Screenwriting From Iowa

“I recommend you dispose of anything that does not fall into one of three categories: currently in use, needed for a limited period of time, or must be kept indefinitely.”  Marie Kondō, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing This week I’m doing a little winter cleaning. Starting the […]

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Silent night, holy night! All is calm, all is bright Silent Night Lyrics by Joseph Mohr (Written in Salzburg, Austria and performed around the world for 200 years) R.C. Sproul was the Elvis of theologians. He corresponded via letters with novelist Pat Conroy and scientist Carl Sagan. He was a diehard Pittsburgh Steeler fan, did a […]

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Silent night, holy night! All is calm, all is bright Silent Night Lyrics by Joseph Mohr (Written in Salzburg, Austria and performed around the world for 200 years) R.C. Sproul was the Elvis of American Theologians. He corresponded via letters with novelist Pat Conroy and scientist Carl Sagan. He was a diehard Pittsburgh Steeler fan, did […]

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“What does love look like? …It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.” Saint Augustine, Confessions Late Saturday afternoon […]

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And there’s that one particular harbour Sheltered from the wind Where the children play on the shore each day And all are safe within One Particular Harbour written by Jimmy Buffett & Bobby Holcomb (Warning: Long post today. Only wrote it because I think it needed to be said. You might disagree, but that’s the […]

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We tried to keep our crew small enough [on The Florida Project] where we weren’t a big presence that would suddenly bring artifice to the scene that we were shooting…they were ready to go and improvise behind the camera, and sometimes throw the schedule away. As long as I was proving to production and my […]

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“Well, as a rule about 50% you have in your mind before you start the picture, and the rest you develop as you’re making it.” Writer/Director/Actor (and silent film comic genius)  Buster Keaton  “Going into a day we were 70% structured, 30% was left up to the film gods to give us happy accidents.” Writer/Director/Editor Sean Baker […]

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The Central Florida Project (CFP) was a success. Not to be confused with the movie The Florida Project, what I’m calling the CFP is in regard to the University of Central Florida football team. Two years ago they finished the season 0-12 and this season they finished 12-0 with an invitation to play Auburn in […]

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The past week has been crazier that most which explain the largest gap between posts in maybe a couple of years. Trying to get back in the saddle with a photo I took at  the end of November. It’s at the Vero Beach Museum of Art . They have a current exhibit of Master of […]

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I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by… Sea Fever by John Masefield I have a few more days of posts related to The Florida Project movie, and today’s is semi-related.  The Magic Castle […]

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