(About writing…) In no particular order. 1) Wikipedia is still a life-saver (even if the information is sometimes a little… suspect) 2) God Bless the internet! 3) Collaborate 4) Practice verbal pitches or look foolish. 5) Relationships are everything. 6) Hollywood years are like dog years; 7) It’s never ‘done.’ 8 ) When it’s ‘done’ [...]
Let’s say you’re not a math genius and someone said to you “Imagine you’re trapped in a six thousand square foot house with 10 foot ceilings. If the thing was completely sealed, how long would it take them to kill each other with the CO2 they exhale?” I DARE YA! Surely, a few of you [...]
No matter how good you are, you’re gonna come to the point in a script where exposition is needed. In BELOW THE ICE they come up with “the plan” to get themselves out of their predicament. The “show, don’t tell” idea would lead me to just DOING IT. Just show them enact the plan. But [...]
“You’re all just over analyzing sht writing.” – Quote from IMDB message boards. What do you get when you take the director of Charlies Angel’s and the writer of Catwoman? But of course! You would get TERMINATOR: SALVATION (aka Terminator 4) It was really really bad. There were some cool things. Sound. Set design. SFX. [...]