A fun one for a Sunday. Slow-motion is another way for directors/editors to convey story. At best, they reveal story. At worst, they provide empty…
A fun one for the new year. Movie dialog is usually long. We glorify great Shakespearean monologues (“To be or not to be”), and Paddy…
Okay, this is heady stuff. Basically, Martin Seligman’s involved in Positive Psychology, which for him means not simply treating the miserable (or the sexually dysfunctional…
If you haven’t seen The Lady Eve, then you haven’t seen Henry Fonda as a total rube, Barbara Stanwyck at her comic best, and some…
This post is a great companion piece to my Use of Reveals post, but with the added bonus of watching JJ Abrams talk about his Mystery Box: Not only does he talk about great scenes, and production tricks (always protect…
A Man for All Seasons? Wait, that’s an OLD movie. It’s about some white male in the 1500s who refused to accept the king as…
The following is an excerpt from my Pre-Script Pro-Strategy Screenwriting Seminar (AKA Pre-Pro), now available at Udemy. The whole thing is over 5 hours long,…
Let’s say you’re crafting a story. Assuming you have great characters, an engaging plot, and a resonating theme with wide audience appeal, you may discover…
Remember when Hollywood sold us movies about teens getting a day off, chasing girls and getting drunk? Today Hollywood is selling teens getting in the…
People have asked me to write on this for various reasons, but let me say at the outset: my goal is not to mock anyone’s…