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| September Issue Of Script Magazine Sex In A Submarine  Sept./Oct. issue of Script is on newsstands now! The Social Network: The Truth (?) About Facebookby Bob VeriniOne of the few screenwriters whose name is known to the public at large, the creator of The West Wing and A Few Good Men turns his attention to the wild and woolly tale of how a college zero became an Internet hero… depending on whose version you believe. Aaron Sorkin offers a preview of his most contemporary feature yet, The Social Network.Wall Street: Money Never Sleepsby David S. CohenFor Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, the long-awaited sequel to Oliver Stone’s 1987 stockbroker drama, screenwriters Stephen Schiff and Allan Loeb had to revive and update one of cinema’s most iconic and charismatic villains, Gordon Gekko.Writers on Writing: Get Lowby Chris Provenzano & Charlie MitchellAlthough they worked on the film at different stages, screenwriters Chris Provenzano and Charlie Mitchell felt the same intense desire to do whatever it took to tell the story of Get Low, t... [ Read more ] Process and Procedure Hauling Like a Brooligan Which ought to be the title of Jane Austen's unpublished crime novel...It's the network pitching season in LA, and I just got back after an intense week with results that I should be able to tell you about sometime soon. After nine hours plus of breathing buggy plane air on the way home, I succumbed to a virus that's laid me out for the past three days. Emerging from the mental fog I find Good Dog back online with his personal list of movies that stand repeated viewing.(In a separate post he also reports on the BFI South Bank Chimera screening.)Reading these lists, compiled by various people as the meme hops from blog to blog, I'm struck by the sense of a common factor. The titles are diverse but none of the the films are stupid, and few are what you'd call chin-strokers either; however they may differ, it's like there's something in their DNA that suggests a relatedness, however slight. Regardless of their genre, ninety per cent of the rewatchables can best be described as high entert... [ Read more ] Bishop Family Snapshots Vicious Imagery ... [ Read more ] Great Scene: "Kramer vs. Kramer" Go Into The Story Here is an IMDB plot summary of the 1979 movie Kramer vs. Kramer, screenplay by Robert Benton, based on a novel by Avery Corman:A just divorced man must learn to care for his son on his own, and then must fight in court to keep custody of him.There are two scenes in the movie that have always stuck with me, a classic example of a set-up & payoff. This first is the morning after Joanna Kramer (Meryl Streep) has left her husband Ted Kramer (Dustin Hoffman) and their son Billy (Justin Henry). Ted, who has been a working father and knows very little about housework, perhaps even less about his son, tries to keep things upbeat as he and Billy wake up:Ted struggles to his feet and THE CAMERA TRACKS WITHTHEM as they start toward the kitchen.BILLYWhen is mommy coming back?TED(lying)Soon. Very soon.By now they are inside the kitchen, Ted looks around.HIS P.O.V.: There, on the kitchen cabinet is abox of "natural grain" cereal, a jar of honey, somewheat germ, and a banana, with c... [ Read more ] Debunking CHEERS myths By Ken Levine The official kick-off to the Labor Day Weekend is reading Friday Questions.Joey on the 8s has a couple of CHEERS questions.1. Our tour guide took us by "the tank" on Paramount's lot, and I found where you mentioned it in a previous post. This guide told a story about how it was used in Cheers in the "Sam proposes to Diane" scene where Diane is supposed to end up on "Boston harbor." His story went that when the scene was first set up, Shelley complained that the water was too cold and she wouldn't go in, so they spent a few days pumping in warmer water ... and then she still balked at going in. The guide implied that's why she was off the show shortly thereafter. Any comments there?I wasn’t there for that but friend-of-the-blog and super mensch David Lee was. David graciously answers:Totally false. I remember it clearly because Peter (Casey) and I wrote the episode.The water was heated to a certain temperature because that's what the actors' union insists upon (rightly so.) Shelley... [ Read more ] STC! and “Machete” Blake Snyder In this week’s blog, Save the Cat! workshop alumni Alvaro Rodriguez and Melody Lopez discuss Robert Rodriguez’s explosive new action movie, Machete. Featuring an all-star cast including Robert De Niro, Jessica Alba, and Michelle Rodriguez, Machete tells the story of an ex-Federale (Danny Trejo of Desperado) caught in a war between the forces of corruption on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. Alvaro co-wrote the screenplay (he had previously penned From Dusk Till Dawn: The Hangman’s Daughter for executive producer Quentin Tarantino) and Melody used her firearms expertise (research for her own screenplay about a sniper) to land a production internship on the Machete set at Troublemaker Studios in Austin, Texas. Both attended Blake’s Austin Beat Sheet Workshop in July 2008. The "Machete" poster Melody Lopez: I have read some of your original work, including your produced co-writing project, Machete. It is clear to any reader that you are a strong an... [ Read more ] Written by on Sep 3rd 2010 Re-obsessed Dan's Media Digest You may remember I joined Obsessed With Film back in May, but left after a month because of erratic progress with their redesign and an unclear direction. "Creative differences", you could say. A few promises were broken and the "vibe" didn't meet expectations. It was partly due to the circumstances of a troublesome revamp that alienated their readership in unexpected ways -- which they addressed in a manner I didn't agree with, so felt it was best to leave amicably. Since then, OWF have been keen to reacquire my services, having made improvements that's gone down well with their readership, and promising to accommodate my every need. And because I'm still itching for a new challenge (and appreciate editor Matt Holmes's persistent schmoozing!), I've decided to give OWF a second chance, with changes to our original deal and a greased palm. Once again, I've promised that OWF will get exclusive TV premiere reviews (linked to from DMD, so reviews are never more t... [ Read more ] FREAKANGELS 0107 warrenellis.com And we’re back again.... [ Read more ] Written by on Sep 3rd 2010 In Hollywood, movies are like hamburgers… Chris Jones Blog In Hollywood, movies are like hamburgers… That’s how co-author of The Guerilla Film Makers Pocketbook Andrew Zinnes put it last night to an enthusiastic group of film makers at the BFI. The BFI had organised this workshop in conjunction with their bookshop as a ‘book signing’ event, but it quickly developed into a Hollywood workshop as both Gen and Andrew were present (having just flown in from Hollywood for the 2 workshops – Documentary Film Making and Spec Scripts in Hollywood). Andrew spoke both entertainingly and eloquently about working in LA, offering insight into the wildly different mindsets of European and West Cost American film makers. In Hollywood, movies are expensive products designed to make money and entertain. We all know this, but to hear it shamelessly vocalised, robustly defended and ultimately offered as a truly viable proposition was exhilarating. It’s not just something you could do one day, but something you can do right now. Heck you SHOUL... [ Read more ] Terminator 2: The Opera Filmmaker IQ Arnold Schwarzenegger laments his inability to kill in the aria “To Kill Someone Again” from Terminator 2: The Opera. VIA: legolambs... [ Read more ] Written by on Sep 3rd 2010 Kodachrome Color Test Footage From 1922 Filmmaker IQ A sample of some of the earliest color motion picture film you will see. This color footage was filmed even before movies had sound, and 13 years before a color feature film was released. George Eastman House is the repository for many of the early tests made by the Eastman Kodak Company of their various motion picture film stocks and color processes. The Two-Color Kodachrome Process was an attempt to bring natural lifelike colors to the screen through the photochemical method in a subtractive color system. First tests on the Two-Color Kodachrome Process were begun in late 1914. Shot with a dual-lens camera, the process recorded filtered images on black/white negative stock, then made black/white separation positives. The final prints were actually produced by bleaching and tanning a double-coated duplicate negative (made from the positive separations), then dyeing the emulsion green/blue on one side and red on the other. Combined they created a rather ethereal palette of hues. - A Tho... [ Read more ] Written by on Sep 3rd 2010 Accelerated Editing with Enhanced Speech Analysis in Premiere Pro Filmmaker IQ See how to turn spoken dialogue into searchable text either by synchronizing content with your Adobe Story script, or by using reference scripts that are optimized for your content. Accelerate editing by marking in and out points in the speech analysis text to speed production time.... [ Read more ] Written by on Sep 3rd 2010 Company 4 Breakfast Coyote Underground ... [ Read more ] 'Come Fly With Me' starts filming with Matt Lucas & David Walliams Dan's Media Digest Matt Lucas and David Walliams have started filming the six-part comedy Come Fly With Me; their follow-up to Little Britain, set in a busy airport featuring brand new characters and celebrity guests. It's produced by Adam Tandy (The Thick Of It) and directed by Paul King (The Mighty Boosh), set for transmission later this year. I'm just glad Lucas and Walliams are moving away from Little Britain, which they milked until that cash cow was a shriveled heap of offal. Seriously, I've never known comedians drive a show into the ground so deeply. It should have ended after the poorly-received third series, capped by what I hear was an impressive live stage show. Those Christmas specials and the American version for HBO were terrible. So I'm glad they're doing something else, even if it sounds like it could be renamed Little Airport. But I'm going to withhold judgement for now, because I still think Lucas and Walliams have natural "funny bones" and Come Fly With Me might not be as sketch-dri... [ Read more ] Three in Portobello Writing is a scientific art Those who know me on facebook will probably already know that short film Three (that I wrote) was accepted into the Portobello Film Festival. It's playing in the comedy section (it being a comedy and all), playing on Wednesday 8th (that's this Wednesday) at Inn on the Green, London, from 6pm to 11pm (we're showing around 9-ish). You can see the other films being entered (along with Three) at this link, on page 11.So if anyone feels like spending a night watching some good old comedy shorts in a decent bar, come along, drinks on me! *In other news, I'm currently rewriting a short script for a director. After reading it, he had a bunch of ideas to improve it. I was against them to start with, but I soon realised he was right, so a rewrite it is. Directors, eh, always gotta be right!Still waiting to hear on the BSSC and Red Planet Prize (along with thousands of other people), so nothing to say there.I've been doing a bit of research into Script Reading this last week, working out if it's... [ Read more ] Daily Dialogue -- September 3, 2010 Go Into The Story Rob: Top five things I miss about Laura. One; sense of humor. Very dry, but it can also be warm and forgiving. And she's got one of the best all time laughs in the history of all time laughs, she laughs with her entire body. Two; she's got character. Or at least she had character before the Ian nightmare. She's loyal and honest, and she doesn't even take it out on people when she's having a bad day. That's character. [holds up three fingers] Rob: Three; [long pause, hesitantly] Rob: I miss her smell, and the way she tastes. It's a mystery of human chemistry and I don't understand it, some people, as far as their senses are concerned, just feel like home. [shakes his head, recollecting, then looks back and lip synchs 'four' while holds up four fingers] Rob: I really dig how she walks around. It's like she doesn't care how she looks or what she projects and it's not that she doesn't care it's just, she's not affected I guess, and that gives her grace. And five; she does t... [ Read more ] London Screenwriters’ Festival discount for Guild membners The WGGB blog - news and information for writers The London Screenwriters’ Festival is offering members of the Writers' Guild a special discount of £75 off the regular festival ticket price of £299.The London Screenwriters’ Festival is the new annual writers’ and filmmakers’ festival, focusing on the creation and development of material for film, TV, radio and online. Held in London over three days at the end of October (29, 30, 31), the festival offers a rich mix of events, seminars, lectures and workshops for 400 delegates.With over 50 guest speakers representing the breadth of the film, TV, radio and online industries in 2010, the festival promises to deliver a dynamic experience that will improve the work and careers of all writers in attendance as well as developing a stronger and more sustainable industry for the future.The venue for the 2010 festival is the grand and historic Regent’s College in the heart of Regent’s Park in Central London.At the festival, film and TV industry heavyweights such as Tim Bevan and G... [ Read more ] I Will Follow (trailer) Reel Artsy I Will Follow casts Salli Richardson-Whitfield (SyFy's Eureka) in what looks like a subtle, character-driven story about a woman overcoming the grief of losing her aunt. If the movie matches the tone in the trailer I'll be pleased (meaning more landscape shots and a soundtrack that leans toward the post-rock side). The film screens closing night at the Urbanworld Film Fest in NYC later this month. Official Site: Facebook [HT Shadow & Act]... [ Read more ] NSFW: The Bloody Apprentice by CassetteBoy Vicious Imagery ... [ Read more ] Syfy making Peter Pan prequel miniseries 'Neverland' Dan's Media Digest Charlie Rowe is Peter Pan I'm not a big fan of Syfy's re-imaginings of classic literature, from Tin Man (a modern spin on L. Frank Baum's The Wizard Of Oz) to Alice (based on C.S Lewis's Alice In Wonderland). To me they feel like an American version of those Hollywood knock-offs from Turkey and the Philippines; taking recognizable ideas and characters, then mangling them into an ugly mess. Regardless, Syfy are about to tackle a prequel to J.M Barrie's Peter Pan, entitled Neverland, written/directed by Nick Willing -- who was behind the aforementioned Tin Man and Alice updates. The miniseries will focus on orphaned Peter (The Golden Compass' Charlie Rowe), part of a gang of pick-pocketing kids in turn-of-the-century London, led by Jimmy Hook (Notting Hill's Rhys Ifans), who orders his thieves to steal a treasure that transports them all to Neverland; a jungle world thick with legend about eternal youth, where they discover a Native American Kaw tribe that have been protecting the sec... [ Read more ] Blogging focus Me, a writer of movie scripts I’ll keep my painting dreams off my blog from here on. They do not belong here.I was just taken by surprise by this urge, but honestly, my writing and my drawing have so far nothing to do with each other.I got be careful not to use this blog as a general diary, but keep my focus on my writing. It’s in my writing I feel I’ve got my potential. And besides, you don't need to know everything about me either.I’m sorry I got a little sidetracked.... [ Read more ] Incoming TV: autumn/winter 2010 Dan's Media Digest It's September, so that means a lot of TV shows will be returning after their summer break in the US, and the UK also like to launch a lot of new programming at this time of the year. Below is a list of the shows I'll most likely be watching and/or reviewing in the following few months, and my gut expectations for them. It's subject to change, because some shows likely to be returning for autumn haven't been officially scheduled yet, but this is how things stand currently: Martin Scorsese's Boardwalk Empire BOARDWALK EMPIRE (HBO/Sky) I'm very interested in this period drama set in Atlantic City, given the caliber of its cast and crew (Martin Scorsese producing-directing, Steve Buscemi headlining). I'm hoping Sky show this within a week of its US broadcast, but if not I'll be following the HBO schedule. Unless it's not particularly engrossing and I can afford to wait awhile, as I did with The Pacific. US TX: 19 September / UK TX: TBA. LIKELY REVIEW CAMPUS (Channel 4) The Comedy Sho... [ Read more ] This is Genius: Better Book Titles Vicious Imagery I love this. A scamp called Dan Wilbur has a site called Better Book Titles where he posts renamed front covers for well known tomes that more accurately encapsulate what's within the volume. "Now you can read the greatest literary works of all time in mere seconds!" he suggests [though some might quibble with The Da Vinci Code as great or literary.] These are three of my favourites - see the rest here.... [ Read more ] Linkage (03/09/2010) Writing for Performance Fictional character business cards via Fro Design Co--------------------------Adam Szymkowicz250 Playwright Interviews Link--------------------------5 big-budget sci-fi films that actually got their science rightBlastrLink--------------------------By reshaping our minds, the internet is robbing us of ability to think critically & creatively, apparently New ScientistLink--------------------------Autumn previews. New York magazineTelevision: Link Movies: Link --------------------------The rise and fall of quicksand in moviesSlateLink--------------------------Writing PromptsWriters DigestLink... [ Read more ] guilt is a rope that wears thin [my first album cover] Vicious Imagery No, I haven't formed a band called Brzozowo-Antonie. Nor I have retreated to a cabin in woods beset by a permanent fog to record a moody mumblecore album. Pictured above is my take on a Facebook meme where you combine random searches on Wikipedia and Flickr to create a mock-up of your mythical band's first album cover.These are the instructions: Click here to be transported to a random Wikipedia article. The first random article you get is the name of your band. Next, click here to visit a random quotations page. Use the last quote on the page as the title for your album. [If the quote's too long, just use the last four or five words.] Now click here and you'll be taken to a Flickr page will full of interesting photos uploaded in the last seven days. The third picture - no matter what it is - is your album cover art. Use iPhoto or Photoshop or similar to edit the picture as required. Then put all the elements together in Pages or inDesign or another desktop design piece of software.Fee... [ Read more ] | |
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