The following exchange is part of an interview of Election screenwriters Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor by Kevin Conroy Scott from his book Screenwriters’ Masterclass. Kevin Conroy Scott: The Voice over really works well in the film (Election) and I think it’s wonderful. Why do you think Hollywood screenwriting books are so against the technique of [...]
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Author ArchiveThanks to the high school & college students for showing up at my two talks today (Entrepreneurial Filmmaking & and Screenwriting from Iowa) at the University of Northern Iowa. Those are a blast to do when I can fit them into my schedule. And since the UNI campus is here in Cedar Falls, IA it’s [...] “Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.” Steve Jobs “I didn’t see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being [...]
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Micro Documentaries (Minnesota)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaOnly two more days of my little detour showing more Google micro documentaries that I field produced on behalf of New York City-based Magnet Media. These videos are part of the Minnesota Get Your Business Online campaign which is offering free resources to small businesses: Scott W. Smith
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Micro Documentaries (Kansas)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaNot every screenwriter and storyteller is going to work on the film projects that Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin work on. (If you wonder why Moneyball is such a solid film notice they are both credited for the screenplay.) But there are other opportunities out there. Here’s a couple more Google micro documentaries that I [...]
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2011
Micro Documentaries (Missouri)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa As promised, here are a couple Google micro documentaries that I field produced in Missouri on behalf of New York City based Magnet Media. These videos are part of the Missouri Get Your Business Online champaign which is offering free resources to small businesses: Scott W. Smith [...] When I visited the University of Missouri last week I learned about the Missouri School of Journalism’s first new major in more than 50 years—Convergence Journalism. They launched the program in 2005, which just happened to be the same year You Tube was founded. According to the school’s website one of the reasons for this new [...] Brad Pitt is starting to remind me more and more of Robert Redford. Perhaps it has something to do with Redford being basically the same age as Pitt is in Moneyball when he made the baseball centered film The Natural (1984). Perhaps it’s that their good looks glow even more when they’re backlit. But I think it has something [...]
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2011
Filmmaking Quote #24 (Brad Pitt)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“It’s hard not to be romantic about baseball.” Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) Moneyball Today I saw Moneyball starring Brad Pitt and loved everything about it.* It completed a week where by happenstance I followed the Brad Pitt trail. Last Saturday while on location shooting a video project I drove by Shawnee, Oklahoma where Brad was [...]
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Postcard #7 (Mark Twain’s Florida)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaMark Twain was born in Florida. If you want to win an easy bet throw that statement out. Because the majority of people will disagree with you and say that he was born in Missouri. Most people associate Twain with Hannibal, Missouri which is fitting because he moved there went he was young and it [...] |
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