Ma! I'm gonna be in pictures!

I stumbled across something new at Amazon.com today.  Amazon Studios  If you ever wanted to make a movie or write a screenplay or critique a movie, you need to check this out. 

"What is Amazon Studios?" you ask and I'm glad you did because otherwise this would be one short post.

To paraphrase Amazon Studios, Amazon Studios has a role for filmmakers, screenwriters, and movie fans. 

1. You can make an inexpensive test movie that might become a full-budget, star-studded Hollywood production.
2. You can enter that original screenplay that you've been working on in secret for the past 12 years.  It might become a full-budget, star-studded Hollywood production.
3. Don't want to make movies or write a script, but you love movies and know what you like?  You can write reviews and participate in forums.

"Hmmm, sounds like fun," she said playfully. 
"Sounds like work.  So what's in it for me?" he asks lazily.
 
According to Amazon Studios, you can:

1. Win money.  Monetary prizes are awarded monthly. 
2. Get noticed.  Not just by the "general public", but by studios, agents, directors, Mickey Mouse.  OK, I just threw in Mickey Mouse to see if you were paying attention or trying to remember where you put your camera.
3. Get your movie made.  To quote Amazon Studios, "The goal of Amazon Studios is to work with Hollywood to turn the best projects into major feature films."

So don't just sit there, go to Amazon Studios and start on the road to becoming rich and famous.