“I write dialogue fairly easily. Plot is a big pain in the ass.” David Mamet If you like discussing screenplay structure, and praising or blasting three act structure, then this post is for you. I’ll start out with an exchange between writer/director Paul Schrader (Taxi Driver) and writer/director Sean Baker (The Florida Project) taken from […]
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Sean Baker is officially the poster filmmaker for Screenwriting from Iowa…and Other Unlikely Places this year. Here’s an abridged version of what I wrote years ago, “I believe there are many great stories waiting to be told outside of L.A. …I hope this blog helps you tell those stories and encourages you, especially if you […]
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“[The Little Rascals] were basically comic shorts set against the Great Depression. Most of the characters in The Little Rascals were actually living in poverty, but the focus was the joy of childhood, and the humor that comes from watching and hearing children.” Writer/director Sean Baker The Hollywood Reporter After watching The Florida Project on […]
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After watching The Florida Project on Friday I understood why critics championed the film and expect it to be remembered at Oscar time. I also understand why some people walked out of theaters before the movie was over. Sean Baker is a bold filmmaker and The Florida Project is an unflinching, non-sugarcoated look at a marginalized […]
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“I want to tell everyone reading this they have the means to shoot a feature film in their pocket” Writer/director Sean Baker (Baker only shot one scene of The Florida Project with a cell phone, but his entire feature Tangerine was shot on a couple of iPhones 5s with the FilMiC Pro app) Yesterday I […]
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Two years ago I wrote a post about an up and coming baseball player named George Springer. Well last night he won the Willie Mays World Series MVP as he helped the Houston Astros win the World Series. So this seemed a good a time as any to repost my thoughts from April 2015 after […]
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Halloween special you can file under scared to life: “The biggest lesson of my life‑Jimi [Hendrix] died at 27, Jim Morrison died at 27, and I looked at it and asked what is in common here. And what it was was trying to live that image off stage. …It took me until I got sober […]
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I’m kinda swamped with projects so I thought I’d repost one of my favorite posts from last year based on Jessica Abel’s podcast and book Out on a Wire: “The key to writing fiction and screenplays in terms of character is conflict, just like it is in non-fiction. And you have to come up with […]
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Heading into today’s game against Houston, the University of South Florida football team is 7-0. This is the story of USF’s quarterback Quinton Flowers as told by ESPN and Maria Taylor. Related Posts: La La Liberty City Scott W. Smith Tagged: ESPM, Quinton Flowers, University of South Florida
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“It kind of brings it all home—what is important?” Iowa head football coach Kurtz Ferentz Scott W. Smith Tagged: University of Iowa
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