I’m a busy man. Apart from my full time job, I also have a wife and two children, ages 2 and 1. I love them so much, cannot even begin to imagine what life would be like without them, but… they are a handful. They ask for a lot of time, naturally. I cherish those [...]
Archive > July 2009
On the Importance of Loglines
Logline: (per Wikipedia) A brief summary of a movie, often providing both a synopsis of the film’s plot and an emotional “hook” to stimulate interest.
Sounds thrilling, don’t it? Log lines, however, can be crucial when it comes to building interest in your film, raising money for it, or marketing it once it’s done. They’re simple, [...]
Procrastination Enabler of the Week: Left 4 Dead Parties
Affectionately dubbed “Zombiegeddon-pocalypse-palooza-fest ‘09″, the shindig involved 4 televisions, 4 Xbox 360s, 4 copies of Left 4 Dead, and 14 participants. One team played the humans desperately trying to escape from the zombies, while the other team played the zombies desperately trying to feast on the humans. Good times all around.
Thursday and Friday afternoon were [...]
Not Being Afraid to Write Terrible First Drafts
Here are a few quotes from the excellent resource, The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters, on writing first drafts. Since that’s exactly what I’m doing at the moment, I thought I would share.
I especially like writing the first draft, which I blaze through as fast as I can, without even stopping for spell checking [...]
Location Scouting Down Route 66
Last weekend, my 2 1/2 year old daughter and I took a trip down Route 66. The purpose was two-fold: first, spend some quality time with my little girl, and second, do some preliminary location scouting for Project Echo.
Normally you would not begin location scouting when you’re only 50 pages into your first draft. However, [...]
Interview With Doug Jones
I had the distinct pleasure of interviewing Doug Jones (Hellboy 1 & 2, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Pan’s Labyrinth) when he was on the set of Ryan Dunlap’s Greyscale last year. The article I wrote (which a certain publication refused to pick up, mainly out of laziness, I believe) is now up [...]
Filmmaking Manifesto
First things first: I’ve hit page 55 of my first draft. Depending on who you talk to, I’m either halfway or almost halfway. I’m hoping to finish before my August 1st deadline. Any thoughts on what I should do to celebrate?
Secondly, while watching David Fincher’s The Game the other night, I was reminded of all [...]
