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Video Mixed Bag- Columbia College Special, Part 4

March 12, 2022 0 Comment

Yes Good Reader, it’s time for the Columbia College-Chicago video bag again! Now that we’re back with face-to-face classes, here are a few selections I show the kids to inspire and enlighten. Hope you enjoy! —THE HUNGER- OPENING SEQUENCE – SCREENWRITERS, TAKE NOTE! 5 MINUTES, 5 WORDS. —THE LISTENING DEAD. ONE OF MY FAVORITES FOR YEARS. […]

Odds & Ends On Web Series

February 17, 2022 0 Comment

We all remember what happened with Louis CK–back in the pre-COVID world. With the shit-show of 2020, the shit-show of Louis CK just kinda… dropped from the collective mind. Did you know he had a web series? Check this out. It was $31 bucks when it came out. Now it’s just $13. Gets you all […]

Anatomy Of A Scene, Part 2

January 7, 2022 0 Comment

One more sampling of the fabulous New York Times, Anatomy Of A Series. Some of the best, most incisive commentary you’ll find. Leading off with with especially timely thoughts from Spike Lee for DO THE RIGHT THING… SPIDER MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE ROMA THE MARTIAN BIRDMAN

Overheard Dialogue- COVID-era, Part 2

October 23, 2021 0 Comment

OVERHEARD DIALOGUE It gets annoying, doesn’t it? All the experts–and yeah, me too–trying to tell you how to write F-U-N-N-Y? Is such a thing even possible? It’s doubtful there’s a simple answer. . It would be more complex, like at Second City where they provide you with tools to bring out your natural gifts, or in […]

Oldies #7: Very Bad Things

August 8, 2021 0 Comment
Medellin- Poblado- 16 stories up

No idea how there is no evidence this article, written by Allen Glazier, Director of the Slamdance Screenplay Competition, ever existed. So be it. I’ll republish it for posterity. This is a compilation of everything bad he sees in screenplays that come (came?) his way. It first came out on Wordplayer.com quite some time ago […]

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