Champion surfer Kelly Slater gets it–this whole digital revolution. In an interview he did with Surfing Magazine four years ago Slater mentioned how the newer younger breed of surfers are not only sitting in on video editing sessions but editing their own footage and he speculated about the future of surfers using video:
“Guys in 20 [...]
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It seems like there’s been quite a few movies in the last couple years that deal with the changing of the guard from older to younger. And as the boomers start to retire I’m sure that theme will become more popular. One of the great lessons I learned playing sports into college is how every [...]
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If you follow hurricanes at all you may know that Hurricane Bill kicked up some pretty nice waves along the Florida’s east coast the past few days. Florida is not usually known for large waves. Most days the surf pales compared to the best surf spots in California & Hawaii. So one could make the [...]
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“Fame is like cigarettes with no surgeon general warning. It destroys most people as it did to the true and only King of Pop. We exploit ourselves and eat our own egos ‘Till there is nothing left.”
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“I never spent less than two years on the text of one of my picture books, even though each of them is approximately 380 words long. Only when the text is finished … do I begin the pictures.”
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This week I watch Last Chance Harvey on DVD and really enjoyed it and wondered who wrote the script that attracted the acting talents of Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson. Turns out it was Joel Hopkins who also directed the film.
Though I know little of his life story, what I do knows shows the difficulties [...]
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This is no question that journalism is changing these days. But between whatever it was and whatever it will be there was a 50+ year span where producer Don Hewitt was in the center of the mix. Hewitt, who died yesterday, was many things in his career—but at the core he was a master storyteller.
After [...]
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I know William C. Martell’s book The Secrets of Action Screenwriting is out of print but you can really track down a copy if you want one (and want to spend a little money) so this will be the last post from Martell’s book. I’ll leave you with some encouraging words:
“Now, it’s time for YOU [...]
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Right now there is a hurricane out in the Atlantic Ocean and there is speculation on whether or not it will hit the eastern coast of the United States. A couple days ago was the five year anniversary of hurricane Charlie. Charlie made landfall in Fort Myers, moved directly over Orlando where I happened to [...]
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“REVERSALS are little twists which occur within a scene. If the twists takes the STORY in another direction, it’s a ‘plot twist.’ The most common criticism of beginner’s scripts is that they’re too predictable. The reader KNOWS what’s going to happen next, so why read on?
Already, you’re up against the genre in making [...]
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