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Sep
26
2012
 
Tasting & Smelling Comedy (Tip #61)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“Buddy Hackett held up a matchbook and said, ‘What jokes can you write about this?’ I pitched a few about the advertisement on the outside of a matchbook, then a few behavior jokes about trying to light a match with one hand to impress a girl. ‘That’s good,’ Hackett said, ‘but the trick is not [...] “Be prepared at all times for rejection, even after you break in. One night I was backstage at Jack Silberman’s International Nightclub in New York City. I nervously handed a page of jokes I had written to a famous veteran comedian. He read my jokes without laughing or even cracking a smile, removed a silver [...] Producer Mason Novack—who discovered writer Diablo Cody and encouraged her to write her first screenplay (Juno)—finally picked up the phone and called Cedar Falls, Iowa. No, he didn’t discover the Diablo Cody/Juno-inspired blog Screenwriting from Iowa. He called a photographer friend of mine Tim Dodd telling him he needed to get an agent. Tim’s blog [...] I’m not sure what I’m allowed to say about my shoot today in which I was field producer on in the greater Dallas area, so I’m just going to pull a line & picture Prime Time at tweeted @DeionSanders: Just finished shoot with BallPark. Prime has own Burger baby! “The Prime” Read more at http://twitter.yfrog.com/hwc4wdhj#6Vp5Ty6XDDEFCiDR.99 It’s not everyday [...] Last year I started this section about postcards from the road as a way to stay sane when I was traveling and still trying to keep up a daily weekday posts. Two days ago I was driving on A1A in Ft. Lauderdale and was kicking around ideas for a post and I took the following [...]
Sep
19
2012
Postcard #26 (Scary New Jersey)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaLast night/earlier this morning ended a 21 hour work day that started in Ft. Lauderdale and ended in New York City. Missed the big storm in the area as well as the President hanging out with David Letterman and later with Jay-Z at the 40/40 Club in NYC. Got four hours of sleep and headed [...] Miami is the most exotic city in the United States. Of course, that’s debatable—and I won’t even trying to unpack what I mean. I just love the city—and I do mean the greater metro area including downtown, Coconut Grove, Key Biscayne, Coral Gables as well as some of the outer areas. Yesterday afternoon I was [...] Crazy day today–lots of travel and some computer issues, but here’s the post for the day. I’m down in Miami for a shoot on Tuesday and was able to make a brief visit to my old stomping grounds at the University of Miami in Coral Gables. Took a drive past my dorm building at Pearson/Mahoney, strolled [...] “Emotion means ‘disturbance’ from the Latin ‘to disturb or agitate.’ You’re literally trying to disturb the usual life of the reader; you’re trying to move them, disturb their hearts and minds, in a sense. Karl Iglesias Writing for Emotional Impact As a follow-up to the post Emotional Story Roller Coasters, here’s a brief overview of [...]
Sep
13
2012
Emotional Story Roller CoastersPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“People have a great need to have their emotions expressed and affirmed by stories.” Dona Cooper Writing Great Screenplays for Film and TV, written by Dona Cooper, was first published back in 1994. But it wasn’t until I flipped through it last night that I really connected with her chapter on emotions. They say when you [...] |
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