“I won’t lie, there’s a big element of luck in the industry. Right place, right time, right project.” T.J. Martin Oscar-winning co-director of Undefeated “[Undefeated] is a coming-of age film where North Memphis just happens to be the backdrop.” T.J. Martin Co-Directors Daniel Lindsay and T.J. Martin won the 2012 Best Documentary Feature for their film Undefeated. [...]
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Old Fashioned & Cutting EdgePosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“Everything we’re doing is bootstrapped and frugal, and seat-of-our pants in a MacGyver kind of way.” Brandon Oldenberg “We are a story-telling company and we like to innovate in new ways of telling stories. Short films don’t make any money really, they just become calling cards for who you are and what you’re about.” Brandon [...] “This is awesome for Louisiana.” Julie Bordelon Lafayette Entertainment Initiative “This is the first Academy Award ever received by a Shreveport artist and a strong affirmation of the role arts in brining international recognition, employment and a culturally generated economy to Shreveport.” Shreveport, La. Mayor Cedric Glover The other LA, of course, is Louisiana. At the [...]
Feb
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2012
Filmmaking in Northern IrelandPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“The people of Northern Ireland, Protestant and Catholic, who after 30 years of war sat down, negotiated a peace and proved to the world that the Irish are great talkers.” Terry George in his Academy Award acceptance speech “Hundreds of thousands of short films are produced every year around the world and for Northern Ireland [...] It seems like the first two months of 2012 I’ve been writing a lot about Hugo and The Artist so I was pleased they both did so well at the Academy Awards last night. I’ll reflect on the Oscars later this week. I shot the above photo Elkader, Iowa on Saturday at the day end [...]
Feb
26
2012
“Wake up and pay attention.”—Alexander PaynePosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaToday on NPR, Susan Stamberg had this exchange with Alexander Payne, the screenwriter, producer, and director of The Descendants: In the [The Decendants'] powerful final scene, the 10-year-old daughter watches TV on the couch, wrapped in a quilt. Her father enters with two bowls of ice cream. He sits, and pulls the quilt over to [...] “If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I will tell you, I came to live out LOUD.” Émile Zola Tagged: Émile Zola
Feb
26
2012
“Extremely Loud” ScreenwritingPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaThink I can segue from two previous posts about Bridesmaids to one about Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close? No problem. In Bridesmaids there is a scene where the lead character’s life is falling a part and her mother tells her to watch the movie Cast Away saying, “It’s like Forrest Gump on a deserted island.” [...]
Feb
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2012
Filmmaking Quote #31 (Annie Mumolo)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“My token advice (to aspiring filmmakers) is do it—make your own stuff. Whether it’s short films or whatever you can do, my advice is make your own stuff. I’m a real believer in preparation meets opportunity. When this opportunity (to write Bridesmaids) came along I really had been at this a long time…I was really [...]
Feb
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2012
Another First Script = Oscar NominationPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“We basically pounded out our first draft in six days.” Annie Mumolo, co-writer of Bridesmaids Because I write so much about screenwriters who wrote 6-13 screenplays before they sold a script, it’s always nice to point out the anomalies. (It’s much more encouraging to new writers, right?) Here’s the story of a first screenplay that [...] |
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