Professional screenwriters expect their scripts to be rewritten. It’s a time-honored process. In feature films, the typical script goes through several rewrites, by several different writers. In TV writing, the process is collaborative – several people get into a room, order Chinese food, and hash out every line together. I’ve …
Well, you can’t script or storyboard a real documentary until you’ve shot footage. Run the cameras now and deal with narrative structure later. I love documentaries, though. Documentary is a fun genre, and fiction films often borrow documentary language. The result? I’ve written two scripts using very different documentary film …
Here’s the complete list of my ideas for short films. With links to log lines and other details about the screenplays. A brief polemic on Recycling for Filmmakers. Short film ideas are everywhere. Developing them takes time. Some filmmakers find script development tedious. Others struggle to come up with new ideas. …
Every year, I see articles about how Hollywood is out of ideas, and how we are about to be subjected to a series of sequels and remakes. However, I often find myself pleasantly surprised by sequels and remakes.
I just updated the blog from my phone. Test is successful. Technology makes everything better. Well, maybe not everything. If you’re a Hollywood screenwriter, you have a front row seat as technology sends the film making industry to the same resting place where it has already sent the music industry. The business …
On this Planet Money podcast, the lead singer of OK Go about the music industry, or, rather, how the internet has changed the music industry over the past couple of decades.
Essentially, he says that we are living in interesting times.