Ramesh Santanam on The Inside Pitch interview with OScar winning screenwriter Chris McQuarrie (at the 1:58:58 mark) asked McQuarrie a question about how he dealt with notes from studio executive in the development process and he told this great story about a writer who said he got a the “dumbest note he’d ever received” note […]
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“What I’ve learned to do, probably really in just the last couple of films is to regard music and dialogue as very much one in the same. Dialogue is just as musical as music is a language. And by thinking of dialogue in musical terms, thinking of dialogue in terms of something that conveys an […]
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“What I’ve learned to do, probably really in just the last couple of films is to regard music and dialogue as very much one in the same. Dialogue is just as musical as music is a language. And by thinking of dialogue in musical terms, thinking of dialogue in terms of something that conveys an […]
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Christopher Lockhart’s two hour interview with writer/director Christopher McQuarrie— that was originally shown on the private Facebook group The Inside Pitch— is now on YouTube. Here are two filmmaking lessons from the Mission: Impossible writer/director McQuarrie (the second which he said took him 25 years to articulate): LESSON 1 “I didn’t understand lens on my […]
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Christopher Lockhart’s two hour interview with writer/director Christopher McQuarrie— that was originally shown on the private Facebook group The Inside Pitch— is now on YouTube. Here are two filmmaking lessons from the Mission: Impossible writer/director McQuarrie (the second which he said took him 25 years to articulate): Lesson one “I didn’t understand lens on my […]
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“Here’s how you become a screenwriter: Get yourself a pencil and a piece of paper—you don‘t need a computer, you don’t need Final Draft— and write interior [INT] and then chose any location you want. And then decide whether it’s night or day. You’re a screenwriter. There’s no such thing as an aspiring screenwriter or […]
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“If you think you’re a failure as a writer because you’re failing, you’re doing it wrong. The whole idea is you’re supposed to be failing. You’re supposed to be learning from your mistakes. You’re supposed to be going through a process of trial and error and trial by fire. The strongest steel goes through the […]
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I was saddened to learn yesterday that actress Kelly Preston died of breast cancer at age 57. This scene from Jerry Maguire where her character breaks up with Tom Cruise’s character instantly came to mind. Though it’s been 24 years, I remember the impact of that scene the first time I saw it in theaters. […]
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“Any writer that’s listening to me right now, you’ll gain a lot more knowledge by studying editing than you will by studying screenwriting. Screenwriting is something inside of you, it’s what you’re going to do. It’s going to be dictated by so many other things. Watch how movies are built. That’s where it really comes […]
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“Prep is the movie you want to make. Production is the movie you think you’re making. And post is the movie you made.” —Writer/director Christopher McQuarrie (Mission: Impossible—Fallout) The Inside Pitch Facebook live interview with Christopher Lockhart 7/11/2020
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