How That Movie Got Made
How movies get made, screenwriting / film / TV "how the sausage is made", how your movie could get made, and the occasional cinematic short story.
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I’m Judging For One Of The Biggest Screenplay Contests Right Now (Here’s How I Help Pick Finalists)
If You’ve Ever Wondered How Your Script Gets Evaluated
I will not name the contest, but it is without a doubt one of the top 5 screenplay contests in the world, on the short list of every “top screenplay competition” collection. This is no...
The First Car Chase He Ever Shot Ended Up The Best Car Chase In Film History (And Definitely One Of The Most Dangerous To Film)
William Friedkin admitted to his Director of Photography, Owen Roizman, that he’d never shot a car chase before. Neither had Owen. The car chase they’d subsequently shoot is pretty widely acknowledged to be among the best in film history....
The Best Writing Advice I’ve Ever Heard: Could Your Screenplay Be Someone’s FAVORITE Movie?
The Best Writing Advice I’ve Ever Heard
I interviewed the screenwriter Phil Hay once - Phil has written, with Matt Manfredi, two remarkable movies: THE INVITATION and DESTROYER.
How LAW ABIDING CITIZEN Got Made (Direct From The Producer)
LAW ABIDING CITIZEN is a movie specifically engineered to make you root for a lunatic to kill everyone who works at City Hall. And in perhaps a telling commentary about the average person’s frustration with the “system” around us, it’s had...
So You Want To Write A Movie...
You Sure? Here’s How Many Drafts It Takes To Go From Rough Draft To Completed Film
Writing a movie is not for the faint of heart. Here’s one case study of how many drafts it takes even to get a low-budget independent film from rough draft...
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Former film exec. Produced writer of film, TV, & scripted podcasts. Set up numerous cinematic short stories for film/TV adaptation. I'll be posting generally about how movies get made (and the weirder short stories) + various film/TV musings.
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