“Never forget this: Ordinary pumpkins are always forgotten. Only the giant pumpkin draws a crowd and lives on holiday cards, refrigerators and grainy You Tube videos…forever. The giant pumpkin is legend. And when you’ve grown one…you will be a legend, too.” Mike Michalowicz The Pumpkin Plan: A Simple Strategy to Grow a Remarkable Business in […]
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Archive for October, 2013This week I’m in Charlotte, North Carolina for a video/ photo gig. After my shoot this afternoon, I spotted an interesting combination of pumpkins, lights, and the fall sky and knew I had to fired off a few shots. North Carolina has a long history in the film and television business (Bull Durham, Blue Velvet, […] Even if you’ve never been to Savannah, Georgia the odds are that you’ve seen this church before. The roots of Independent Presbyterian Church go back to 1755, but that’s not why you’ve seen the church before. The steeple and building get a cameo in opening shot of the movie Forrest Gump. You know, the one where […] Since I covered Walt Disney in some posts this week I thought I’d show you the early work of Disney. The short film The Skeleton Dance was made when Disney was 28 years old. Just a few years after he filed for bankruptcy, and a few years before winning the first of his record bounty of […] Since I touched on Walt Disney a little this week I thought I’d show you the early work of Walt Disney. The short film The Skelton Dance was made when Disney was 28 years old. Just a few years after he filed for bankruptcy, and a few years before winning the first of his record bounty […]
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2013
 
Screenwritng Quote #185 (Kelly Marcel)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“I have to love my characters before I can write them – no matter how unlikeable they may appear to be. The first thing I do on any project I write is I put pictures of all the characters on the walls of my office (or wherever I am working.) In this case the film […]
Oct
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2013
Walt Disney & Shards of GlassPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“When does anyone get to go to Disneyland with Walt Disney himself?” Tom Hanks as Walt Disney Saving Mr. Banks Since I’ve been in a Disney state of mind this week touching on the film Saving Mr. Banks that will be released later this year. I’m sure the title will stick in time, but I […]
Oct
02
2013
Postcard #42 (Orlando Train Depot)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaI started this postcard thing a couple of years ago to help keep the blog going when I was on the road or busy on productions and couldn’t devote time to a new post. But this blog also celebrates a sense of place so it’s an opportunity to do that at the same time. Yesterday […]
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2013
Postcard #41 (Cinderella’s Castle)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa “It all started with a mouse.” Walt Disney Yesterday I did a shoot at Disney World’s Magical Kingdom, and while shooting video of the fireworks I decided to pop off a few still shots. I’ve been going to Disney World since the first year it opened, but yesterday was the first […] |
