Archive for the “Screenwriting From Iowa” Category
Oct
04
2011
 
Micro Documentaries (Kansas)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaNot every screenwriter and storyteller is going to work on the film projects that Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin work on. (If you wonder why Moneyball is such a solid film notice they are both credited for the screenplay.) But there are other opportunities out there. Here’s a couple more Google micro documentaries that I [...]
Oct
03
2011
Micro Documentaries (Missouri)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa As promised, here are a couple Google micro documentaries that I field produced in Missouri on behalf of New York City based Magnet Media. These videos are part of the Missouri Get Your Business Online champaign which is offering free resources to small businesses: Scott W. Smith [...] When I visited the University of Missouri last week I learned about the Missouri School of Journalism’s first new major in more than 50 years—Convergence Journalism. They launched the program in 2005, which just happened to be the same year You Tube was founded. According to the school’s website one of the reasons for this new [...] Brad Pitt is starting to remind me more and more of Robert Redford. Perhaps it has something to do with Redford being basically the same age as Pitt is in Moneyball when he made the baseball centered film The Natural (1984). Perhaps it’s that their good looks glow even more when they’re backlit. But I think it has something [...]
Oct
01
2011
Filmmaking Quote #24 (Brad Pitt)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“It’s hard not to be romantic about baseball.” Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) Moneyball Today I saw Moneyball starring Brad Pitt and loved everything about it.* It completed a week where by happenstance I followed the Brad Pitt trail. Last Saturday while on location shooting a video project I drove by Shawnee, Oklahoma where Brad was [...]
Sep
29
2011
Postcard #7 (Mark Twain’s Florida)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaMark Twain was born in Florida. If you want to win an easy bet throw that statement out. Because the majority of people will disagree with you and say that he was born in Missouri. Most people associate Twain with Hannibal, Missouri which is fitting because he moved there went he was young and it [...]
Sep
29
2011
Brad Pitt & the Future of JournalismPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaAs I headed home after a week of video shooting in Oklahoma I made a stop in Columbia, Missouri. I had never been on the University of Missouri campus before, but had heard about the famed Missouri School of Journalism (J-School) ever since I was a paid 19-year old photojournalist while still in college. Missouri’s J-School was [...]
Sep
28
2011
Postcard #6 (Waxahachie, TX)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaAs I left the Baylor University campus this morning I drove by the theater building where the great playwright Horton Foote did some teaching. Just just over an hour later, between Waco and Dallas, I drove through Waxahacie, Texas. Waxahacie may not be on your radar, but back when I was in film school took [...] One of things I love discovering on the road is those out of the way small places that have been at the crossroads of big things. On Saturday I shot a video in Claremore, Oklahoma (pop. 18,581) that is not only where Will Rodgers once called home but it (and the greater area) is where [...] This morning I was on the campus of Baylor University in Waco, Texas and on the above building that I photographed was inscribed: WISDOM IS BETTER THAN RUBIES |
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