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Category Archives: The Art
Honoring Our Own – Bill Miles, Documentary Filmmaker
Miles made historical documentaries. “[He] has won an Emmy Award, been nominated for an Academy Award, and was inducted into the Black Filmmaker’s Hall of Fame. He has also received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association of Independent Video … Continue reading
Social TV
Are you the kind of writer who is always trimming away ideas? Lucky you. Social TV’s here. http://adage.com/article/special-report-tv-upfront/syfy-bets-social-tv-suite-interactive-shows/240820/?utm_source=digital_email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=adag
The Voice Is The Smartest Show on Television
The two most radical things about The Voice have nothing to do with breaking stereotypes. They have to do with Hollywood memes that need to die. Continue reading
Posted in The Art
Tagged Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, diversity, Shakira, The Voice, Usher
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Nothing Sure, Nothing Certain
People used to think that computer graphics and visual effects work was secure. Pricy film and art school degrees were undertaken with the good cheer that accompanies the certainty of future and good employment. Sort of what teaching used to … Continue reading
Posted in Recession Moves, The Art
Tagged Digital Domain, Disney, Layoffs in CGI, Layoffs in digital effects, Pixomondo, Rhythm & Hues
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Murder, Horror, and Mayhem: A Writer’s Musings
Hannibal The Following. Two fascinating new series are enjoying critical acclaim. Both feature terrific actors. Those who only know Hannibal‘s Mads Mikkelsen from his hopefully well paid turn in Casino Royale are in for a surprise. I fell in love with … Continue reading
Bringing Your Characters To Life
I recently revisited this awesome post from the dearly departed Script Frenzy’s Young Writers Program. http://ywp.scriptfrenzy.org/files/scriptfrenzy-ywp/sf_ywp_10_wb_hs_chars.pdf How many clever scripts have I read with dead characters? Too many. How many have I written? I’m not telling. A recent writing exercise … Continue reading
Screenwriting Nuggets
Trying to get from good to great? Check these out: Write better http://www.pixartouchbook.com/blog/2011/5/15/pixar-story-rules-one-version.html Write faster http://goodinaroom.com/blog/how-to-write-faster/
Hoodwinked
Great scott. The movies have biased me against white women. I’ll have to watch my guilty pleasures with more care. Continue reading
That Magic Moment
When something opens up a script. An image. A sound. A structural element. This has got to be one of the world’s least cost effective professions. Hours in to eke out those few — hopefully — powerful lines. Worth it? … Continue reading
On Character Arcs
The idea that every character in a script has to have an arc is a screenwriting canard that needs to die. Continue reading
