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The Biz: 2016: Part 1

November 27, 2016 0 Comment

As 2016 winds down, I’d like to dedicate this post to recent trends in the business of TV, screenwriting, web series, changing trends, etc. Here are some of the best articles I’ve read on the subject during the course of 2016.  With apologies to all my Columbia College students, this is dedicated to your ongoing […]

Good Reader, pretty self-evident here. Over the course of the year I’ve read some great stuff  on the art/craft of screenwriting and film-making. I turn you onto this (if you haven’t already see them) in the hope it helps you in your own journey to lay down your vision. I include the links and a […]

Film Noir

October 16, 2016 0 Comment

Amazing to go to YouTube and see the number of classic Film Noirs available for free. Public domain casualities. And the prevailing mentality of the collective societal conscious being free= the Norm. Still, in researching this post I found full movie links on many classics… I was about to list ten but discovered a link […]

I know, I really need to pick a great movie scene from after 1980… Just posted one on On The Waterfront, and here I am back in 1976 for Network, another classic scene cued by a single line of dialogue: “I’m as mad as hell and I’m not going to take this any more!” This […]

Proof Of Concept

October 2, 2016 0 Comment

“A proof of concept (POC) or a proof of principle is a realization of a certain method or idea to demonstrate its feasibility, or a demonstration in principle, whose purpose is to verify that some concept or theory has the potential of being used. A proof of concept is usually small and may or may […]