Milieu is one of those words where you just feel smarter tossing it around. And since the word has its origins in French it rolls off the tongue nicely and can give the typical American a bit of international flair. Of course, it can also come across as pompous and make you sound like a [...]
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Archive for the “Screenwriting From Iowa” Category“Just what does ‘four-quadrant’ mean? It’s a movie that appeals to all four main demographic groups—young and old, male and female.” Jim Cinile Meet the Four Quadrents “Brief definition of a 4Q Film: The film that appeals to all four quadrants, or demographic groups. They’re broad and will be enjoyed by males over 25, males [...]
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Sawing Your Way into HollywoodPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaAs I approach my 1,000th post on Screenwriting from Iowa, I find myself wondering if I should just stop at 1,000. But then I stumble upon something fresh, new and different and it inspires me to take my car a little further down the road. See what’s in the next village. Today that comes in [...] “It’s what real movies are supposed to be. The whole family can like it. There’s a big idea behind it that I think is interesting to think about—about what control do we really have over our own lives. And it’s very uplifting and satisfying, and fun, and I really couldn’t stop reading it when I [...]
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Project Greenlight 2 (Part 6)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“I just want this movie to have a chance. That’s what you hope for—You hope for lightning in the bottle.” Rick Schwartz Miramax Senior VP Production (Quoted in 2003 in regard to the movie The Battle of Shaker Heights) “I really hope this works. I hope people go see this movie. That would be the [...]
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Project Greenlight 2 (Part 7)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“The Battle of Shaker Heights is more like the war of subplots.” Review by Scott Hollerman The Project Greenlight 2 movie The Battle of Shaker Heights shows that an experienced crew, talented actors, and even inexperienced co-directors can make just as mediocre a movie for a million dollars as Hollywood typically does for $50 million. The [...]
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Project Greenlight 2 (Part 5)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“You gotta respect Bill (Sadler) for even coming in and trying this. You literally have to come in and shoot the biggest, hardest scene you have in the movie—that’s a lot to ask from an actor.” Chris Moore In Project Greenlight 2 (Part 4) I touched on how well the experienced crew shinned in the [...]
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Project Greenlight 2 (Part 4)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaRarely do you get a full glimpse into the behind the scene making of a film, so although Project Greenlight 2 first aired on HBO in 2003 there are some valuable things to learn watching the DVD series. While I’m sure some of the conflict is contrived during the 13 episodes, there are some basic [...]
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Project Greenlight 2 (Part 3)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaThe winners directors of Project Greenlight 2 back in 2002 were two filmmakers from Maine, Kyle Rankin and Efram Potelle. They had got their start in production while in middle school and high school with a Maine Student Film and Video Festival. In 1996 the made a feature in Maine called Raindeer Games (not to [...]
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Project Greenlight 2 (Part 2)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“After I read the script The Battle of Shaker Heights I was dying to get in touch with the writer. I read a lot of scripts and it’s almost never happened to me that I found material that I connected to so much that I wanted to direct it and it’s pretty ironic and amazing [...] |
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