It’s not usual for directors to use non-professional actors from time to time, but Steve Soderbergh took it to extreme for his 2006 film Bubble—the entire cast was non-professionals actors. I was reminded of that film today when I drove through Parkerburgh, West Virginia & Belpre, Ohio. Soderbergh, who directed and shot the film, said [...]
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Before Friday Night Lights—the TV show, movie and book…and even before lights were used in a high school football games, there was a high school rivalry in Ohio between Massillon Washington and Canton McKinley. Fresh off of personally completing the final episode of the TV program Friday Night Lights this past weekend, on Sunday and Monday I [...]
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In light of Connie Britton stirring up more rumors of a movie version of TV show Friday Night Lights, yesterday I completed the final episode of the TV series. I blazed through the full five seasons in just a couple of month. In classic screenwriting terms the TV series had a strong start, a great mid-point twist (at the end [...]
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The following exchange is part of an interview of Election screenwriters Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor by Kevin Conroy Scott from his book Screenwriters’ Masterclass. Kevin Conroy Scott: The Voice over really works well in the film (Election) and I think it’s wonderful. Why do you think Hollywood screenwriting books are so against the technique of [...]
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Thanks to the high school & college students for showing up at my two talks today (Entrepreneurial Filmmaking & and Screenwriting from Iowa) at the University of Northern Iowa. Those are a blast to do when I can fit them into my schedule. And since the UNI campus is here in Cedar Falls, IA it’s [...]
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“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.” Steve Jobs “I didn’t see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being [...]
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Only two more days of my little detour showing more Google micro documentaries that I field produced on behalf of New York City-based Magnet Media. These videos are part of the Minnesota Get Your Business Online campaign which is offering free resources to small businesses: Scott W. Smith 
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Not every screenwriter and storyteller is going to work on the film projects that Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin work on. (If you wonder why Moneyball is such a solid film notice they are both credited for the screenplay.) But there are other opportunities out there. Here’s a couple more Google micro documentaries that I [...]
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As promised, here are a couple Google micro documentaries that I field produced in Missouri on behalf of New York City based Magnet Media. These videos are part of the Missouri Get Your Business Online champaign which is offering free resources to small businesses: Scott W. Smith [...]
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When I visited the University of Missouri last week I learned about the Missouri School of Journalism’s first new major in more than 50 years—Convergence Journalism. They launched the program in 2005, which just happened to be the same year You Tube was founded. According to the school’s website one of the reasons for this new [...]
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