http://www.officialmarkdavidson.com Writing screenplays. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:44:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In the September / October SCRIPT mag, Bill Martell has an article (near the end) called "Blockbuster Brilliance." The article, directed towards screenwriters, starts off by saying that, although movies like Avatar, Titanic, and Transformers 2 are panned by screenwriters, we should look at what they're doing that makes them so ... http://www.officialmarkdavidson.com/?p=1146 Hello- Quick note. My new web venture SaveOnBrew is in BETA for TEXAS users only. We'll roll it out to the rest of the country in a month or so. If you're in Texas, and want to check it out, go to www.saveonbrew.com and kick the tires. It's a lowest beer price ... http://www.officialmarkdavidson.com/?p=1142 Sometimes, you hear a pitch of a concept and you go "aw, c'mon. Really?" What almost always twists my spine is the thought "they're making THAT crap instead of making BETTER crap."  Only so many movies can be made a year and only ONE THING motivates a studio to make a ... http://www.officialmarkdavidson.com/?p=1139 Almost exactly 5 weeks after I FADED RIGHT THE F*CK IN, I, indeed, FADED RIGHT THE F*CK OUT! Caps and all. Version one of Untitled Space Thriller was done sometime on 8/11/10, around 7:45 my time. Not that it's a race, but it's also interesting to track the amount of time it ... http://www.officialmarkdavidson.com/?p=1128 You can order it at Amazon, or check it out at your local video store. M A R K http://www.officialmarkdavidson.com/?p=1123 As I dot the i's and cross the t's on UNTITLED SPACE THRILLER there are several things on the checklist that stand out: 1) Write for emotional impact; 2) Make sure reader understands emotional tone; 3) Be global. 4) Let the writing be poetry, but not flowery. Rhythm. Tone. Word choice. 5) Appeal to all ... http://www.officialmarkdavidson.com/?p=1120 It's Sunday, July 25th at about 5 in the morning. I curiously awake and eager to get to it. Something changed. Last night, around 7:00 pm. I'm working through UNTITLED SPACE THRILLER, somewhere near page 80.  At this point, you have to have a really good idea of where the ending ... http://www.officialmarkdavidson.com/?p=1111 Two movies came out in 2009 -- both within a few months of each other. One was Transformers 2 (June), the other was District 9 (August). Both made good money. Both had a sort of robot / alien theme. D9  was rated R, T2 was PG-13. T2 sucked. D9 rocked. Why? It's a debate for ... http://www.officialmarkdavidson.com/?p=1104 I dilly. I dally. Me, on Monday (4 days ago...) "Yeah, I think I'll be done by the end of the weekend." Me, today, Friday, 4 days later "No. Not so much. I don't know what I was on when I said that." Here are a few random things that have occurred to ... http://www.officialmarkdavidson.com/?p=1100 About five hours ago, I wrote 'FADE IN.'  First time in a long time. Probably first time since January when I started in on BREATHE. Why so long? A LOT has happened, both inside and out- of writing. Outside, I started up a new venture that I'll be able to talk about ... http://www.officialmarkdavidson.com/?p=1097