WRITER PROFILE
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THE PIRETESS OF SALOBRINA
Written by Richter Cox
What motivated you to become a writer?
At the age of 14, I wrote a story that was produced by a group of college students. That got the writing juices started in me. I have had so many ideas through the years that came to me and they need to be told. Writing is the natural medium for me to get these stories out.
Starting on a blank page is not easy- where does your creativity come from?
Starting on a blank page is not easy- where does your creativity come from?
God inspires a lot of my stories by showing me the world around me in a way that simply inspires great stories. Much of my creativity comes from the imagination God created within me. Since I have an interest in many genres of writing, ideas come from books I’ve read in the past or movies I’ve seen. But, more so, the mind is a powerful and comfortable place to roll around scenarios that can inspire thousands of ideas for stories.
Do you write projects knowing that so many other factors need to happen to get it to screen and does that come into your project creation?
Do you write projects knowing that so many other factors need to happen to get it to screen and does that come into your project creation?
I’m very aware of what it takes to make movies. I’ve spent time on commercial sets and how they are made, so I have a good idea of most of the roles in movie production. I’ve worked with a producer on a film and I helped him plan the film, everything from costume design, to location selection, to a daily breakdown of the script and what set members are needed to make the film happen.
These “other factors” play a small part in my creativity when writing. I say small because I don’t limit my imagination by what it would take to make the movie I write. Otherwise, some larger movie productions that came to be in my lifetime, say “Titanic” would never have happened if the writer stopped to say, “Can this be done? Or what budget will this take? (Although he was a bajillionaire).
I’ve written everything from multi-million dollar screenplays to two-page shorts, so I am “aware” of budgets and how to write for budgets or how possible the script is to be put into film. But, they are not my deciding factors when writing from my imagination.
I think writers have to be able to have freedom to write from their imaginations, drawing from their own experiences, first and foremost. Then if the script budget is too high to make it, either get more people involved to make it or tweak the script to fit budget. There are so many options out there.
What is your dream for this project and what other ancillary revenue do you think it could generate?
What is your dream for this project and what other ancillary revenue do you think it could generate?
I think my dream for “THE PIRETESS OF SALOBRINA” is that it comes to the “Big Screen.” But, it’s more than that. There are themes in the film that deal with real life and that’s what writing is about, giving messages about real life and, in this same case, to bring the audience a bit of fantasy to dream about. It’s about giving people hope when there seems to be none in sight.
Other ancillary revenue is pretty easy with pirate films; this one in particular. There could be cups at movie theaters with the main female actress who is the main movie lead on them along with other cups with other members of the cast on them. Other revenue could be from Theme Parks that capture the adventure that is in the film. Let the audience “live the adventure” in this Theme Park. Video games based on the movie would be a very lucrative revenue stream as well. The ideas or pretty endless really.
How has your experience been with screenwriting contests for this project so far?
This film in particular has placed Top 3, Finalist, and Quarterfinalists in major screenplay contests, so it has fared very well in fact.
If you could stand in a room full of investor partners looking at many projects what would you like them to know about you and this project?
If you could stand in a room full of investor partners looking at many projects what would you like them to know about you and this project?
I would want them to know that I’m a very dedicated writer to my craft, but not limiting myself to what the majority calls the norm. I think outside the box at times, and I think, to my advantage.
“THE PIRATESS OF SALOBRINA” is a film that is not the norm, but is fantastically above the pack in relation to theme, twists, dialogue, and action that sets it apart from all others in it’s genre. It not only has twists and turns along the way, but it has a superb twist ending that even leads to a great sequel.
Do you have any website links for your writing, credits, background, etc that you would like to share
My IMBD link is: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm14112536/bio/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm