Archive for the “Screenwriting From Iowa” Category
Jul
14
2020
 
Kelly Preston Packed a PunchPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaI was saddened to learn yesterday that actress Kelly Preston died of breast cancer at age 57. This scene from Jerry Maguire where her character breaks up with Tom Cruise’s character instantly came to mind. Though it’s been 24 years, I remember the impact of that scene the first time I saw it in theaters. […]
Jul
13
2020
To Be a Better Screenwriter . . . Study How Movies are Built in the Edit BayPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“Any writer that’s listening to me right now, you’ll gain a lot more knowledge by studying editing than you will by studying screenwriting. Screenwriting is something inside of you, it’s what you’re going to do. It’s going to be dictated by so many other things. Watch how movies are built. That’s where it really comes […]
Jul
12
2020
The Differences Between Pre-production, Production, and Post-production in Three Sentences (According to Christopher McQuarrie)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“Prep is the movie you want to make. Production is the movie you think you’re making. And post is the movie you made.” —Writer/director Christopher McQuarrie (Mission: Impossible—Fallout) The Inside Pitch Facebook live interview with Christopher Lockhart 7/11/2020
Jul
11
2020
Story Simplified According to Producer/Director/Screenwriter Christopher McQuarriePosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaToday’s post actually uses more than twice as many letters in the title than in the definition of story according to one Oscar-winner: “Story is an emotional journey. That’s all it is.” —Christopher McQuarrie (The Usual Suspects, Mission: Impossible—Fallout) The Inside Pitch Facebook live interview with Christopher Lockhart 7/11/2020 Since McQuarrie has made seven films […]
Jul
09
2020
Jerry Seinfeld & Marc Maron on the Essential Element of ComedyPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaHere’s an excerpt from the WTF with Marc Maron podcast, episode 1129. Marc Maron: I can clearly see watching [Don] Rickles–whether he’s just doing jokes or however good his timing is, or whatever—that there are moments there where I’m like this is a man filled with rage. Jerry Seinfeld: I do think we could come […]
Jul
07
2020
The Serious Lesson Jerry Seinfeld Learned from George Burns and Then Laughed All the Way to the BankPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaI needed a jolt after the July 4th weekend to get back in the saddle and I found it yesterday listening to Marc Maron’s interviews with Carl Reiner (2013) and Jerry Seinfeld (2020). It was like a mini-lesson in peak history in American comedy for the past 70 years. Before Seinfeld became the most financially […]
Jul
07
2020
The Serious Lesson Jerry Seinfeld Learned from George Burns and Then Laughed His Way to the BankPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaI needed a jolt after the July 4th weekend to get back in the saddle and I found it yesterday listening to Marc Maron’s interviews with Carl Reiner (2013) and Jerry Seinfeld (2020). It was like a mini-lesson in peak history in American comedy for the past 70 years. Before Seinfeld became the most financially […]
Jul
02
2020
Frank Darabont on Signposts Versus StructurePosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaThe following question and answer is from the Creative Screenwriting magazine article “Frank Darabont on The Green Mile” by Daniel Argent and Erik Bauer: Q. When it came down to translating The Green Mile into a screenplay, how did you put it together? Did you work with paradigms, three-act structures, reverse structures? Frank Darabont: I don’t think I’d […]
Jun
30
2020
Traveling from Darkness to Light with Frank DarabontPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa[M]ost of the characters I’ve known as a writer have traveled something of a path from darkness to lightness. Those are the characters that I love: those who seek some kind of enlightenment or betterment, a nobler sense of themselves. Those are the characters I tend to write. It’s a recurring theme in my work. […] “Blue Mind, a mildly meditative state characterized by calm, peacefulness, unity, and a sense of general happiness and satisfaction with life in the moment.” —Wallace J. Nichols Blue Mind, Chapter 1 “Why Do We Love Water So Much?’ While walking through the Minneapolis airport about 10 years ago I saw a Hobie Mirage Adventure Island […] |
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