Adult Swim, Turner’s cartoon block for grownups, is leaning into the novelty factor of becoming the first TV network to release a 10-minute episode on Vine — Twitter’s video app that was previously restricted to 6-second videos. The full episode of “Brad Neely’s Harg Nallin Sclopio Peepio” sketch-comedy show on Vine takes advantage of the platform’s new “watch……
via Adult Swim Has Posted the First Full-Length TV Episode on Vine, Because It Can — Variety
Millennials aren’t a monolithic group when it comes to watching movies, a new study finds. The catchall term for the denizens of Generation Y usually comprises people born between the early 1980s to the late 1990s. It’s a wide age gap, whose members exhibit widely different theater-going habits. Data analytic firm Movie crunched the attendance numbers……
via Study: Millennial Moviegoing Changes Dramatically After Age 30 — Variety
“Fun Home,” the intimately scaled musical that won five 2015 Tony Awards including best musical, will close in September after 18 months on Broadway. Although the production’s recent spate of tapering weekly grosses had suggested that a closing notice was imminent, the musical leaves Broadway as an unlikely success story. Based on a brainy, nonlinear……
Hey all. I know it has been a long time since I wrote here. I have missed sharing with you all but it has been out of necessity. A lot has been going on and I have needed the time and space to do what i need to do. But soon, later this month, I will be back into writing on a regular basis. I have a lot I want to share and some good information to share as well. I am going to dive into the process of filmmaking. I have several projects that I am working on. In addition to that, I have goals I want to accomplish, especially here in the Tampa Bay area.
So that is all for now. I will be back very soon.
Hey all, I hope you all are doing well. As for me, I am hanging in there. Got some painting last week and plan to get a lot more done this week. As far as the film goes last week I got pulled from every direction. I am in a situation where I help a lot people, which has been taking up my time. Grrrrr. This is also why I didn’t get to write last week. But time management is always going to be an issue for you. Fear not though there is a lot of helpful articles out there for you to read.
What else is going on? I was contacted by an actress that I have followed for years contacted me about my feature film an well as my idea for a TV series. She is out in LA and is working with some producers. We will see what happens. So I really need to bust my ass and get these projects done.
From Film Courage Full interview with William C. Martell
Full Interview with Richard Walter.
From Stage 32 Ex Machina and Four Other Indie Darling Scripts,
From Raindance.com http://www.raindance.org/10-tips-for-writing-loglin
http://www.raindance.org/10-things-a-filmmaker-needs-every-day/
Here is a talk by Christine Vachon and Ted Hope on the state of film. I know I have posted this before but I feel that is needs to be put out again. http://trulyfreefilm.hopeforfilm.com/2013/11/christine-and-ted-explain-all.html
Oh and I just found Christine Vachon interview at SXSW She is one of my Heroes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTA4W6hexIY
Here is a lecture given by Maria Popova who is the owner of the AMAZING website Brain Pickings.
Seriously, everyone should read her website; especially if you are in the creative fields. You will grow as an artist and as a person.
Hey world!!!! So I took a little break from everything. I think it did me some good. I am ready to get back to work on the film, filmmaking and this blog which discusses both those things. I am fortunate enough to have a friend, Sue Lee, who got me a copy of Final Draft 9, so I can start writing scripts. I also have some projects that I am working on.
I found some good books on writing and storytelling: one is by John Truby called The Anatomy of Story, 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller. Other one is by Anne Lamott called Bird by Bird, Some Instructions on Writing and Life. Both I picked up on the website Thriftbooks.com; which is a great site to pick up books on filmmaking. Seriously, you should pick up as many books on film and filmmaking as you can. This includes film criticism. I have picked up a lot of them. Also there is a local, here in Tampa, used book and record store called Mojo’s Books and Music. I even found a copy of Mark T. Conrad’s book The Philosophy of Film Noir, and I recently picked a pick up “Light Motives” German Popular Film in Perspective, edited by Randall Halle and Margret McCarthy.
Here is John Trudy on Film Courage
I just came across this, the magazine Indiewire has its own Soundcloud page for interviews they put on. Click onto SoundCloud.
My journey into film 