This was overheard at a restaurant in Morgantown, West Virginia in regard to all the well dressed women during sorority rush week walking around at the University of West Virginia: “You get to see Morgantown’s finest during sorority week.” Related Post: From West Virginia to Hollywood (on screenwriter Lawrence Kasden—Raiders of the Lost Ark— who grew up [...]
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I asked a West Virginian what Moonshine tasted like and he said;“It’s like drinking fire.” That made me think I needed to start a new category for what I consider original lines or at least ones I consider fresh. 
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When you think of actress Jennifer Garner you probably don’t think of Charleston, West Virginia— but that’s where she spent much of her childhood before graduating from George Washington High School. I was in Charleston shooting a project today and learned that as a teenager Garner worked at a men’s clothing store called Kelley’s Men’s [...]
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It’s not usual for directors to use non-professional actors from time to time, but Steve Soderbergh took it to extreme for his 2006 film Bubble—the entire cast was non-professionals actors. I was reminded of that film today when I drove through Parkerburgh, West Virginia & Belpre, Ohio. Soderbergh, who directed and shot the film, said [...]
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Before Friday Night Lights—the TV show, movie and book…and even before lights were used in a high school football games, there was a high school rivalry in Ohio between Massillon Washington and Canton McKinley. Fresh off of personally completing the final episode of the TV program Friday Night Lights this past weekend, on Sunday and Monday I [...]
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In light of Connie Britton stirring up more rumors of a movie version of TV show Friday Night Lights, yesterday I completed the final episode of the TV series. I blazed through the full five seasons in just a couple of month. In classic screenwriting terms the TV series had a strong start, a great mid-point twist (at the end [...]
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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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Thanks 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 [...]
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“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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Only 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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