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Mar
08
2012
 
Script Consultant Adam LevenbergPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“If I got an email from Adam [Levenberg] with a script attached, I would assume it was great. If he suggested I read it immediately, I would.” Ryan Engle VP-Kopeson Entertainment (Platoon, The Fugitive, Se7en) It’s hard to condense a three our conversation in under 1000 words—but I’ll try. Last December, on Christmas eve, I [...]
Mar
08
2012
2012 Oscars: World Cinema Road TripPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaI thought it would be interesting to take all the 2012 Oscar-nominated live action films and see where their stories take place. Best Picture The Artist—Hollywood, California The Descendants—Honolulu, Hawaii Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close —New York, New York The Help—Jackson, Mississippi Hugo-Paris, France Midnight in Paris—Paris, France Moneyball—Oakland, California The Tree of Life—Waco, Texas War Horse— [...]
Mar
06
2012
Filmmaking in Pakistan & IranPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“Documentary filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is a warrior for truth.” Ellie Knaus/Huffington Post When Americans think about Pakistan & Iran the first think that comes to mind is…well, not movies. And certainly not Oscar-winning movies. In fact, a filmmaker in Pakistan had never won an Oscar until last week when Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy won an Academy Award [...] “HOW do you marry God after you’ve kissed the King?” Maureen Doud NY Times/ Where the Boys Aren’t “When I met Elvis, I met a very sweet and very courteous young man who jumped to his feet and said ‘Hello,’ and ‘ How do you do, Miss Dolores?’ I was very touched by his courtesy [...] “I won’t lie, there’s a big element of luck in the industry. Right place, right time, right project.” T.J. Martin Oscar-winning co-director of Undefeated “[Undefeated] is a coming-of age film where North Memphis just happens to be the backdrop.” T.J. Martin Co-Directors Daniel Lindsay and T.J. Martin won the 2012 Best Documentary Feature for their film Undefeated. [...]
Mar
01
2012
Old Fashioned & Cutting EdgePosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“Everything we’re doing is bootstrapped and frugal, and seat-of-our pants in a MacGyver kind of way.” Brandon Oldenberg “We are a story-telling company and we like to innovate in new ways of telling stories. Short films don’t make any money really, they just become calling cards for who you are and what you’re about.” Brandon [...] “This is awesome for Louisiana.” Julie Bordelon Lafayette Entertainment Initiative “This is the first Academy Award ever received by a Shreveport artist and a strong affirmation of the role arts in brining international recognition, employment and a culturally generated economy to Shreveport.” Shreveport, La. Mayor Cedric Glover The other LA, of course, is Louisiana. At the [...]
Feb
28
2012
Filmmaking in Northern IrelandPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“The people of Northern Ireland, Protestant and Catholic, who after 30 years of war sat down, negotiated a peace and proved to the world that the Irish are great talkers.” Terry George in his Academy Award acceptance speech “Hundreds of thousands of short films are produced every year around the world and for Northern Ireland [...] It seems like the first two months of 2012 I’ve been writing a lot about Hugo and The Artist so I was pleased they both did so well at the Academy Awards last night. I’ll reflect on the Oscars later this week. I shot the above photo Elkader, Iowa on Saturday at the day end [...] |
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