From Film School Rejects: The real problem with new media that no one seems to be detecting yet is the democratic process itself. For all the complaining some do about Hollywood spoon-feeding us crap, democracy as a business model is far worse. Leaving aside the nightmare of actually finding a decent independent movie in the [...]
Entries from June 2008
June 22, 2008
RIP George Carlin
Sorry for the Blogghorrea, but fuck, George Carlin is dead. Never met the man, but anyone who aspires to make people laugh is standing on the shoulders of this guy. Such a pioneer, not only in terms of his material, but of where he did it. I mean he was the host of the the [...]
June 22, 2008
Go See Kung Fu Panda
Man I am jealous of CGI filmmakers. They can put the cameras anywhere, under crank and over crank at will. This movie is so beautifully shot and excuted. Every joke is nailed and every single fight sequence is so effortlessly captured and lit. It’s not fair. Those of bound by physics and the realities of [...]
June 22, 2008
IndieTV: How To Save Independant Filmmaking
Mark Gill at the LA Film Fest was pretty mopey about the future of Theatrical Indie Film: “Do you think maybe Chicken Little was right—I mean, about independent film.” Leave it to a director to hope Chicken Little might be a cinephile. And again, my answer was simple: “Yes, the sky really is falling.” The [...]
June 9, 2008
Craig Mazin on Logic in Screenwriting
One the personal benefits of the writer’s strike was that it brought to my attention Craig Mazin’s blog. Craig is a working writer/director that gave a lot of great insights on the labor strife. But today he addressed a great topic for screenwriters in general, logic and how to apply it to your story. Every [...]
