Wow. I don’t even want to look at the last time I posted. Let’s just assume a few things.
1. Things are looking up, mostly do to -
2. Finding something that I didn’t realize I lost.
I don’t really want to say “I’ll write soon” but we can hope right?
BTW I’m also testing writing this from my [...]
1. Understand your dreams - I’m not talking the dream you have about a flying hamster that talks. I’m talk about dreams such as, “I want to create the next Google.” There’s nothing wrong with that (and believe me, there are much worse things to dream about), however why do you want to create the [...]
In trying to learn how to manage my WordPress blog a little better (especially the design side) I’m making small, incremental changes.
In case it wasn’t obvious…
Jake
This past Tuesday a very small group of cast/crew got together in Alvin to watch the film. Also there were the people that helped us in Alvin find food, locations, etc. It was important to us to show the people that helped us what the film looked like, even if I’m gonna go mess with [...]
I realized after whining about a blog post I recently read and how it didn’t cover a single topic on how to write a good screenplay but instead only tackled the annoying mechanics of it that I better put up or shut up.
So here I go.
Ways to write a screenplay (or even more rudimentary - [...]
My buddy Andy Coon wrote a blog post on how to telecommute as a video editor. Very informative, check it out here.
Jake
Just got done reading a blog post on the 10 basic rules of screenwriting. And I’m pissed.
‘Cause after reading the post and then the comments the thing that got me was that no one was interested in learning how to write, how to break a story, how to understand plot better.
And while format is important [...]
In high school we had to read a lot of Hemingway and his writing style drove me nuts. However I saw this and was reminded of his writing after seeing what is both the shortest short story ever and also incredibly sad all at the same time.
As a writer myself I tend to try and [...]
Huge props to Matthew and Monica for staging the BandCamp Houston event. It was a packed house at Caroline Collective and I was glad to be a part of it. I had meant to post this prior to heading up there but didn’t get a chance. Nevertheless, enjoy.
Here’s a quick 5 (notice not TOP 5) [...]
AintItCoolNews led me to this fascinating article on the fear of studios of the auteur director.
While I agree I would be nervous about spending those amounts of money on films period, to tell filmmakers like Cameron, Fincher, and Jonze to “reign it in” is probably not the wisest way to get the best work out [...]