Archive for May, 2018
May
10
2018
 
‘A Quiet Place’: A Western/Family Film— with CrittersPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaWhen I first saw A Quiet Place the films Alien, The Birds, and Them came to mind. But later shades of a strange mix of films have also popped into my mind like The Hand that Rocks the Cradle (monster in the house) and Spielberg’s TV movie Duel. But what I didn’t think about was what Michael Phillips and […]
May
07
2018
Writing the Opening Scene of ‘A Quiet Place’Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaA Quiet Place has now been out in theaters for a whole month and still came in #3 at the box office this weekend. You could also say it entered full culture iconic status over the weekend when Saturday Night Live spoofed it with their A Kanye Place skit. And also over the weekend, Scott […]
May
03
2018
John Krasinski— Notes on a Scene from ‘A Quiet Place’Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“John Krasinski is not the name you’d think of like ‘Can’t wait to see a horror movie by that guy.’ And the reason why is I wouldn’t think that either. Until I read this script originally by these amazing writers Beck & Woods (Scott Beck & Bryan Woods), and they had this incredible idea of […] |
