Author Archive
May
09
2013
 
Writing Quote #39 (Writing in Paris)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaThis morning I was in Atlanta, Georgia and writer Pat Conroy was on my mind. On this road trip I’ve been listening to Conroy’s book on CD My Reading Life. While he’s usually associated with South Carolina’s Lowcounty because many of his books (The Water is Wide, The Great Santini, South of Broad) are set in that […] (Had a little technical issue so I’m posting Wednesday’s post just now.) ” In the active voice, the subject performs the action. In the passive voice, the subject is acted upon.” Contance Hale The Pleasures and Peril of the Passive/NY Times Driving through Tennessee today I spoke briefly on the phone with William Akers who lives in Nashville […] I’m on the tail end of a three week road trip working on a variety of video projects and I took the above picture at sunset this evening in Quincy, Illinois. The town sits on the Mississippi and no doubt was a stop for Mark Twain who came from Hannibal, Missouri just down river. Quincy [...]
May
06
2013
Filmmaker Les Blank (1935-2013)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“I think he’s a national treasure.” Director Taylor Hackford on Les Blank “As his work testifies, [Les]Blank has made a fine art out of making a personal connection with diverse people. He works through the lens, behind the camera, never drawing attention to himself. He makes friends with his subjects, spends weeks with them and [...]
May
04
2013
Filmmaking Quote #35 (Les Blank)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“You go out and find some interesting people. You get to know them and film them, and you make something that says something about who they are; you learn to make movies that have some meaning.” Filmmaker Les Blank (Burden of Dreams) A Well Spent Life by Betsy Mclane DGA Quarterly Spring 2012 Scott W. Smith [...] “When I went to do graduate work, I had the desire to be a film director of fiction films. I didn’t have any camera skills. I didn’t actually pick up the camera until I got out of Tulane and into USC in Los Angeles. There, I started learning about still and film photography. When I [...] “I had to tell this story.” Richard Krevolin Making Light in Terezin director One of the most memorable video shoots in my life was one day in the ’90s when I shot two interviews of Holocaust survivors for what was then called the Shoah Foundation that Steven Spielberg help launch after making Schindler’s List. It’s [...]
Apr
30
2013
Screenwriting Quote #182 (Richard Krevolin)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaI was in Minneapolis Sunday and saw the debut of the documentary Making Light In Terezin at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival. It was produced and directed by Richard Krevolin who wrote the book Screenwriting from the Soul. I’ll write about his film tomorrow, but here’s a quote from him today: “All characters are [...]
Apr
29
2013
“The Planets: Re-Imagined”—The ConcertPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaA few mountaintop experiences in my life include seeing one full solar eclipse in Salzburg, winning two Regional Emmy’s in Minneapolis, and scoring three touchdowns in a high school football game in Florida. That’s an eclectic mix, and there have been others of course, but those came to my mind Saturday night as I was brought [...] Here’s a promotional video for a project I finished editing this week with artist Gary Kelley called The Planets—Reimagined. The video I worked on will be part the multi-media concert featuring the music of Gustav Holst performed by the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony led by conductor Jason Weinberger. The debut is tomorrow night (April 27, 2013) and the [...] |
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