“Reversals are a more compelling form of discoveries or revelations because they turn the story upside down.” Karl Iglesias Writing for Emotional Impact (Let me preface this post by saying that while I’ve been a registered Democrat and a registered Republican in the past, for the past 15 years I’ve been an independent. And though […]
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Nov
14
2016
 
‘There’s a crack in everything…’Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaThere is a crack in everything That’s how the light gets in Leonard Cohen (1934-2016) Anthem Sometimes it just takes a few words to say a lot. Can I get an amen? How about a hallelujah? Leonard Cohen died last week and here’s one of Leonard Cohen’s most well-known songs (Hallelujah) written and recorded by himself, […] “Today, on Veterans Day, we honor those who served our country. You who once wore the uniform of our Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, or Coast Guard, we owe you our thanks, we owe you our respect, and we owe you our freedom.” President Obama Veterans Day Ceremony 11/11/16 Today is Veterans Day in the […]
Nov
08
2016
Postcard #106 (Politics 2016)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa On this 2016 election day here in the United States I wanted to uniquely captured the presidential race in one photo and here is the results. I used my Nikon D800 in multiple shot mode to take a picture of a Hillary Clinton/ Tim Kaine sign and one of a Donald Trump/Mike Pence sign and […]
Nov
07
2016
The Night Baseball Got Born AgainPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaTo paraphrase what David Mamet once said about the theater—Baseball is always dying and always being reborn. The Chicago Cubs winning the final game of a best of seven game World Series was the stuff of high drama. A couple of years ago I wrote a post called Screenwriting and the Super Bowl. This post […] The Cleveland Indians host the Chicago Cubs tonight in the deciding World Series game. The Indians haven’t won a World Series since 1948 and the Cubs since 1908. And both teams also have a bit of Hollywood history with Major League (1989) written by David S. Ward and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) written by […] “In the entire history of theater, it would be difficult to think of a play that’s more purely American than Bleacher Bums.” Los Angeles Times review If the Chicago Cubs lose tonight there will be some happy Cubs fans. That’s not a typo. Yes, the Cleveland Indians fans will be happy if there team wins […]
Oct
27
2016
Postcard #105 (Wrigley Field)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaDo they still play the blues in Chicago When baseball season rolls around A Cub’s Fan Dying Request/Steve Goodman Last night the Chicago Cubs won their first World Series game in 71 years. It was kind of a big deal for the Windy City. Tomorrow the Cubs host the Cleveland Indians in the first World […] In continuing a sweeping overview of various people and jobs that help make movies, today I’ve found five videos that explain and demonstrate sound design from the perspective of foley. While Hollywood feature films will have a team working on sound design, the techniques that are shown here can be scaled down to smaller idependent […] “For a writer, it’s a word. For a composer or a musician, it’s a note. For an editor and a filmmaker, it’s the frames.” Quentin Tarantino “The sad fact was the shark [in JAWS] would only look real in 36 frames not 38 frames. And that two frame difference was between something really scary and […] |
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