Archive for April, 2017
Apr
10
2017
 
Sculpting a Film with Gianfranco RosiPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaAt 23, 24, I was starting to make films. I knew someone who knew [sculptor Louise Bourgeois] very well, and he invited me to visit her studio. It was this huge, huge loft in Brooklyn, and she talked about every single sculpture, every single thing. She has a huge table, full of objects — things […]
Apr
10
2017
Writing 1,000 words a day is a good startPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“I wrote at least a thousand words a day every day from the age of twelve on. For years Poe was looking over one shoulder, while Wells, Burroughs, and just about every writer in Astounding and Weird Tales looked over the other. I loved them, and they smothered me. I hadn’t learned how to look away and in the […]
Apr
08
2017
Writing Like Thunder, Lighting & WindPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaZest. Gusto. How rarely one hears these words used. How rarely do we see people living, or for that matter, creating by them. Yet if I were asked to name the most important items in a writer’s make-up, the things that shape his material and rush him along the road to where he we wants […]
Apr
08
2017
Revisiting ‘Transform’ by Zack AriasPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaI thought about the short film Transform by Zack Arias today. Hard to believe he first did this almost 10 years ago. It was shot with a flip camera if I recall correctly. It not only holds up today, but it’s an inspirational classic. Tagged: Zack Arias
Apr
08
2017
Revisiting ‘Transform’ by Zach AriasPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaI thought about the short film Transform by Zach Arias today. Hard to believe he first did this almost 10 years ago. Short with a flip camera if I recall correctly. It not only holds up today, but it’s an inspirational classic. Tagged: Zach Arias Stories matter. Stories have been used to dispose and malign, but stories can also be used to empower and humanize. Stories can break the dignity of a people, but stories can also repair that broken dignity.” Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie The Danger of a Single Story Stories are how we make meaning of our lives. Something happens to me sometimes and in recounting it—just in telling the story of what happened to me—there’s a kind of meaning that comes. I think stories are necessary, just as necessary as food and love. It’s how we make meaning of our lives.” Novelist Chimamanda […]
Apr
04
2017
Write 1 Scene a Night=Screenplay in 3 MonthsPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“Everyone who tells me they don’t have time to write, I just say, ‘One scene a night for three months, and you’ll have a movie—you can even use the weekends.’ It’s possible to be a writer if you want to be a writer, even without all the time in the world….After doing the dishes, instead […]
Apr
03
2017
‘This guy from Austin, Texas had made a film that’s playing in New York…’—Kevin SmithPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaOn the heals of writing yesterday’s post about a filmmaker from Austin, Texas, I thought it was fitting to write about a filmmaker from New Jersey talking about being inspired decades ago by a filmmaker from Austin. “I was awed by (Richard Linklater’s film) Slacker, that it existed. And Richard’s story was kind of compelling […]
Apr
02
2017
How to Embrace Your Limitations (and a DVX 100) and End Up at SXSW in AustinPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaNote: This is not a repost from 2008—despite the camera referenced—it’s a brand new post on April 2, 2017. Let’s say you work at a taco joint and think to yourself, “Man, I’d sure like to make a feature film,”—where would you start? Oh, and the problem is you have little money and no real […] |
