Winslow Homer (1836-1910) was one of America’s greatest painters. He began his career as an illustrator before moving to Prout’s Neck, Maine. His style was eclectic as he created his art in oil paintings, etching, wood engraving, and watercolor. He is most known or his land and seascapes. His most popular works are Crack the [...]
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“Somebody have me a copy of Robert Mckee’s Story. I said, ‘This is like trying to understand a human being by looking at DNA.’ Maybe we could put the book on the shelf, and right next to it could be the Leslie Dixon book, which would be a flyer saying, ‘Do they want to turn [...]
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“I didn’t say, ‘I’m going to be a writer.’ All I knew was, that I was able to write better than a lot of the stuff I was reading, and I was going to take a shot at it. That it turned out the way it did was accidental — purely accidental. Not a matter [...]
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” I didn’t say, ‘I’m going to be a writer.’ All I knew was, that I was able to write better than a lot of the stuff I was reading, and I was going to take a shot at it. That it turned out the way it did was accidental — purely accidental. Not a [...]
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Last weekend I was shooting in St. Pete Beach where I’ve had the good fortune to spend a little time there over the years. I always think of two things when I head that way — Woody’s (a cafe) and writer James Michener. Woody’s is a former bait shop built in 1945 and is now [...]
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“I believe throughout history, through all of history, way back to the most early days of the human race, when people gathered around the fireplace at night, they wanted to remember what had happened and reflect upon the big events of that day and reassess values and maybe get new dedication to the next day. [...]
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As one of the screenwriters for X-Men Origins; Wolverine, David Benioff is having a good run. Wolverine had an opening box office weekend of $87 million. You wouldn’t think a novelist (The 25th Hour) who wrote the script for The Kite Runner would feel at place (or even be considered) writing a blockbuster film. (But no one [...]
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One of the best places to hear interviews with top screenwriters is Jeff Goldsmith’s iTunes podcasts that are a part of the Creative Screenwriters Film Screen Series. Currently there are 99 interviews with various writers and directors and they are free.
Goldsmith is the senior editor of Creative Screenwriting and if you go to their website at www.creativescreenwriting.com [...]
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Pixar has made some classic films including Toy Story, Finding Nemo, and Monsters, Inc. That made me wonder what the process was for writing a Pixar screenplay and I found this quote:
“The writing process at Pixar is very messy, very collaborative and very labor-intensive. Our films are discovered in the “rewriting.” All of our films are [...]
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With all this talk about the Internet, blogging, Twitter, webisodes, etc., I thought I’d mention something a little more…well, more human. I bought a new photography camera today that I need a job Monday and while I could a saved a few dollars by buying it online I bought it at a photography store that [...]
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