ORGANIZED. BY JENNY: organizing vhs tapes

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Before & After: A Screenwriter's TV / Media Room [Project Portfolio]

INTERIOR. MAN CAVE
The spare bedroom looks like it has been hit with a Blockbuster Video tornado. The SCREENWRITER is sitting on the sofa.

SCREENWRITER
This is too much. I've got to get a handle on all these old VHS and DVDs. How will I ever get inspired in this space so I can write more screenplays?!

(2 months later)
ORGANIZED. BY JENNY enters.

ORGANIZED. BY JENNY
Well lookee here! Some sorting, purging and some great storage furniture later, you've got your Man Cave/media room back!

SCREENWRITER
Thank goodness! Not a moment too soon. I don't know HOW much time I've spent on just looking for my limited collector's edition of Scarface.

ORGANIZED. BY JENNY and SCREENWRITER high five.

From Project Portfolio

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Mission: Find a DVD in Under 5 Seconds. GO! A Screenwriter's Inspiration Room [Project Portfolio]

If you had nearly 800 movies, could you find Scarface in under 5 seconds?

I didn't think so.

That's what my Silverlake, Los Angeles client needed to find inspiration for his screenwriting. How can you spin fanciful tales of excitement if piles of DVDs and old, unlabeled VHS tapes are crowded all up in your business?

We started with his vision of this TV room/Guest Bedroom. He wanted inspiration! A clutter-free environment! The power to research, reference and recall any movie or television show on a moment's notice! We planned for him to run his own personal film festival by the end of August - a great way to put some accountability to the organizing project.

From Project Portfolio

We donated duplicates, and grouped by genre (Suspense, Horror, Comedy and Musical, Family and Animation, TV series, British TV series, Drama, and Non-Fiction). My client spent plenty of his own time on homework, purchasing storage furniture I suggested through my Pinterest board for him, and alphabetizing the entire combined collection of DVDs and VHS tapes within each genre (BTW: Pinterest is a great tool to source ideas for a room).