Author Archive
Jul
16
2011
 
Writing Quote #28 (H.G. Bissinger)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“I wrote Friday Night Lights when I was 33. I am now 55. Haunts me every day. Best thing that ever happened. Worse thing that ever happened…I want to be known for something more than that.” H.G. Bissinger via Twitter & Houston Chronicle interview As much as H.G. Bissinger would like to be known for something [...]
Jul
15
2011
Remembering the “Friday Night Lights”Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“Odessa is the setting for this book, but it could be anyplace in this vast land where, on a Friday night, a set of spindly stadium lights rise to the heavens to so powerfully, and so briefly ignite the darkness.” H.G. Bissinger Friday Night Lights, A Town, a Team, and a Dream To the creators [...] “Imagine contributing good 2 one person, place, or thing today- then do it. The creative life as a catalyst for changing the world. Consider.” @charliepeaccok Tweeter tweet 7/13/11 The problem with superlatives is they tend to undercut what you are writing or saying. Usually when I heard someone walk out of a concert or a [...]
Jul
13
2011
Filmmaking Quote #21 (Spielberg)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“I like to do my own casting. I think eighty percent of what you contribute to the film is in the selection of the actors.” Steven Spielberg Directing the Film written by Eric Sherman Page 69 “I got a job delivering papers in Pasadena, and pretty soon, by reading the ad sections, I found out about an opening with a traveling ensemble called the Bishop’s Company. I decided to give it a shot, thinking that this might be a way to really get out. at the audition they gave me a [...]
Jul
11
2011
Filmmaking Quote #20 (Gale Tattersall)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaThe past three days I caught a large chunk of the creativeLive HD-DSLR workshop that featured director of photography Gale Tattersall. The emphasis was on shooting with cameras like the Canon 5D with a large portion dedicated to lighting and low-budget filmmaking. Tattersall made some waves last year when he shot the season finale of [...]
Jul
10
2011
Screenwriting Quote #160 (Justin Zackham)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“I was in a bookstore one day, and I don’t know what happened. It was just like, “Pow!” I sat down and I tore blank pages out of a couple books, and I just started writing. I wrote the whole story of The Bucket List. Ultimately the story is these two guys each have their [...]
Jul
09
2011
Writing Quote #27 (Anne Lamott)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“We all feel like we are pulling teeth, even those writers whose prose ends up being the most natural and fluid. The right words and sentences just do not come pouring out like ticker tape most of the time.”Anne LamottBird by Bird: some Instructions on Writing and Life You can file this one under, “we need to be reminded more than we need to be taught”; “The the creative process may be wild, byzantine and scatter shot, the results of that creation should be tightly focused, somewhat linear, and easy to understand. Screenplays are simple stories about complex people. Problems frequently arise when [...]
Jul
07
2011
Screenwriting Quote #160 (David Peoples)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“Your work either reflects respect and caring for the rest of humanity or it reflects your baser feelings. As a writer, you have an obligation to write, and you want to think that what you’re doing is the right thing. Maybe it’s not. You can’t be the judge of it yourself, but you can try [...] |
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