“Remember the old days, when movies were glorious, magical and mute? Neither do I. But the passing of the silent era from memory into myth is what ’The Artist,’ Michel Hazanavicius’s dazzling cinematic objet d’art, is all about.” A.O. Scott New York Times article The Artist (2011) Yesterday I went to see The Artist for the third [...]
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Stephen Moramarco has what he calls, “my own instant* Screenplay formula— a way to create a structure for a feature film that you could make yourself.” The good news is it’s totally free—and it even comes with an asterisk; “*Results may vary.” Here’s Step Six: “The main character must CHANGE. A screenplay is a story, [...]
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“It’s amazing what M&Ms can do for morale.“ Steve Moramarco Actor, filmmaker and UCLA film school grad Steve Moramarco (@moremarkable) wrote an article last year in Indie Wire titled How to Make Your First Feature Film for $5,000—which just happened to be how much his first feature film The Great Intervention cost to shot and edited. [...]
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This one is for the quitters out there…or at least the ones thinking about quitting their screenwriting journey. The following quote is from a writer who last year had a script of his land on the 2011 Black List (The Imitation Game) before it sold for a reported 7-figure deal, and then he was attached [...]
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It’s West Virginia day here at Screenwriting from Iowa. Below are three of the Google micro documentaries that I field produced and shot in Charleston and Martinsburg, WV on behalf of Magnet Media in New York City. In total, I did 21 of these last year in six states and they were a blast to work [...]
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A couple of weeks ago I was in Des Moines on a project and came across a book by Hugh MacLeod (@gapingavoid) called Ignore everybody; And 39 Other Keys to Creativity. And I landed on this little sentence of his that I’ve mulled over ever since: “Don’t try to stand out from the crowd; avoid [...]
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“I [write] everyday: bankers hours—10 a.m. to 4:00—5:00 p.m. It’s a job…On a script that goes well, I’d say I spend three months outlining and two months writing. That’s ideal.” Oscar-winning screenwriter Steve Zaillian (Shindler’s List) Script Magazine Interview with Ray Morton P.S. And for what its worth, Zaillian writes on a legal pad sitting [...]
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“A co-worker of mine was raving about him, and I had never met him or seen his work, and I said, ‘What’s the big deal about Scott Duncan?’” Natalie Jowett Producer—ESPN/Maggie Vision Here are three more videos to give you a glimpse into Scott Duncan and his creative world. The first video is an overview [...]
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One of the things that makes Scott Duncan‘s work as a director of photography stand out is his use of contrasts. Shooting wide (sometimes fisheye wide) and shooting extremely tight, sometimes he slows images down (the Phantom camera can shoot 1,000 FPS) and sometimes he speeds up the images with time-lapse photography, sometimes his images [...]
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“If Indiana Jones were a cameraman his name would be Scott Duncan.” Moe Shore Abel Cine blog post by Moe Shore “I have several cameraman that I’m close to—that I respect and love, but there’s Scott [Duncan]—and then there’s everyone great, and then there’s everyone else.” Natalie Jowett Producer-ESPN/Maggie Vision There are some talented shooters [...]
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