The road of the novice filmmaker is paved with thorns. There is an extremely apt metaphor used in the last edition of film school confidential: “Far more people are making low-budget independent films today than the market for such films can sustain. It is said that during the California gold [...]
Archive for the ‘Screenwriting’ Category
July 9th, 2009 - 9:23 pm § in Filmmaking, Screenwriting
Porn, Drama and Documentary
Introduction to Dramaturgy Last week I saw the German Documentary 9 to 5: Days in Porn. Porn, love it or hate it, is inherently interesting. The moral debate surrounding pornography is beyond the scope of this article. As a writer and filmmaker my biggest issue with this documentary was dramaturgica[...]
July 2nd, 2009 - 3:32 pm § in Screenwriting
John August on Writing
I got an email yesterday that I still have time to submit my screenplay to the sundance screenwriting lab. I had tried to make the deadline on May 1st, but unfortunately that day turned out to be a national holiday in Berlin. John August has some very good advice in this post, especially about rewri[...]
June 29th, 2009 - 10:22 pm § in Screenwriting
The Evolution of Storytelling
The Workbook Project just released an excellent discussion on The Evolution of Storytelling. Ted Hope, (producer of 21 Grams, The Ice Storm (review coming soon) and Adventureland) and writer/director Lance Weiler (The Last Broadcast, Head Trauma) discuss how technology is impacting the art and craft[...]
June 26th, 2009 - 8:02 pm § in Filmmaking, Screenwriting
Merlin Mann On Getting Creative Stuff Done
Thanks to the wonderful John August for the link, It gets interesting around 12:00: Merlin Mann From The Sound of Young America[...]
June 26th, 2009 - 6:34 pm § in Filmmaking, Screenwriting
Elizabeth Gilbert on Creativity
Thanks to Dara for the link:[...]
June 24th, 2009 - 6:01 pm § in Filmmaking, Screenwriting
Failure
“I think that people who end up becoming artists are those people who are best able to live with uncertainty.” Another funny little thing I picked up on today for writers, a little too threatening for me, but entertaining nonetheless.[...]
May 15th, 2009 - 5:10 pm § in Filmmaking, Screenwriting
A Small Subject
Robert Bresson‘s Notes on the Cinematographer came yesterday in the mail. It’s a beautiful, minimalist series of thoughts on film and the role of the cinematographer, which Bresson found more fitting than the term director. As my current film began to convolute, I was blessed to find thi[...]