Archive for October 29th, 2011
Oct
29
2011
 
“The Shining” (As a Romantic Comedy)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaWhen I was in film school we cut versions of an old Gunsmoke TV scene. It’s a great exercise. Today it’s popular for people to recut their own movie tailers. It’s a lot easier today with non-linear editing systems than on a 16mm upright Moviola, but the exercise is just as effective. And you don’t have [...] While many people dream of a white Christmas, you rarely here anybody pine for a white halloween. But that’s what it looks like many in the upper northeast will get this Halloween. Thursday night this is what Maine looked like outside where I ate dinner and watched snow gently fall on the pumpkins. Now, if [...]
Oct
29
2011
Terraria (Oyster & Escargot)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaMy two day streak of lobster ended today in Maine, but don’t feel bad for me, I did get to experience a personal culinary first—escargot on an oyster. From the minute we pulled up to The Tides Beach Club on Goose Rocks Beach in Kennebunkport I realized I was a long way from Cedar Falls, Iowa. (Though [...] |
