stimulating affect as well. You must look to your synastry combinations to see how your squares and oppositions are working in your relationships.

Next look at the midpoint between the Sun and Moon. Take your sun / moon midpoint and check to see if the other person's Sun or Moon makes a hard aspect to it, such as; conjunct, square, opposition, sesquiquadrate, semi-square within 8 degrees. Then check his / hers to yours. Combine the two midpoints, to get your combined midpoint, and check both sets of moons / suns to this point. This adds energy to the union to make it "official" so to speak - Not that it always ends in marriage, but there is rarely a couple out there that does not have some connection here. You can even check the
progressed charts. Progressed sun by forward or converse progress can make this aspect too, especially when the couple meets or when they become more committed.

Now, in assessing your synastry, if you were looking for "Mr. Right, or Ms. Right" and it's important to have sparks in your relationship look for harmonious aspects involving venus with mars, pluto, and uranus and Mars to jupiter, and ascendant. If you are looking for a good companion and the sparks are not so important look for venus and moon, venus, saturn, sun, and ascendant. If you want a relationship that is not too predictable look for harmonious aspects with uranus. If, however, you love stability, longevity and security look to harmonious aspects with saturn.

Now remember, even the most romantic couples, even the couples' who marriages have become golden, and even cinderella and prince charming, had some challenging aspects in their synastry compatibility. However, it makes for a more enjoyable relationship the more harmonious aspects you have. And you have to decide what's important to you in a relationship, what you can overcome, and what you can put up with!

Wine Drinking - Tasty New Age Dispositions For Health and Life

Wine is in the final stages of having reinvented itself as a cool new-age drink of choice for all. What was once as a stuffy, sit-down drink for the elite is now crossed over the class barrier and is a common affordable drink for all occasions.

What was essentially French and German a few decades ago is now made available in new-age Californian, Australian, Chilean and Indian brands, and that to at affordable cost and supplies all over the world.

Although wine was traditionally paired with exclusively with continental dishes, but today some red wines are perfect and fitting compliments with any meal and at any time of the day. Wine and its association with women, is as old as its origin. Beyond the veil of mystique and intrigue, wine grew up to be associated with women because it was considered a mild drink fit for women.

Yet it has evolved into a stylish unisex drink, fit for all occasions and times, from break fast till bed. Wine is a heritage that is glamorous which has promoted wine into the most discussed, most celebrated, most worshiped drink of choice in the recent decade.

One primary reason for the popularity of wine in the new age is its new image as moderating health drink with mild toxicating properties and also its world wide affordability and availability.

Wine is now being pressed and processed in the cells of California, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Chile, where the great vineyards of the new age are flourishing. The center of gravity of wine production has shifted from the traditional set up of France or Germany and without this decentralization of production, the new-age image transition of wine would never have happened.

Far from the industry set up, wine making has made its way into a lot of homes, as it can be an exciting as well as fruitful hobby for all with or without any disposition to home wine production. All it takes is a bit of introduction in the subject of wine making, even if you are a first timer, to relish that very satisfying experience of making your own wine and drinking it too.

There are wine making kits available which can help any starter of home wine making with enjoying his first batch of home produced wine. These home wine making kits include all necessary equipment and ingredients to get started from concentrates or fresh fruit.

For the more seasoned amateur, wine making kits might take the fun out of home wine making and so might prefer a more baser and real-time approach to wine making.

With only a hand-full of common household and over the counter ingredients like acid blend, yeast nutrient, yeast energizer, tannin, pectic enzyme and campden tablets your home wine, will become a reality to enjoy and treat friends and family with. Wine is being paired up with almost anything and everything on the table. The best wines often are higher in price, and come with more sulfur flavors and aromas.

Native, Web Or Hybrid App - Points of Difference

Before making an investment decision over mobile apps, businesses have to decide between native apps, hybrid apps and web apps.

Here I aim to define and describe the differences between various app categories not only for business owners but also for an app developer!

Which app is best and what are the major points of difference among the three?

Native Apps

They are installed in the device from an application store (such as the App Store, Google Play) and show up on the device as icons. They remain with the device and utilize the device features such as the camera, contact list, accelerometer, the GPS etc.

They are designed and coded to cater to one platform (for a specific device). For instance, iPhone apps are coded in Objective-C and the android apps are coded in Java. Coding apps in this manner helps users to have a responsive user experience and apps are able to integrate standard operating system gestures or new app defined gestures.

Native allow push notifications to be used by the business for real-time information for the users. They keep on functioning offline and can use the device's alert system. They function in accordance to the design and standards of the platform (either android or iOS) which leads to customer satisfaction.

They are platform specific (an iOS app will not work in an Android platform) due to difference in coding language. A business which seeks to develop an app which is operational in both the platforms would be expensive as it would require creating two different versions(for both platforms). Depending on budget, investment decision can be made to develop an app for single or multi-platform option. Example are Angry Birds, Shazam, etc.

Mobile Web App

They are mobile optimized web pages which are not actually apps but websites. They resemble a native app in look and feel and are ideal when the objective is to make information or features available over a mobile phone and developing native app is not a viable option financially.

Coded in HTML 5, they run on a browser and users access them just like normal web pages. They provide an option of installing them to home screen as a bookmark.





Many websites use HTML 5 to turn their web pages in to web app for users which can appear as appealing as a native app. Example being the mobile optimized web pages of news websites.

Web app has limited functionality and generally requires an internet connection to function. Users can easily forget them unless they run as a constant reminder on their home screen. They do not feature on any app marketplace. With huge daily traffic in the application stores, they miss out on the potential to be discovered as compared to native or hybrid app.

Hybrid Apps

Hybrid apps are a combination of native and web app and are downloaded from an App store. Faster and cheaper to develop than the native, they are better than browser-based web app.

They are developed using web technologies which are compatible across multiple platforms and are coded in HTML 5, CSS, and JavaScript. However, for enhanced user experience, sometimes specific native code is also used. Tools like PhoneGap and Secha Touch enable cross-platform designing and coding, by using HTML.

Organizations go for hybrid apps to make their presence in the application store without making significant investment of money or effort in developing a separate application.

However, if the company wants to go too close to a native design, the cost and coding effort would rise making the development difference between a native and hybrid app insignificant. Examples of hybrid app include Facebook, LinkedIn, Banana Republic etc.

Which to Choose

The decision to choose a category of app entirely depends on the client's need - the best return to his business based on user requirements. If the primary requirement of the organization is to provide content for its readers, a responsive web application would be better. On the other hand, native app would be advantageous for task completion.

A user can decide upon a category depending on the application's compatibility with device features, need for offline/online task completion, speed factors, ease of maintenance, dependability on platforms, content limitations, ease of installation and fees involved.

Maintaining a web app is much simpler both for the user and the developer as it involves maintaining web pages while native are complicated as developers need to code the same information for multiple versions across different platform.

Application stores pose various limitations on content and design of the application with variability in subscription cost. Web apps, on the contrary are free of content censure and less taxing in terms of cost and time. Hybrid and web apps are comparatively cheaper to develop than native.

If the client's priority is enhanced user experience compatible with a specific platform, in which a lot of apps are available, it is best to develop a native app. At the same time, even web and hybrid app can provide a good user experience with variation in graphics and visuals.

To conclude, native, web, or hybrid apps are all tools for a mobile user to satisfy variable needs and requirements. There is no specific solution as each category of app has their own strengths and weakness and going for one of them depend on the client's unique need assessment.

FHA Home Refinance - Reasons and Advantages of FHA Mortgage Refinancing!

You may be in a position that you want or have to refinance the mortgage loan on your home. There are a lot of options available to you if you have good credit scores and a few options if your credit scores are less than perfect. One of the best options for you either way is a FHA Home Refinance.

There are usually three reasons that people are looking to refinance their home.

1. First, they may have a loan that is currently on an ARM, which is a loan with an adjustable rate, and they want to get a fixed rate.

2. Second, they could just want to try to lower their interest rate on their existing mortgage.

3. Third, they could want to consolidate some debt by refinancing.

If you are one of these people, then you may want to look into an FHA Home Refinance. FHA Mortgage Refinancing is one of the best ways to get a loan. They have a lot of incentives that could interest any home owner.

One of the main reasons why people look into FHA Home Refinance is that they can refinance up to 97.75% of their homes current value. With this high of a refinance value you could easily consolidate all of your high interest debt into your home loan and save thousands of dollars.

Another reason why FHA has a good refinance program is that if people want to try a cash out loan, they can refinance up to 85% of their homes value. This is an amazing opportunity for people looking to lower their debt and consolidate.

Another benefit of FHA Mortgage Refinancing is that if you already have an FHA loan you can refinance with what they call a FHA Streamline Refinance Loan. The benefits of this type of FHA loan are that they are very flexible when it comes to credit ratings and they also do not needarily have to have an appraisal. This is the perfect type of loan that could help you lower your mortgage payment. With declining values ​​in homes, this type of loan could be very worth while. Many online companies will let you fill out the paperwork via email and they may even have online signing.

You can get a lower interest rate, consolidate, or just lower your mortgage payments by refinancing with FHA. Many companies have pretty much eliminated most of the problems you may run into when refinancing.

With people trying harder to get out of debt and lower their bills, an FHA Mortgage Refinancing is the perfect answer. Also the government has made it easier than ever before for people to get an FHA loan. If you currently have an FHA loan and you want to refinance, now is the best time to do FHA Home Refinance to get the very best interest rates available.

Colleges For Studying Interior Designing

Nowadays, creative professions have become very popular. Young people prefer to earn money not with their strength and physical capabilities, not even with their mind, but creativeness. These days, young people are very advanced and already before entering senior secondary school they are full with ideas concerning their future profession. Starting to work in the fields connected with creative skills and new tendencies in society is the major goal of today's youth.

It is a true point of view that uniqueness and creativity are the most important tools of success today. Each person possesses his or her own creative potential, thus, one wishes to develop these skills and talent by mastering some new profession or a course. The latter will not only suggest a person the space for thinking and creativeness, but also invention something new and unusual which has never been done by previous generations. Besides, such creative people are able to build a fundamental starting-point for future generations. Here the freshness of a new approach is of great importance.

It is widely known that there are many new fields and tendencies nowadays. Most of such professions are highly creative demanding a sober and unique imagination, for instance, cinema acting, theatre acting, writing, dancing, painting, crafts, radio jockeying, anchoring, fashion designing, interior designing etc. There is no doubt, that all of these professions are greatly popular among young people, but interior designing can be singled out due to its uniqueness. This uniqueness consists in the fact that it gives an opportunity to future designers to transform the whole universe of their ideas and thinking power into the object of creative beauty. Only the noblest people deserve to have the profession of an interior designer. It's in their power to decorate one's house that is considered to be one of the most precious properties in a person's life. It's the place a number of people have already got used to and it's designer's task to make it much better than it was before.

In order to become a good interior designer one has to be able to fulfill the professional demands of the industry. Thus, students should train their working standards in special colleges which have started courses in interior designing. To enter such a college one has to pass an entrance test which is conducted by the colleges to test imaginative analytical skills, technical drawing, sketching skills of the students.

The applications to the interior designing colleges can be made by the student only after he has passed with his 12th exams. The duration of the course can vary from two to four years, it depends on the chosen course and the institute from which the student is planning to receive his education. There are different colleges providing professional courses in interior designing and you are welcome to make your own choice. They are:

> Lovely Professional University, Phagwara





> Academy of Art and Design, Maharashtra





> International Academy of Fashion and Design, Chennai

Architects may design different surroundings, for instance, those designing the houses, offices, hotels, malls, retail shops, film studios, cultural establishments (museums, theatres, cinemas), educational institutions (kindergartens, schools, colleges, institutes, universities), sports establishments (stadiums, sports palaces), nutritional establishments (canteens, cafes, restaurants), medical establishments (hospitals, health centres, preventoriums, polyclinics), public offices, adventure spots, conference halls etc. No doubt, all of designers are always in demand to decorate their interiors as well as exteriors.

After completing his degree in interior designing a student should start his studying as the intern or trainee in some designing house. It is especially necessary to do in the beginning of their career in order to get an experience needed in future activity. This will certainly give a student such an important initial practical knowledge required to implement in further career. There are certain qualities which an interior designing student must possess. Here you will probably ask - What are the Qualities that Make a Good Interior Designer? They are as follows:

- Every future interior decorator should be able to read the mind of the customer and accomplish the designs according to the wishes of the customer. Very often a person is not quite sure what he or she wants to have in his or her house. In this case a good designer should have a skill to feel the client's likes and dislikes in order to meet his interests.

- A nice Interior designer should keep himself updated with the latest tendencies in the design and new developments as well as innovation in the world of designing in general. In order to get new information about progress in the world of design, a designer should visit new design houses, communicate with more experienced interior designers, look through design websites etc.

- A perfect interior decorator must be very creative and imaginative, it means he must be able to implement some new ideas for every new project. There are many interior designers who follow the standard rules of design in which there are good enough because they have often practiced them. No doubt, that such designers are not bad at all, but on the other hand, they are not able to suggest the client something fresh and unique. Thus, their works become more and more monotonous and the development of a designer, as a professional, stops on this stage. Besides, they cannot bring excitement in the world of design. So, an interior designer must be creative not only for the sake of his clients, but also in order to refresh the interior design in general.

- The next point also concerns the interests of the customer. A designer should be able to organize the design in accordance with the budget and financial status of the customer. Each new client requires his individual approach and his wishes do not always coincide with his material opportunities. In this case a good designer should be rather tactic to suggest his client something identical but for lower price.

- A good interior designer should possess a good sense of texture and color combinations, as well as work on improving his knowledge of different classifications of interiors. Besides, he should be able to define what kind of design could be suitable for this or that room.

- It would be preferable for the designs created by the interior designer to be more than the term satisfactory for the customer. It is needed for further cooperation not only with that customer, but also with those who will probably come to you after seeing your great design made in the house of your previous customer, for instance. Besides, this will ensure your regularity with the organization you work in.

- A designer should have an ability to handle stress and problems which can appear during his activity. Having a problem one shouldn't simply shudder at the thought of possible bigger problems, but real interior designers take the problems by the horn, get things under control, and even if a problem occurs, they try to solve it. Problems of interior designers may include the following: developing a design that their clients will hopefully like, meeting the interests of both clients and building code, having to deal with difficult and inadequate clients most of the time, handling different projects all at the same time, etc.

As you can see, the profession of an interior designer is full of difficulties. Nevertheless, this is the job bringing real aesthetical pleasure. Besides, it brings great financial reward.