Archive for the “Screenwriting From Iowa” Category
Jun
06
2017
 
Postcard #131 (Downtown Greenville)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaI did a video production in Greenville, South Carolina just over a decade ago and found that it was one of my favorite towns in the South. Visiting there today it’s even nicer than it was a decade ago. Greenville is artsy and outdoorsy (hiking, biking, kayaking). It’s home to Furman University and business seems […]
Jun
05
2017
Postcard #130 (St. Simons Island Lighthouse)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaThe St. Simons Island Light is a lighthouse completed in 1872 and one of the most dramatic events to happen there occurred in 1880 when assistant keeper John Stephens killed lightkeeper Frederick Osborne in a pistol dual. More recently The Leisure Seekers (2017) starring Donald Sutherland and Helen Mirren shot for a couple of days […]
Jun
04
2017
Postcard #129 (Jekyll Island)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaUntil today, I hadn’t been to Jekyll Island, Georgia in more than 20 years. I did an hour long bike ride of the trails there and took this photo of what’s now called the Jekyll Island Resort Club. In the late 1800s it was a playground of the wealthiest Americans. Before that Spanish explorers first came […]
Jun
02
2017
New Skill Acquisition in ActionPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaI’ll follow yesterday’s post on Scott Adam’s talking about the skill acquisition success formula with a photo taken today which rounds out a week of personally dipping into a few areas of new skill acquisition. I don’t know how many cameras I’ve shot with since my film school days, but the number of film/video/digital cameras […]
Jun
02
2017
The Skill Acquisition Success FormulaPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“Every skill you acquire doubles your odds of success.” Scott Adams Dilbert creator While Scott Adams says “it’s never a good idea to take advice from cartoonist” that’s just a friendly way to disarm you, make you like him, and want to hear what he has to say. And he makes a point of saying […]
May
31
2017
Picking Words That Give Readers an ExperiencePosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“I write in layers. so there’s the first draft, second draft, but somewhere near the end—the final layer, I look at every word I use and I think is there a word that will work on an emotional level…something that’ll keep you awake that means exactly the same thing? So here’s an example, if I […]
May
30
2017
S-Town, Brian Reed & Why ‘Podcasting is the Future of Storytelling’Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“This is certainly the fastest that a podcast has accrued that big of an audience, no matter how you cut it.” Nick Quah on S-Town I’m not sure a screenwriter has hit the network TV talkshow circuit since 2007/08 when Juno brougth Diablo Cody fame. But S-Town podcast producer Brian Reed was interviewed on Jimmy […] Since I’ve been blogging about podcasts all week I thought it was fitting to end on a podcast with a screenwriting emphasis—The Q&A with Jeff Goldsmith. It’s currently ranked #10 by iTunes in US Film/TV podcasts. Here are several links to quotes I’ve pulled from various podcasts over the years with Goldsmith interviewing various screenwriters. Jordan […]
May
28
2017
Jeff Goldsmith (Before The Q&A)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaYesterday’s posts was inspired by the The Q&A with Jeff Goldsmith. But before he started that podcast he had other outlets where he interviewed various screenwriters. Here are a few more links to posts where I pulled them from some of Goldsmith’s interviews. ‘Keep Your Head Down’ Screenwriting Quote #169 (Christopher Nolan) Filmmaking Quote #14 […] |
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