Archive for January, 2016
Jan
16
2016
 
‘The Revenant’—Shooting ChronologicallyPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaThat fact that The Revenant was shot with natural light is unusual for any feature film, even less with one of this scale and budget. Another thing unusual about this film is it was shot in chronological order. But in the video below director Aljandro G. Inarritu says that it’s not that unusual for him […] “I was trying to put Glass [Leonardo DiCaprio’s character] through as many insane things as possible.” Screenwriter Mark L. Smith (The Revenant) I’ve been writing about The Revenant the last couple of days and since this morning it was announced that the movie leads the 2016 Oscar field with 12-nominations I think I’ll keep writing […]
Jan
13
2016
‘The Revenant’—Natural LightPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa‘The secret is not in the format…The secret is the light, shooting when God speaks, when everything at that time of day is like seeing Caravaggio in a museum, you are experiencing a beauty in your body and soul and eyes. Painting is that way. The light is everything. The cinema is light and space […]
Jan
13
2016
Rocky Mountain Movie Battle RoyalePosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaIf The Hateful Eight and The Revenant were a MMA match then The Hateful Eight is Leonardo DiCaprio and The Revenant is the bear in the already classic bear attack scene in The Revenant—at least the first and second rounds of the fight. (Part of which is at the 46 second mark of the trailer below.) Two heavyweights […] If The Hateful Eight and The Revenant were a MMA match then The Hateful Eight is Leonardo DiCaprio and The Revenant is the bear in the already classic bear attack scene in The Revenant. (Part of which is at the 53 second mark of the trailer below.) Two heavy weights going at it. Two time Oscar-winner […] “No one comes up here without a damn good reason.” Tagline from The Hateful Eight movie poster I first visited Telluride back in the ’80s and found it one of the most beautiful places I’d ever been. A few decades later, and a many travel miles later, I still think that’s true. And while a […] This week Nikon released it’s new D5 camera and with it a video called My Nebraska directed by Bill Frakes. (So I going to push back my Telluride/Hateful Eight final Colorado post until Monday.) Besides the state of Nebraska sits between Colorado and Iowa, so this video is at home on this blog. (Plus I’ve been a […]
Jan
07
2016
Postcard #100 (Downtown Denver)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“From casual fare to fine dining in Denver, our eclectic offerings have been satisfying presidents, prime ministers, film stars and celebrities alike since 1892.” Brown Palace website My wife is from Denver so I’ve been making trips there for the past few decades, but not until last month did I eat at the Ship Tavern […] “What’s happened to South Park is happening everywhere…” South Park episode Truth and Advertising Boulder, Colorado is home to the University of Colorado and two of the biggest names to go to school there and go on to success in Hollywood are South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone. The two met in 1992 […] The Eldora Mountain Resort is only a 35 minute (albeit winding) drive from Boulder, Colorado. And students from the University of Colorado aren’t the only ones that make the short drive to get some skiing in to break up the week. I found this video online of the school’s buffalo mascot snowboarding. (And since we’re […] |
