This morning I returned some rental equipment to PC&E Atlanta and learned that Tyler Perry’s Studio wasn’t far away. So heading south on I-285 back to Florida I made a slight detour to drive by Mr. Perry’s 200,000 square foot studio. As I took the above photo I recalled the Tyler Perry phrase “Super-Serving Your Niche”— […]
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Archive for the “Screenwriting From Iowa” CategoryProving that all beautiful sunsets aren’t found at the beach I took the above picture yesterday in Villa Rica. I was in route yesterday from Orlando, Florida to a shoot in Athens, Alabama when I pulled off Interstate 20 in Georgia between Atlanta and Birmingham because I was intrigued by the name of the historic […] From the book Script Tease by Dylan Callaghan: Question: What guides you through a story if you don’t outline? is it character or a certain voice? Diablo Cody: “I like to pick a theme. I know that sounds stupid. It’s not a super advanced technique. They pick a theme on Laverne and Shirley. I think about […] “Is there are difference between crows and blackbirds?” The Birds Since I mentioned coincidence in the post Screenwriting and Coincidence (2.0) I’d like to add what could be called one of the biggest (blatant?) misuses of coincidence by a major director in a major film. When Alfred Hitchcock used coincidence in The Birds he didn’t […] “Is here are difference between crows and blackbirds?” The Birds Since I mentioned coincidence in the post Screenwriting and Coincidence (2.0) I’d like to add what could be called one of the biggest misuses of coincidence by a major director in a major film. When Alfred Hitchcock used coincidence in The Birds he didn’t try […]
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Screenwriting & Coincidence 2.0 (Tip#11)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaSince much of the story of JAWS takes place over the Fourth of July weekend, it seems fitting on this Fourth of July weekend that on today’s repost Saturday I at least touch on the classic summer blockbuster movie. If you don’t have time to read the whole post, I’ve since found what I believe […]
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“The Godfather” Meets “Big Wednesday”Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“Charlie don’t surf.” Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore (Robert Duvall) in Apocalypse Now Screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola and John Milius This morning I took the above photo and decided to make it a challenge to use it as a springboard for a new post. How could I take a sunrise surfer shot and tie it […] Ain’t that America Something to see, baby Ain’t that America Home of the free, yeah Pink Houses/ John Mellencamp Proving once again that at this point in my life I’m a better photographer than screenwriter, I took this photo at sunrise today as this sea turtle was making its way back to the ocean after […] “A logline conveys the dramatic story of a screenplay in the most abbreviated manner possible.” Christopher Lockhart The Construction of a Logline (Get this free PDF.) Recently I was listening to Adam Levenberg’s podcast Official Screenwriting and he hit on the ever popular topic of writing loglines. Levenberg is the author of The Starter Screenplay and in […] Once upon a time most screenwriters used typewriters to write scripts. Though some still do, I would venture to guess that most screenplays are written on a computer these days. So a word of warning—the wite out test isn’t advisable on computers except in a metaphorical sense. Wite out being the white liquid that was […] |
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