MARCH, 2012 I’m an outliner– it’s my Linus Blanket. I just feel more at ease knowing where I’m going ahead of time. The difference between my approach and, say, Syd Field, is that I recognize there are all sorts of processes. While it might be right for me to want to know every scene in […]
Somebody ask me if you need an agent to start your career as a writer. Go ahead, I’ll wait… The answer is no. Ask me if you need to submit to screenwriting contests to start your career as a filmmaker. The answer is no. Ask me if you need to go to LA to start […]
We’re going to try something new. I want to give you a real-time look at how a micro-budget movie is made. This will be chronology; it will be insight from the inside, the life and making of the movie CHAT. Self-serving? Sure. This is SCRIPT GODS, I am happy to cop to selfishness. I hope […]
Funded! Beautiful word, is it not? As I write this here is where we stand with our Kickstarter campaign for CHAT: 198 BACKERS $25,436 PLEDGED OF $25,000 GOAL 22 HOURS TO GO
Format isn’t sexy. I’d recommend you study it only under special circumstances: Like, you want to sell your script. Object Lesson 4: Learn the rules. Then learn how to break the rules. Use professional software. Final Draft and Movie Magic are best. Free programs exist: www.celtx.com is the Columbia Film & Video School broke-ass student […]
