On 21 Jun 95 at 17:57, william thomas denham said: > I have a friend who has an idea for a screenplay and is thinking > of exposing it on the Internet. Does anyone know of Usenet groups or WWW > sites or mailing lists or whatever through which she could do this? > Please post a response and/or email me at [log in to unmask] While I would hesitate to place a screenplay or even the idea on the 'Net for fear of cyber-thieves, there is a mailing list devoted to the discussion of screenplays: SCRNWRIT. Info on it and other film/TV lists follows... DISCUSSION GROUPS ON FILM/TV For details on subscribing to discussion groups, see the end of this message. AMIA-L Association for Moving Image Archivists Send command SUBSCRIBE AMIA-L YOUR-NAME to: [log in to unmask] CINEMA-L General film (the most active of all of these) Send command SUBSCRIBE CINEMA-L YOUR-NAME to: [log in to unmask] Exhibitionists Film projection and exhibition Send subscription request to: [log in to unmask] Film-Theory Film theory and aesthetics Send command SUBSCRIBE FILM-THEORY to: [log in to unmask] FILMUS-L Film music Send command SUBSCRIBE FILMUS-L YOUR-NAME to: [log in to unmask] HORROR Horror films and fiction Send command SUBSCRIBE HORROR YOUR-NAME to: [log in to unmask] LaborFilms Films about labor issues Put word SUBSCRIBE in message to: [log in to unmask] Movies-seivoM Self-Referential Movies Put command SUBSCRIBE in *subject* line to: [log in to unmask] PERFORM-L Peformance in all media Send command SUBSCRIBE PERFORM-L YOUR-NAME to: [log in to unmask] ROSEBUD Film students Send command SUBSCRIBE ROSEBUD YOUR-NAME to: [log in to unmask] SCRNWRIT Screenwriting Send command SUBSCRIBE SCRNWRIT YOUR-NAME to: [log in to unmask] Soundtracks Film soundtracks Send subscription request to: [log in to unmask] TV-L General TV Send command SUBSCRIBE TV-L YOUR-NAME to: [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] VISCOM Visual communication Send command SUBSCRIBE VISCOM YOUR-NAME to: [log in to unmask] SOME DISCUSSION LIST BASICS: HOW TO SUBSCRIBE Most discussion lists have two addresses: (1) the address where messages are sent in order to be forwarded to the list's subscribers, and (2) the address where the software running the list lives, where subscription requests and the like may be sent. Many discussion lists are run by software called LISTSERV. To subscribe to any of these lists, send e-mail to the LISTSERV that runs the list. Please note that the LISTSERV address is slightly different from the address of the list itself. If the list address is, for example: [log in to unmask] Then the LISTSERV that runs CINEMA-L's address will be: [log in to unmask] Thus, to subscribe you would address mail to the LISTSERV's address and put the following command in the body of the message (not the subject header): SUBSCRIBE listname your-name Replace "listname" with CINEMA-L or whichever list you're joining and replace "your-name" with your name as you'd like it to appear on the list. Thus, if I were subscribing to CINEMA-L, I'd send in the following: SUBSCRIBE CINEMA-L Jeremy Butler Now, if you want a big ol' list of lists you can have one mailed to you by sending e-mail to any LISTSERV (note: use the LISTSERV's address, not a list's like CINEMA-L's) with the following command: LIST GLOBAL Send this to, say, [log in to unmask], and you'll get a file mailed to you with a one-line description of every BITNET list known to man and woman. LISTSERV is the most widespread of list server software, but many other types are also out there. The film/TV discussion lists above may have different subscription routines, but all work similarly: just send in a subscription command and stand back. ===================================================================== Jeremy Butler * [log in to unmask] * [log in to unmask] SCREENsite -- a Film/TV-studies site on the World Wide Web: http://www.sa.ua.edu/TCF/welcome.htm Telecommunication & Film Dept. * University of Alabama * Tuscaloosa ===================================================================== ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]