What is it about the human proclivity that persuades us to trade our hard earned income so that we can sit in a darkened theater with an assembly of people we do not even know? Does it put us in mind of the time long ago when our genealogical precursors viewed in wonder the shadows dancing on the cave walls? What is this that reminds us of the time long ago when our genealogical precursors sat and watched in wonder the cave walls as illusions danced around them? We elect to trade our income so that we can sit in a darkened theater with complete strangers! How far the drive-in movies have come since the orginal days. The flavor back then was conditioned by the sound of the burning fire. After Louis Lumiere produced the first picture camera in 1895, some part of the hominid cerebellum suggested that there was something basically lacking. It was sound. So a musical instrument was contracted into the process to accompany the flickering pictures. With the back lot it became obvious how popular sound accompaniment was. The producers recognized the huge demand for sound yet could not produce enough material for the market. This created a completely new facet to the entertainment 'industry' as it was named - this was - Pitching. It derived from baseball in which the Pitcher pitches the ball. People began promoting their screenplays or ideas and pitching became generic term. So actors and agents began pitching scripts direct to the studios. With the advent of the phonograph (Thomas Edison - 1877), pictures could finally talk. Those strange flickering silver images could actually speak! It was as though the cave walls had come to life. The sensation it caused can hardly be believed today. People actually sprinted from the picture house, believing that the illusions on the screen had actually come alive. For years at a time a single movie could travel around the country playing to sold out theaters . Thousands would see the same movie over and over. There was amazement at this strange magic that could be assembled on any suitably darkened wall. Many actors became major personalities and became financial cornerstones of the studios. It was no longer about which movies the studio made, but which actors they had under contract. After some noted publicized Hollywood scandals, many of the V.I.P' s began to fall - they were proven to be mere mortals. Suddenly, the previous day' s cultural icons could no longer find any work, since the studios controlled every aspect of the film industry. They had effectively become precluded from working in Hollywood. Just so that they could locate work, many talented actors secretly began to learn how to write a screenplay and released their scripts under aliases out of necessity. One of the most prominentfamous actors in modern times able to direct his own destiny by using his own screenplay was Sylvester Stallone with his incomparable "Rocky" movies. The cell animation held everyone in enchantment. Soon many sound stage began making their own movies. The market for movies was insatiable. Gradually unique genres such as shoot-'em-ups drew dedicated followings. A single name summed up the evolving excitement that lead to a completely new art form. This was Walt Disney. Disney was single-handedly responsible for the comic and the developing fanchises. With this incredible upsurge in film authors realized that for efficiency' s sake, they would have to use screenplay writing software in order to keep up with demand. This burgeoning technological development has created an explosion of screenplays available to cable TV. The success of the Disney license has lead to summer acting camps throughout the US. These camps commonly last ten days and touch all aspects of screenwriting and acting. After Second World War smaller studios with lesser budgets developed independent films which attracted people to their opera houses where they eagerly bought their movie tickets. The saturday night motion became an institution for many people that worked hard all week and desired distraction from their everyday week.

Often people want to know how to get into acting? Well, true as the old cliche goes, slowly, slowly, catchee monkey, but the individualistic method is a good way to approach it. So if you want to start acting, simply jump in and believe!

A individual side of the film industry is Voice Over Acting. Curious as it seems, there is limited competition for work. By Voiceover or Voice Over Acting we mean those powerful voices that seduce us to invest in every device known to man. When you hear the voice of James Earl Jones, you will appreciate great voice over acting. Often these artists saw that there was more potential and signed up for acting workshops where they could sharpen their expertise.

Where do you begin when writing screenplays? Well, getting back to basics you will need a way of capturing the movie script in order to present it to a agent. In the long forgotten days people used typewriters - but this lead to a great deal of rewrites. With computers and screenwriting software, these difficulties have become all but unnecessary. Now there is screenplay writing software that removes the guesswork out of knowing screenplay formats.

Now you can simply concentrate on the story and hit the return key - the script is reassembled in the correct screenplay format for sitcoms, screenplays, novels - just the way the industry needs. Almost instantly you have become a screenplay writer, ready to submit your masterpiece to all and any of the burgeoning screenplay competitions.

In closing, the main tips most professional screenwriters point to as career landmarks are

• Attending summer acting camps
• Learning how to write screenplays that sell
• Buying the right screenplay writing software
• Learning the art of pitching scripts