Archive for the “Screenwriting From Iowa” Category
May
07
2014
 
Screenwriting Quote #187 (Rod Serling)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaFormer Florida State University football coach Bobby Bowden once said of one of his players, “He may not be in a class by himself, but whatever class he’s in it doesn’t take long to take roll.” I though of that quote I heard decades ago when I read the following quote by Rod Serling. “You […]
May
05
2014
Screenwriting Quote #186 (M. Night)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“For me, writing a screenplay is an important thing, it is a thing unto itself, as opposed to a blueprint for a movie. I take pride in those 120 pages, that the screenplay can be a piece of art all by itself, a thing you can sit down and read, as opposed to just connecting […]
May
02
2014
Postcard #77 (Iowa State Capital)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaThis morning I shot some b-roll footage and photographs of the Iowa State Capital, and when its golden dome has a backdrop of a deep blue sky it’s one of the most beautiful government buildings you’ll find. Scott W. Smith “Let me try to state the basic idea of the regional movement. Each section [of the United States] has a personality of its own, in physiography, industry, psychology. Thinking painters and writers who have passed their formative years in these regions will, by care-taking analysis, work out and interpret in their productions these varying personalities. Grant […]
Apr
30
2014
Writers Not Breaking In (Part 2)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“The most important thing new writers can do to help themselves is to get better at their craft and educate themselves about the business. You don’t want to get ripped off by the sharks that feed on aspiring writers? Learn the business and be smarter than the sharks. No one can take advantage of you […]
Apr
29
2014
Writers Not Breaking In (Part 1)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“Most writers fail at all entry points because their loglines don’t work. And the loglines don’t work because the screenplays don’t work. You’d be amazed at how much easier it gets when the writer has material that actually piques the town’s interest. But to gain full access, the screenplay has to deliver too. And that’s […] Dina Gachman: What advice would you give to writers who are trying to break in? Brooklyn Weaver (CEO Energy Entertainment): “Mickey Fisher, for example, had written about 10 scripts and a slew of plays prior to sending Extant. He finally had a script that he’d worked really hard on and that he felt was the best representation […] “When I look out and I see people, who most likely have no idea who we are, responding to our music, it’s pretty damn rewarding.” Roadkill Ghost Choir frontman Andrew Shepard Band on the Rise article by Donovan Farley For the past year or so I’ve been using Saturday’s to repost some of the screenwriting […] “I would never write about someone who is not at the end of his rope.” Stanley Elkin I’ll round out a couple of weeks of movie related golf posts with a scene of a not so happy Adam Sandler character at the end of his rope. The comedy Happy Gilmore was a fictional story about a former hockey player […] “Just remember where you came from and treat people like you’d like to be treated.” Arnold Palmer “EVERY SCENE MUST BE DRAMATIC. THAT MEANS: THE MAIN CHARACTER MUST HAVE A SIMPLE, STRAIGHTFORWARD, PRESSING NEED WHICH IMPELS HIM OR HER TO SHOW UP IN THE SCENE.” David Mamet (And, yes, the all caps are Mamet’s) When the movie Falling Down came out in 1993 the […] |
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