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Jul
23
2013
 
Nextflix + Emmy Nominations = New OrderPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“It’s all television, whether people watch on a mobile device, a tablet or a flat screen.” Bruce Rosenblum Chairman of the Academy of Television arts and Sciences Last week, on July 18, 2013 to be exact, when I heard about House of Cards being nominated for nine Primetime Emmys I knew it was significant, but […]
Jul
22
2013
Writing Quote #32 (Lizard Lesson)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“Run fast, stand still. This, the lesson from lizards. For all writers. Observe almost any survival creature, you can see the same. Jump, run, freeze. It the ability to flick an eyelash, crack like a whip, vanish like steam, here this instant, gone the next—life teems the earth. And when that life is not rushing […]
Jul
20
2013
How to Get Started Working in Production (2.0)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaOn today’s repost Saturday I’m going to update a post that’s 2 1/2 years old when editor Josh McCabe headed out for L.A. after working with me when we were both based in Iowa. He’s based in Santa Monica these days and shortly after landing in L.A. was doing work with TBWA\Chiat\Day, but mostly has […] I saw Apocalypse Now in the theaters when I was a senior in high school and the spectacle definitely influenced my desire to go to film school. This video confirmed that Francis Ford Coppola is the filmmaker I’d most like to have dinner with. Screenwriting & the Little Fat Girl in Ohio (2.0) “Who said art has […]
Jul
18
2013
The Secret Path to Producers?Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaThe other day I flipped through MovieMaker magazine and came across the article Perfect Pitch by Ken Rotocop that had this interesting insight: I’ve been the creative head of four studios, so I know what happens when a studio gets a synopsis: One quick glance and it goes right into the wastebasket. A synopsis cannot help you—it […]
Jul
17
2013
Murray, Miller & Mass Appeal (Tip#78)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“I wish I had a theater that was only open when it rained…I like it when people come up to me the next day or a week later and say, “I saw your play—what happened?’” Bill Murray as the playwright Jeff in Tootise “You can’t have a theater based upon anything other than a mass […]
Jul
16
2013
Hollywood Failure—Robert AltmanPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaTHE HOODS OF TOMORROW! THE GUN-MOLLS OF THE FUTURE! From the movie poster & trailer for The Delinquents (1957) “After toiling away in Hollywood in the late 1940s, a frustrated but determined Robert Altman returned to his hometown of Kansas City, Missouri in an effort to focus on his dream of making movies more seriously. […] Now Muscle Shoals has got the Swampers, And they’ve been known to pick a song or two Sweet Home Alabama Performed by Lynyrd Skynyrd Written by Ed King, Gary Rossington,Ronnie Van Zant Because this blog celebrates regionalism, it’s natural that I would eventually touch on a town in Alabama that would bring white and black music […]
Jul
13
2013
Revisiting “Highway 61 Revisited” (2.0)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaOn this repost Saturday I’m going back to a post that connects to one of the most creative and interesting parts of the country. A few days ago I did a video shoot in Athens, Alabama which is located 100 miles directly south of Nashville, Tennessee. If you look at the map—and understand just a […] “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” Helen Keller While I was in Northern Alabama this week I was looking at a map of things of special interest in the area and discovered that Helen Keller was born Tuscumbia, Alabama. Among her many accomplishments, Keller was the first deaf blind person to […] |
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