Screenwriting From Iowa

“Any human story you set in Rome to me is visually interesting.” Anthony Bourdain “Rome on No Reservations is probably the show I’m proudest of all the shows we’ve ever done, only because it was the stupidest thing we could possibly have done. We absolutely went against the grain. Even here people there were people […]

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“Imagine Rocky without Philadelphia. Sylvester and I wanted to shoot exteriors in Philly—the producers said ‘no way, we can’t afford to bring a union crew from L.A. to Philadelphia.’” John G. Avildsen Until Oscar-winning director John Avildsen died a few days ago I was not aware of the 8mm behind his greatest hits Rocky and The […]

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“I guess what Rocky did was give a lot of people hope, and there was never a better feeling than doing that.” John G. Avildsen on winning the Best Director Oscar for Rocky Related posts: Writing “Rocky” The Other Side of Rocky The Rocky Road to Rocky Hope & Redemption Scott W. Smith

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“Who doesn’t like seeing stuff at 120 or 240 (frames per second)? The thing about high speed footage is it’s very easy to use too much of that stuff. Ya got to tie it into the story otherwise people get tired of it. We try to use it judiciously. A couple of great shots in […]

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“I like the new evolving relationship between DP and colorist. It’s such a collaboration—ja got to take care of each other. There are so many options now for them that you got to have a good relationship. Steve’s awesome. The guys an amazing colorist. You both have to support your best skills.”  Zach Zamboni on working with colorist […]

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Director of Photography Zach Zamboni says one of the things that gives Parts Unknown is its cinmeatic look is host Anthony Bourdain has an amazing about of specific movie references that he passes on to the crew before they shoot in each country. And it does help that they have some of the finest tools to help […]

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A few days ago on a post about Charleston I mentioned an episode of Anthony Bourdain’s Parts Unknown  than was shot in South Carolina.  So I think I’ll take part of this week to touch on how that show is produced. Zach Zamboni is director of photography on Parts Unknown and has won 3 Emmys on […]

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That little sliver of land at the bottom of the frame is Cumberland Island in Georgia. I took this shot on a morning walk on Jekyll Island last week. Little did I know that today’s New York Times would have a full page spread on the travel section on Cumberland Island. The print version is […]

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If you hit St. Augustine, Florida when the sun is right (early morning, late afternoon) it’s hard to take a bad picture. I first visited St. Augustine on a fifth grade field trip and it’s been a magical place for me every since that first visit. The film industry has been coming to St. Augustine […]

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