Steve Barr
@barrsteve.bsky.social
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Writer / producer / procrasturbator
https://pro.imdb.com/name/nm2003750
pinned post!
I've worked as a screenwriter, a producer, and a TV exec, and some of the most common friction points between those roles come from simple miscommunication. I'm gonna pin this and add to it as I go. Hopefully it'll be helpful!
over 1 year ago
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I think blind people would make excellent professional dogwalkers. They already have the one dog with them all the time, what's a few more?
2 days ago
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I think the post office should figure out how to combine a postage stamp with a dog. It might shed on your desk, but it will lick itself.
2 days ago
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New Zealanders (and anyone who cares about arts mentoring who has a few spare bucks), please consider donating to Day One / HÄpai te Haeata in their current fundraiser.
www.thearts.co.nz/boosted/proj...
#scriptsky
#filmsky
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Open The Door For Our Future Storytellers
Boosted is Aotearoa New Zealandās only arts crowdfunding platform. Weāre here to bring creatives and supporters together to grow creativity. With our mentored approach to crowdfunding, we have one of ...
https://www.thearts.co.nz/boosted/projects/day-one
2 days ago
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Republican economic policy is perfectly understandable when you keep in mind that rich people get richer in bull markets but also get way way richer in recessions.
3 days ago
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If we don't want to go to the inconvenience -- and impact on shareholder profits! -- of stopping extinctions, at least we should preserve the last of each species in amber.
7 days ago
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Writers and creatives near Auckland, we're about three weeks out from WriteFest and I'm being told it's about 75% sold out. If you're planning on coming, you might not be able to just rock on up on the day, so you prob should buy your tickets soon.
www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/auckland-w...
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AUCKLAND WRITEFEST 2026
Join us for a jam-packed day of creative writing workshops and networking. 5 X WORKSHOPS, 2 X PANELS , 7 X TUTORS, LOTS OF COFFEE!
https://www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/auckland-writefest-2026-tickets-1987048641978
7 days ago
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I couldn't care less about apathy.
8 days ago
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reposted by
Steve Barr
javier grillo-marxuach
8 days ago
hey world, let me reiterate, this is a dark time in showbiz: a time that screams for voices of calm, clarity and understanding amid the confusion. sadly, you get us! LISTEN! RATE! REVIEW! SUBSCRIBE!
#screenwriting
#screenwriter
#tv
#tvwriting
#tvwriter
#writer
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9 days ago
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June's media bias chart
adfontesmedia.com/june-website...
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June Media Bias ChartĀ® Features 111 Websites, Because Thatās All That Fits | Ad Fontes Media
June Media Bias ChartĀ® features 111 websites, because thatās all that fits. If your source isnāt on this monthās chart, search for it ...
https://adfontesmedia.com/june-websites-chart-all-fits
9 days ago
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Gay Uncle Theory dot gif
add a skeleton here at some point
9 days ago
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If you criminalize drugs, only criminals will have the good drugs. And who wants to buy their drugs from criminals? Not me!
10 days ago
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The only good thing about this sinus infection is that I have no sense of taste. Now I can finish off that milk that's been sitting out.
12 days ago
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Jocasta was the inaugural MILF.
12 days ago
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I grew up in Silicon Valley and started my career in Hollywood. This means two things - I know where on your computer you think you've hidden your really embarrassing porn, and I probably know someone who made that really embarrassing porn.
17 days ago
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Tomorrow I'm shooting faux interviews to create a sizzle reel for a potential documentary series. An excellent DoP and nine great performers are coming out at the last minute, eager to be helpful. Creative people are fuckin great.
#scriptsky
#filmsky
18 days ago
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I bet you $4,769.89 you can't guess how much I owe my bookie.
20 days ago
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At store with Beautiful Wife. She hands me sunglasses. "Try these on." I do. She shakes her head, says "Mmm. You look like a douchebag."
21 days ago
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Something from the vault!
#scriptsky
#filmsky
add a skeleton here at some point
22 days ago
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My loins are always girded.
22 days ago
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What if intrusive thoughts but optimistic
22 days ago
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It's very possible that faster-than-light travel is possible, just that we understand it about as well as a dog understands a doorknob.
23 days ago
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"Use your imagination, or someone else will use it for you." ~Ronald Sukenick
23 days ago
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Ask your doctor if reading this skeet is right for you.
28 days ago
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Yesterday I got a show acquired by my country's largest TV station. This morning I signed a option with one of my country's biggest production companies. Now, I'm eating beans and rice. Because I forgot to do the #1 trick for success in the screen industry: having rich parents.
#scriptsky
30 days ago
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New Zealanders, please join me in protecting the Broadcast Standards Authority. The correct answer to "Some platforms don't follow rules of fairness or truth" is not "Let's get rid of the rules."
our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/do...
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Don't scrap the Broadcasting Standards Authority. Strengthen it!
The BSA is the only real protection New Zealand has against the broadcasting of lies, abuse or misinformation. Since 1989, it has done an excellent job supporting our television and radio broadcasters...
https://our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/don-t-scrap-the-broadcasting-standards-authority?source=bluesky&utm_source=bluesky&share=49efdde4-922e-41e2-a221-f2cd9010f102
about 1 month ago
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reposted by
Steve Barr
Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr. ā¶ā¶ā¶ā¶
about 1 month ago
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Letās imagine that someone creates real artificial intelligence, and itās actually smarter than us. If we asked it āHow can we create the best quality of life for the most people?ā⦠ā¦its billionaire owner would shut it down before it could answer.
about 1 month ago
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TOOTSIE is essentially the same movie as AVATAR and DANCES WITH WOLVES. I will not be taking questions at this time.
#scriptsky
#filmsky
about 1 month ago
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Here is today:
wvnl.xyz/hereistoday/
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HERE IS TODAY
An interactive look at time...
https://wvnl.xyz/hereistoday/
about 1 month ago
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Inside you there are two capybaras
about 1 month ago
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Most people know that the 2nd Sunday in May is Mother's Day. Few know that the 2nd Sunday in August is Unprotected Sex Day.
about 1 month ago
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Does Scotland have its own airline? Does it sound like bagpipes when it flies overhead?
about 1 month ago
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Social experiment: What would happen if we took the habits of being a well-functioning grownup, and rephrased them as life-hacks? Would people do them more? What are your "life hacks that are just being a grownup"?
about 1 month ago
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Lots of governments around the world spend tax dollars to subsidize art and artists. But the more right-wing they are, the less they fund art, because most artists are lefties who don't defend the rich. Righties, I have the answer! Give so much to artists that we get rich! Then we'll defend you!
about 1 month ago
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Hey
#scriptsky
and
#filmsky
, I have a literary term on the tip of my tongue... What's the word for the hidden key to a narrative? Like "Eraserhead is about fear of fatherhood" or "The boat in Apoc Now is going back through time" and every loose thread suddenly makes sense. It might be in French?
about 1 month ago
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Six months ago my friend died of asbestos. They still haven't managed to cremate him.
about 1 month ago
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I guess I'm lucky in that lots of fancy expensive food sounds gross to me. Bone marrow and goose liver pate? No thanks, gimme a burger.
about 1 month ago
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I wonder if flotsam ever gets tired of jetsam's shit.
about 1 month ago
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You can't buy happiness, but you can rent to own.
about 2 months ago
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The good thing about having schizophrenia is that I'll always have myselves.
about 2 months ago
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Mainstream movies care more about What? and How? Arthouse movies care more about Who? and Why? What does your movie care about? Does it fit the audience you're going for?
#scriptsky
#bluesky
about 2 months ago
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I've been called a smarty pants and clever clogs, but no one ever comments on how intelligent my clothing is above the waist.
about 2 months ago
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Happy 50-somethingth birthday to Beautiful Wife, and happy 1-month birthday to her Terminator hip.
about 2 months ago
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Petition to change the names of The Baby Boom Generation and Generation Y to The Fuck Around Generation and The Find Out Generation
about 2 months ago
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How many media executives does it take to change a lightbulb? Ten: nine to delay making a decision, and one to get fired.
#scriptsky
#filmsky
about 2 months ago
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Yesterday I finally carved out time to go watch TENOR: MY NAME IS PATI and it's a masterpiece. NZers, get to the cinemas while you can. The rest of the world, look for it when it's available.
#scriptsky
#filmsky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gev6...
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TENOR: MY NAME IS PATI | Official Trailer | In NZ Cinemas March 5, 2026
YouTube video by RialtoDistribution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gev68NRQR00
about 2 months ago
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Conservatives try to legislate morality. Liberals try to legislate compassion. Both attempts are problematic.
about 2 months ago
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"I'm a philosophy major. That means I can think deep thoughts about being unemployed." ~ Bruce Lee
about 2 months ago
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Veni, vidi, venti latte.
about 2 months ago
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