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Archive for March, 2020
Mar
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2020
‘Who Moved My Cheese?’ and Who Launched a Podcast During a Global Pandemic?Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaThe best laid schemes o‘ mice and men often go astray —Robert Burns (1759-1796) When I hit a period of transition almost 20 years ago, one of the books that was recommended to me was Who Moved My Cheese?: An A-Mazing Way to Deal with Changes in Your Work and in Your Life by Spencer […]
Mar
27
2020
‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood …’ Before ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“Whenever there is that struggle for power, of who is going to be the leader, that is pure Shakespeare.” Sam Wanamker (Nicholas Hammond) Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood (Blu-ray extra scene) The other day a friend of mine watched Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood for the first time and really enjoyed […]
Mar
26
2020
Once Upon a Time in Nantucket (And the Superpower that Can Save You in Lean Times)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“I gotta keep breathing. Because tomorrow the sun will rise. Who knows what the tide could bring.” Chuck Nolan (Tom Hanks) Cast Away While I heard this week someone in the grocery business say that their business has doubled in the last week, I know more who are like my freelance production friends who have […]
Mar
25
2020
‘No smart person ever went into the theatre to get rich’—Terrence McNallyPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaNo smart person ever went into the theatre to get rich. Writing for TV you can make a lot of money – a job as a writer on a big hit show, those people get paid a lot of money. But then you belong in L.A. But anyone who said, ‘I want to be a […]
Mar
24
2020
YouTubing from Unlikely Places (Kara and Nate Travel the World)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaMy love of travel is rooted in not traveling. I didn’t really start traveling until I was 21-years-old. (And it light of the Cornavirus, this post is to encourage you that there are better days coming. At time when we’ll be able again to travel behind our front door.) When I graduated from high school […]
Mar
23
2020
Will Drive-In Movie Theaters Make a Comeback?Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“Overnight, we went from an industry that makes $15 billion a year — $11 billion in ticket sales and $4 billion in concessions — to one that is not going to make a penny for three or four months,” —John Fithian, president and CEO of the National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO). Variety, March 21, […]
Mar
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2020
Screenwriting, Strange Germs & Powerful Microscopes (or How the Coronavirus Can Help You Write a Screenplay)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaSince this is a blog on screenwriting and filmmaking, I wasn’t quite sure what to do with the coronavirus in my posts. But it looks like it’s going to be with us a while—and potentially alter our lives into a new normal—so I’m going to roll with it as best I can. If you have […]
Mar
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2020
Charlie Chaplin + Johnny Mouse + Douglas Fairbanks + Walt Disney = Mickey MousePosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“The first Mickey Mouse was made by twelve people.” Walt Disney As original a thinker as Walt Disney was, he didn’t create things out of thin air. And the creation of Mickey Mouse was no exception. The inception was probably somewhere between Aesop’s Fables (that Disney enjoyed reading) that often featured mice and real life […]
Mar
12
2020
Postcard #188 (The Old State House in Boston)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaI took the above photo of The Old State House in Bostonon the first day of this month. Just 11 days ago—but it seems like a year of events have transpired in that time. At least in New England life seemed relatively normal. I went to a documentary workshop in Rockport, Maine the last week […] |
