Angel Orona
Angel Orona is that rare bird of Los Angeles -- A native (3rd generation, in fact). He has written the films WILD FLOWER and CRIMSON KISS; as well as having sold his modern film noir script BLINDSPOT to Numenorean Films. To keep himself stocked up in Top Raman he also works as a story analyst, film reviewer and entertainment blogger.
He avidly attends L.A.’s last revival theatre The New Beverly Cinema (especially for its Grindhouse Film Festivals) . . . Oh and he considers Michael Bay to be everything that is wrong with the film industry.
While cleaning up my place the other day I came across the stack of scripts I have written throughout my writing career. While there were far more “Bridesmaids” than “Brides” amongst them I’m still proud overall of the accomplishment.
At the very bottom of the pile is the very first script I ever wrote. Its a hollow, mid-80s, “Miami Vice”-knockoff called “The Neon Runner” (::shudder::). Skimming through it there are some interesting visuals, a line or two of clever dialogue and a halfway decent action sequence. Other than that its pretty much dreck. Fewer eyes will lay upon it than Eddie Murphy’s last movie.
If approached by someone to take a writing assignment on spec your initial knee-jerk reaction would more than likely be “Absolutely not! I am the greatest screenwriter that ever lived and I should be paid at a gold-bar-per word rate”. However there are times where accepting it could be beneficial to your career.
